Top 10 6. Federal probe into transgender use of NC school bathrooms raises legal issues Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The use of school restrooms designated for one sex by transgender individuals who are biologically of...
Top 10 7. Chapel Hill business thankful for community’s help after Tropical Storm Chantal Judith Retana/WNCN One year since Tropical Storm Chantal ripped through Chapel Hill, a small business owner continues to be thankful...
Top 10 8. Volunteers find plastic pellet pollution at Lake Brandt April Laissle/WFDD A survey recently found evidence of plastic pollution in a lake north of Greensboro. Volunteers combed waterways across...
Top 10 9. Opinion: Yes, stupid human behavior resulted in six bears being culled in Buncombe County John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog You know, I try to be kind to people, because life is a struggle and we’re all...
Top 10 10. Lawsuit blames poorly marked road work for crash Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer While road construction has been a headache all over Haywood County, one Maggie Valley woman is...
Top 10 1. Hurricane Helene relief appropriation $700M, pushes Legislature total to $2.8B Alan Wooten/The Center Square In some hamlets of the mountains, the impact of Hurricane Helene isn’t easily seen anymore. Elsewhere,...
Top 10 2. ‘Playing politics with public safety’: Budget makes Wake County prosecutors NC’s most understaffed Will Doran/WRAL News Wake County will have the most understaffed prosecutor’s office in the state if North Carolina’s new budget...
Top 10 3. Duke appoints 5 new trustees, including McDonald’s CEO Riya Manchanda/The Duke Chronicle Five new members have joined the Duke Board of Trustees, University officials announced Wednesday. Effective July...
Top 10 4. 2026 budget includes funds for Propel NC, enrollment growth, and workforce programs for community colleges Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC More than a year after the original due date, lawmakers have passed a state budget. The...
Top 10 5. Landis police chief tenders resignation Chandler Inions/The Salisbury Post Landis’ top law man, Police Chief Matthew Geelen, is stepping away from his role with the...
Top 10 6. State budget would govern how school districts handle challenges to library books Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News A provision in the proposed state budget would require all public school districts to create committees to...
Top 10 7. Army Corps issues final report on Wilmington Harbor deepening Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday the publication of its final reports on the proposed deepening...
Top 10 8. Meetings about Gaston County Schools funding raise questions about transparency James Farrell/WFAE Radio In May, the Gaston County Commissioners approved the Gaston County Schools budget. It kept funding flat from...
Top 10 9. Column: Hope Mills hikes taxes, won’t renew contract for town manager Bill Kirby Jr./CityView Hope Mills soon will be looking for a new town manager to replace Chancer McLaughlin. “The consensus...
Top 10 10. Albemarle Region’s tallest hotel offered luxurious amenities Eric Medlin/Coastal Review Online The term “skyscraper” often evokes a Northern metropolis full of towering masses of steel, thousands of...
