Top 10 10. County’s farm gate sales improve in 2025 Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times It looks like 2025 was a better year for Wilson County farmers with an estimated...
Top 10 1. Aide to NC senator arrested on first-degree arson charge Ashley Anderson/CBS 17 News The legislative assistant to Republican Senator Norman Sanderson, Diane Cook, has been arrested and booked into...
Top 10 2. County eyes less ambitious solution for Edneyville sewer Amy McCraw & Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Henderson County commissioners devoted yet another long discussion to the Clear Creek sewer project...
Top 10 3. NC film leaders push for better incentive in next state budget, boost for indie production Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily This year may have been lackluster for film in Wilmington and across the state, but leaders...
Top 10 4. Residents near uptown react with ‘disgust’ at NCDOT plans to widen I-77 with express lanes Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The North Carolina Department of Transportation plans to spend $3.2 billion expanding Interstate 77 from uptown to...
Top 10 5. NC stagnates on maternal and infant health, gets D+ from March of Dimes Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Since its opening in September 2020, 850 children have been born at UNC Health Chatham’s Maternity...
Top 10 6. Hazelwood fire station finally happening, thanks to $3 million from Congressman Edwards Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer There was no wrapped box with a bow, or even a card. But all the same,...
Top 10 7. Duke has sought to tighten faculty media engagement to minimize federal scrutiny Amy Zhang/The (Duke) Chronicle In late August, faculty members in the Sanford School of Public Policy received an email directing...
Top 10 8. Land Trust transfers 300 acres to state for conservation Coastal Review Online The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust has transferred the Pasquotank River Preserve in Camden County to the...
Top 10 9. Report: Retirement incentive helps maintain student enrollment David Beasley/The Center Square A program offering retirement incentives to tenured professors in colleges and universities in North Carolina with...
Top 10 10. County commissioners adopt roadway solicitation ordinance Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat The Watauga County Commissioners unanimously adopted a new ordinance regulating solicitation in unincorporated areas of the...
Top 10 1. Helene’s historic damage spurs AT&T to rebuild stronger in WNC Theresa Opeka/The Carolina Journal Trey Rabon, president of AT&T North Carolina, knew that Hurricane Helene was going to be bad,...
Top 10 2. Commissioners hear stark message on future water needs Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times On Thursday, Nov. 20, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners held a lengthy work session in...
Top 10 3. Uncovering the source of widespread ‘forever chemical’ contamination in North Carolina Duke Pratt School of Engineering An environmental chemistry laboratory at Duke University has solved a longstanding mystery of the origin...
Top 10 4. In letter from jail, ex-NC Rep. Brockman defends himself against sex crime charges Kyle Ingram/The (Raleigh) News & Observer In a letter sent to The News & Observer, former North Carolina Rep. Cecil...