Top 10 9. OWASA receives nearly $2 million in PFAS treatment settlement Michael Koh/WCHL Chapelboro The Orange Water and Sewer Authority announced Thursday it has received $1.96 million for PFAS treatment as...
Top 10 10. Buxton strewn with debris amid government shutdown Joy Crist/Coastal Review Online Debris from five oceanfront home collapses continues to cover the shoreline in Buxton as the Cape...
Top 10 1. God’s Chief Justice Doug Bock Clark/ProPublica In early 2023, Paul Newby, the Republican chief justice of North Carolina’s Supreme Court, gave the state...
Top 10 2. Top NC lawmakers summons Chapel Hill school officials to testify about objections to ‘Parents’ Bills of Rights’ law Paul Specht & Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News North Carolina legislators are summoning Chapel Hill school officials to Raleigh to explain their...
Top 10 3. Stein announces groundbreaking dinosaur discovery WSOC News Gov. Josh Stein announced on Thursday the discovery of a new tyrannosaur species, Nanotyrannus, at the North Carolina...
Top 10 4. Court date set for subjects of controversial UNCG arrest video Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press A court hearing is set for Nov. 6 for University of North Carolina at Greensboro student...
Top 10 5. Many NC Head Start programs to close as government shutdown continues Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Many federally funded Head Start programs across North Carolina will be forced to close their doors on...
Top 10 6. NC State University formally installs new chancellor during special ceremony Keaton Eberly/CBS 17 News North Carolina State University formally installed Kevin Howell as the 15th chancellor in school history during...
Top 10 7. Charlotte conference aims to raise awareness about addressing mental health concerns in the community Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio More than 200 people attended a conference at a Charlotte hotel in the University City area on...
Top 10 8. With rising healthcare costs and no raise, this NC teacher’s family sells scrap metal and plasma Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio Michelle Reed is in her 22nd year of teaching English at Cedar Ridge High School in Orange...
Top 10 9. ‘I could not be happier’: UNC’s Nabarun Dasgupta wins ‘Genius’ Grant for lifesaving work in opioid fight Aaron Keck/WCHL Chapelboro This month, UNC’s Nabarun Dasgupta was named as a recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, an $800,000...
Top 10 10. With Weaverville on cusp of unprecedented growth, candidates share their vision for future Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Growth is an issue throughout most of Western North Carolina. But it ranks especially high...
Local Charlotte housing: moving on up (in price) My boss, Dave Mildenberg, reports that an annual assessment of the Charlotte area’s housing market shows that supply is catching...
Top 10 1. Behind the scenes: Grand engineering feat to rebuild I-40 Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The massive operation to rebuild sections of Interstate 40 washed away by Helene is ramping up...
Top 10 2. Health experts, lawmakers sound alarm on Medicaid changes at local summit Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Health care experts and politicians addressed changes to Medicaid at a summit in Wilmington on Tuesday, saying they...