Top 10 5. Black doulas to gather in Charlotte for support amid disturbing Black infant mortality trends Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Black health care professionals will convene in Charlotte this weekend, with a focus on caring for mothers...
Top 10 6. Brunswick schools eye affordable housing for staff Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Brunswick County Schools could add another property to its ranks, but not a school; the district...
Top 10 7. NC is building momentum around career and technical education, and these student stories show it Emily Thomas/Education NC Eli Hughes lights up when he talks about the future. A junior at Mitchell High School, Hughes...
Top 10 8. Lead, glass and arsenic detected last year in tests from Zebulon’s Gill Street Park Kathy Hanrahan & Heidi Kirk/WRAL News Zebulon town leaders have temporarily closed Gill Street Park after elevated levels of lead...
Top 10 9. Back-A-Round Records re-introduces vinyl to Fayetteville Anna Tart/Up & Coming Weekly The door chimes as Joseph Mason opens the door at Back-A-Round Records. The sound of...
Top 10 10. Cape Fear sports and community coalition to launch at Wilmington event WWAY News A new regional coalition focused on sports and community development is set to launch next month during an...
Top 10 1. Charlotte riders still question safety despite CATS crackdown and heightened security efforts Sofia DiStefano/Niner Times Months after the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska in August of 2025, which shook riders across Charlotte’s...
Top 10 2. Rail advocates are stepping up their efforts to make the Asheville-to-Salisbury train a reality Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio After severe weather and repeated flight delays left them stranded in New York for...
Top 10 3. ChatGPT says museum air-conditioning is DEI Guy Lucas/The High Point Enterprise The artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT was used by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency...
Top 10 4. Rocky Mount approves utility rate increases as financial challenges persist Matthew Sockol/WNCN The Rocky Mount City Council voted Monday afternoon to approve utility bill rate increases across the board. The...
Top 10 5. Who will succeed Graig Meyer in the N.C. Senate? The choice may fall to two Orange County residents Chase Pellegrini de Paur/IndyWeek Second-term state Senator Graig Meyer is vacating his seat this week to take a job as...
Top 10 6. Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022 Wyatte Grantham-Philips/The Associated Press U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since...
Top 10 7. ‘When you start digging, you find folks’: Watauga Long Term Recovery Group still reaching those in need Moss Brennan/The Watauga Democrat While it’s been more than a year and a half since Hurricane Helene ripped through the...
Top 10 8. LifeWise steering committee members address NHCS program, community concerns Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A local push to establish a Bible study program during the public school day has split...
Top 10 9. ‘Tighter and tighter’: School board has state, federal funding concerns ahead of 2026-27 budget request Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times Wilson County Schools will ask the Wilson County commissioners for $39,772,359 for its current expense...
