Year in Review: North Carolina’s 25 in 2025

(The Center Square) – Loss of an iconic public servant, an incredulous social media post gone viral from a state lawmaker, and the return of the name Fort Bragg were intriguing North Carolina storylines in 2025 as The Center Square delivered news and information.

More than two dozen of them are gathered here, though the list is not a ranking, does not attempt to define “the most” of anything, including republications by news partners. Rather, it is a collection of important, useful and interesting news and information delivered by the TCS news wire service since Jan. 1.

Here’s 25 from 2025.

• Jim Hunt, North Carolina’s first multiple term governor and face of the state’s Democratic Party for decades, died Dec. 18. He was known for relentless pursuit of help to public education, veto and succession for governors, and as lieutenant governor partnered with one of only three Republican governors since 1900 to enact statewide public kindergartens. He was 88.

• Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel was released from Hamas’ hostage captivity on Feb. 1. He and h...