Top 10 9. Construction begins on $12 million water project for two elementary schools Dasia Williams/CityView Construction is underway on a $12 million water project designed to deliver drinking water to Gray’s Creek Elementary...
Top 10 10. Sand project: Beach will be ready by spring Eliot Duke/State Port Pilot Oak Island and its beach renourishment partners recently offered local media a behind-the-scenes look at the...
Top 10 1. Duke Health nurse charged with sex crimes is not US citizen, authorities say WRAL News A Duke Health nurse charged with committing sexual crimes against patients is not a U.S. citizen, authorities said...
Top 10 2. NC House Freedom Caucus leader faces a primary challenge backed by a GOP lawmaker Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The leader of the North Carolina House Freedom Caucus is facing a primary challenger backed by one...
Top 10 3. Exclusive: Justice Berger on challenges, benefits of AI in law Savannah Cade/The Carolina Journal Artificial Intelligence is affecting every profession and area of modern life. North Carolina Supreme Court Justice...
Top 10 4. Dennis Smith Sr. continues fight to overturn Godwin town board election results Paul Woolverton/CityView The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to revive Smith’s protest of the municipal election after...
Top 10 5. New Medicaid plan aims to untangle care for NC foster children Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News After years of pleading from the child welfare community, the N.C. Department of Health and Human...
Top 10 6. Swain County jail’s inspection failures highlight statewide issues Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Between 2017 and 2025, Swain County Law Enforcement Center failed 13 of 16 biannual inspections, according...
Top 10 7. Columbus Regional and Novant Health make their case for new hospital plans Morgan Casey/Border Belt Independent A year and a half ago, Leslie Malpass had one of the worst days of her...
Top 10 8. With Medicaid pilot funding stalled, local organization gets $1.5M to build a new program Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily A state-run program allowing Medicaid to pay for non-medical needs like food and housing has been...
Top 10 9. School board adjusts SRO separation allowance Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot The Moore County Board of Education recently passed a new policy that it hopes will...
Top 10 10. Elm City Board of Commissioners hires new CPA Christopher Long/The Wilson Times Members of the Elm City Board of Commissioners are looking to a new certified public accountant...
Top 10 1. Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved. Brady Dennis/The Washington Post A dusting of December snow had turned the mountains around her white, but Elizabeth Clark barely...
Top 10 2. Preventing the next flood in Clyde — with native plants Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio New funding from the state Department of Environmental Quality is set to help a small...
Top 10 3. In Brunswick, November home sales outpaced last year as county neared $3B in sales WilmingtonBiz Brunswick County’s residential real estate market in November racked up a higher number of home sales and higher prices...