Top 10 1. Opposition to data centers is ‘catching a fire’ across North Carolina, spurring political challenges Adam Wagner/WUNC News By the time David Batts spoke in front of the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners, they had...
Top 10 2. Good Jobs Western North Carolina announced, invitation to invest in WNC issued Mebane Rash & Alli Lindenberg/Axios Charlotte When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina (WNC) in late September 2024, it landed...
Top 10 3. Future of federal forest plan for NC mountains in doubt after court ruling Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Only three years into the completion of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forest Land Management Plan,...
Top 10 4. Garson Shares Vision for Serving District, Keeping Long-Term Policy Goals while Joining N.C. Senate Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein formally appointed Jonah Garson to the N.C. Senate District 23 seat –...
Top 10 5. Follow tagged North Carolina fish — and one likely eaten by a shark Mary Helen Moore/Axios Raleigh North Carolina researchers tagging and tracking coastal fish have created an online tracker that lets anyone...
Top 10 6. The last barber in Papertown Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer There’s a syrupy quality to the morning light streaming through the windows at Pisgah Barber Shop....
Top 10 7. CFPUA considers rate increase for next 5 years, sewer cap elimination in next budget Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority gave a glimpse this week into needed rate increases to...
Top 10 8. Ballantyne surgeon’s medical license suspended following $17M fraud scheme Amber Gaudet/The Charlotte Observer A Charlotte-based hair restoration surgeon cannot reapply for his North Carolina medical license until at least...
Top 10 9. South University touts nursing Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise South University in High Point wants to be synonymous with academic programming in health care,...
Top 10 10. Four buildings at Dix Park to be demolished in part of transformation project Kirstyn Clark/WRAL News The City of Raleigh is taking another step in its transformation of Dorothea Dix Park with the...
Top 10 1. Will your Duke Energy bill go up? Newly GOP-majority Utilities Commission will decide Colin Campbell/WUNC News The state’s Utilities Commission will soon decide whether Duke Energy can increase residential electric rates by up...
Top 10 2. Opposition to data centers is ‘catching a fire’ across North Carolina, spurring political challenges Adam Wagner/WFDD Radio By the time David Batts spoke in front of the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners, they had...
Top 10 3. Tug-of-war for NC mountain hospital beds takes a turn Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press When AdventHealth broke ground on its long-awaited Weaverville hospital on March 26, the Florida-based health system...
Top 10 4. Duke bought a duplex that housed a thriving community space. Within months, it was gone. Was that a coincidence? Lena Geller/IndyWeek When you’re a kid, there’s something about a vacant space that announces itself as a clubhouse; it couldn’t...
Top 10 5. Gen Z increasingly skeptical of — and angry about — artificial intelligence Jo Napolitano/The74 While some might envision Gen Z welcoming artificial intelligence into their lives, a new Gallup survey finds people...