Top 10 8. How soon will the landfill run out of room? Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Two-thirds of all trash buried in Haywood County’s landfill in White Oak between July 2024 and...
Top 10 9. North Carolina’s national park sites in 2024 bring in $2.3B Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The 18.8 million visitors to North Carolina’s nine National Park Service sites in 2024 injected...
Top 10 10. Armadillos are coming to a North Carolina county near you. Here’s why. Gareth McGrath/USA Today Network They’re rolling in from South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, attracted by the promise of a temperate...
Top 10 1. Power & Secrecy How a developer’s $15 million free road for traffic-clogged Mooresville got charged to state taxpayers. Dan Kane/The Charlotte Observer At a Mooresville town board meeting three years ago, a developer pitched a large planned community...
Top 10 2. State investigates after 2nd migrant worker at Nash Co. farm dies since 2023. Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press A legal migrant farm worker was fatally injured while working at a major sweet potato...
Top 10 3. Step up, or step down: Whatley blames Democrats after calls to resign grow louder Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Hurricane Helene recovery czar Michael Whatley is blaming Democrats for the growing chorus of criticism over...
Top 10 4. EMPOWERment Inc. will not be able to use centralized energy system in PEACH apartments Ha Lien Gaskin/The Daily Tar Heel On Sept. 29, the N.C. Utilities Commissionruled that affordable housing nonprofit EMPOWERment Inc. will...
Top 10 5. Cape Fear ghost forests tell tale of ever-saltier water upriver Rhonda Waterhouse/Coastal Review Online As you near Wilmington for your beach vacation, you take in the classic coastal Carolina scenery...
Top 10 6. A Triangle startup is putting a new spin on airport baggage screening Bradley George/WUNC Radio About 1.3 million checked suitcases are inspected every day in the U.S., according to the Transportation Security...
Top 10 7. Leland council initiates open-burn ban for land-clearing amid public outcry Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily The Leland Town Council has adopted an open-burning ordinance, a measure residents have been vocal about...
Top 10 8. A commitment to rural communities, adult learners, and the power of education to change lives: Meet Rockingham Community College’s new president Alli Lindenberg/Education NC A lifelong educator has taken the helm at Rockingham Community College (RCC). Dr. Sylvia Cox became the...
Top 10 9. High Point City Council approves Southwest Mill District DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio High Point has approved the Southwest Mill District, which could pave the way for new jobs, homes...
Top 10 10. Family says Goldsboro apartment complex threw away loved one’s belongings soon after he died Mary Smith/CBS 17 News A man passes away, and an apartment complex throws his things out before his family even...
Top 10 1. N.C. counties that busted budgets after Helene still waiting for FEMA to pay them back Brady Dennis, Brianna Sacks & Kevin Crowe/The Washington Post Lynn Austin keeps running the numbers, and they don’t look good....
Top 10 2. Attorneys allege Chemours hid emission data from public Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Chemours’ air permit application to expand production at its Fayetteville Works plant excludes emissions data that...