Top 10 4. Miguel Cardona says expanding bilingual education is ‘an economic imperative’ at NC State event Liz Bell/Education NC Miguel Cardona, former U.S. Secretary of Education, encouraged a room of bilingual educators and education leaders on...
Top 10 5. Lake Lure to refill after Helene, businesses feel hopeful Jose Sandoval/Blue Ridge Public Radio Lake Lure had to be drained 20 feet after Hurricane Helene so engineers could clean...
Top 10 6. Novant Health moves forward with $1.1B investment in Wilmington infrastructure Port City Daily Novant Health’s board of trustees has approved a multi-year master facility plan for the Coastal Region, featuring...
Top 10 7. CHCCS Board of Education weighs closing 2 elementary schools amid enrollment, funding declines Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro In the current academic year, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ total enrollment of roughly 10,700 students is its...
Top 10 8. Macon sheriff faces Republican primary challenger Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Following his first four years as Macon County’s sheriff, Brent Holbrooks is facing a primary challenge...
Top 10 9. Ocean Isle seeks to modify permit, nourish beach at east inlet Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Ocean Isle Beach hopes to pump tens of thousands of cubic yards of sand onto the...
Top 10 10. ‘No more cuts’: More than 3,400 WS/FCS teachers sign petition for additional staff, seat at the table Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio More than 3,400 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County educators have signed a petition demanding an end to staffing cuts, and...
Top 10 1. Fruits of federal recognition may take time for Lumbee tribe Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press The Lumbee Tribe, or “People of the Dark Water,” as they’re sometimes called in reference to...
Top 10 2. Wake Stone takes up fight to continue mining next to Umstead State Park Richard Stradling/The Raleigh News & Observer The legal battle over the stone quarry next to William B. Umstead State Park...
Top 10 3. Fayetteville PWC proposes 13.45% hike in residential electric rates Paul Woolverton/CityView Residential electricity prices in and around Fayetteville would rise about 13.45% over the next two years under price...
Top 10 4. Wake schools set to talk $2.9B in facility plans, removing nearly 100 classroom trailers Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News A Wake County school board committee discussed hundreds of millions of dollars in upcoming facility needs focused...
Top 10 5. Portland worries Dundon could move Trail Blazers without stadium deal Brian Murphy/WRAL News The NBA’s Trail Blazers have been a fixture in Portland for more than 55 years. But with...
Top 10 6. Dogwood Trust moves up public meetings with independent monitor in wake of recurring problems with Mission, HCA Peter H. Lewis/Asheville Watchdog The Dogwood Health Trust — the foundation responsible for enforcing HCA Healthcare’s compliance with the terms...
Top 10 7. Inside the controversial development that could change Chatham County Lauren Rhodes/WUNC News Eric Andrews remembers hearing “rumblings” that something was changing in Chatham County around 15 years ago. That’s...
Top 10 8. North Carolina company president pleads guilty to $8.5M military contract bid-rigging scheme WECT The president of a metal fabrication and manufacturing company pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 5, to charges involving taking...
