Top 10 4. Judges reject arguments against NC Certificate of Need law Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press & NC Health News A challenge of the constitutionality of North Carolina’s Certificate of Need...
Top 10 5. Highway Patrol errors linked to deaths, injuries Virginia Bridges/The Raleigh News & Observer State Highway Patrol troopers are supposed to be the guardians of North Carolina’s highways,...
Top 10 6. Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise John Ruwitch/WUNC Radio Idaho-based Micron Technology is one of the world’s top makers of RAM chips and it’s benefited from...
Top 10 7. Lawsuits linger in Russ Avenue widening: Right of way condemnations tied up in court Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer As construction continues its march up Russ Avenue in Waynesville, more than a dozen commercial property...
Top 10 8. City, county misaligned on Wave Transit vision, delay vote on recommended performance shifts Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Earlier this month, what was intended to be a workshop on route changes in the Wave...
Top 10 9. Officials wary of voracious ‘super termite’ colonizing North Carolina Gareth McGrath/Wilmington StarNews Even in the early 1990s, it wasn’t unusual for new residents to flock to Brunswick County. But...
Top 10 10. 148-unit housing development approved for east of Boone Nick FoglemanWatauga Democrat A new housing project known as The Retreat at Boone is moving forward on a 40-acre site...
Top 10 1. Four years after promises, a plan for apartments at The Pearl Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & The Charlotte Ledger Four years after Atrium Health pledged to include affordable housing in its...
Top 10 2. US regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss Jonel Aleccia/The Associated Press U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss...
Top 10 3. What can philanthropy learn from nonprofits’ leadership on Hurricane Helene recovery? Susan Mims/Education NC A little more than a year ago, Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina. Thirty-one inches of rain,...
Top 10 4. NC county settles lawsuit over stifling public comment Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners has settled a lawsuit with James Campbell after it handed...
Top 10 5. All work and no play: Should kids have longer school recess? James Farrell/WFAE Radio The playground at the Ballantyne Bowl has slides, climbing ropes and lots of other playground equipment. But...
Top 10 6. One path cleared for Novant Health hospital in 955-acre mixed-use project in Leland Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Leland Town Council has cleared the way for a medical expansion in the town’s northwest section...
Top 10 7. Judge rules Fayetteville not required to pay for four burst dams Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView A nearly decade‑long legal battle over whether Fayetteville taxpayers should repair private dams blown out by Hurricane...
Top 10 8. Luxury mountain home tests state ridge law Paul Nielsen/The Waynesville Mountaineer A $1.3 million house at 4,400 feet elevation in Waynesville had to prove it passed muster...