Top 10 5. Raleigh’s circular hotel lands historic status Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh The Raleigh City Council has granted historic landmark status to downtown’s iconic circular hotel, the former Holiday...
Top 10 6. A desired return to rigid gender roles undergirds ‘pronatalist’ ideas, UNC researcher says Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline Worries about the declining U.S. fertility rate are overblown, UNC family demographer Karen Guzzo told an audience...
Top 10 7. Local firm walks away from potential downtown Wilmington grocery store project Cece Nunn & Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz A local development firm isn’t moving forward with plans to buy a city-owned property in...
Top 10 8. With home births growing, NC could rethink licensing of certified midwives Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press North Carolina is one of the most restrictive states in the country for midwifery care....
Top 10 9. Duck honors former mayor with the Don Kingston Pavilion Outer Banks Voice On Dec. 4, the Town of Duck announced it had named the Main Stage on the Town...
Top 10 10. Southern Pines fire station renovations underway Ana Risano/The (Southern Pines) Pilot A fresh coat of paint and new kitchen cabinets are top of the work for...
Top 10 1. Protesters pack normally quiet Atrium Health hospital authority meeting Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & The Charlotte Ledger The board that oversees Atrium Health attracted an unusually rowdy crowd Tuesday...
Top 10 2. Proposed Edgecombe County data center draws criticism during county meeting Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Energy Storage Solutions plans to break ground on a $19.2 billion, 900-megawatt data center in Kingsboro. Community...
Top 10 3. Moore marks three years since power station attacks Jonathan Bym/The (Southern Pines) Pilot For the more than 45,000 Duke Energy customers who unexpectedly lost power three years ago...
Top 10 4. Impending federal hemp ban puts North Carolina’s $1B industry at risk Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily A sweeping change tucked into the federal government’s latest funding package is poised to wipe out...
Top 10 5. ‘A total change’: Five months after Chantal, Camelot Village residents still displaced Taylor Motley/The Daily Tar Heel Five months ago, Annmarie Diede was living in her home at Camelot Village, where she...
Top 10 6. Partnership to test living shorelines on two Cape Fear islands Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online To get a sense of just how severe Battery Island’s shoreline is changing, look no farther...
Top 10 7. Some NC schools still falling short of physical activity, mental health requirements Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News Some North Carolina school boards, at least 38, are still not planning for students to get the...
Top 10 8. Newly elected Sylva councilmember shares experience, values and vision Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News At any given moment, Perry Matthews — caterer, culinary instructor, homeschool curriculum-builder and veteran chef of...
Top 10 9. Frye marks 44 years and counting Paul B. Johnson/High Point Enterprise After 44 years as a Randolph County commissioner, Darrell Frye shows no sign of calling...