| 1 | US_NC | Asheville | Asheville Citizen Times | |
| 2 | US_NC | Black Mountain | Black Mountain News | |
| 3 | US_NC | Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill News | |
| 4 | US_NC | Laurinburg | Laurinburg Exchange | |
| 5 | US_NC | Franklin | Macon County News | |
| 6 | US_NC | Marion | McDowell News | |
| 7 | US_NC | | Mount Airy News | |
| 8 | US_NC | | Nando Times | |
| 9 | US_NC | Greensboro | News-Record | |
| 10 | US_NC | Raleigh | Raleigh News & Observer | |
| 11 | US_NC | Roanoke Rapids | Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald | |
| 12 | US_NC | Salisbury | Salisbury Post | Rowan County |
| 13 | US_NC | Morehead City | The Carteret County News-Times | |
| 14 | US_NC | Durham | The Chronicle | Duke University |
| 15 | US_NC | Morganton | The News Herald | |
| 16 | US_NC | Goldsboro | The News-Argus | |
| 17 | US_NC | Raeford | The News-Journal | |
| 18 | US_NC | Lumberton | The Robesonian | |
| 19 | US_NC | Sanford | The Sanford Herald Online | |
| 20 | US_NC | Taylorsville | The Taylorsville Times | |
| 21 | US_NC | | The Wake Weekly | Wake & Franklin Counties |
| 22 | US_NC | | Triad Business News | |
| 23 | US_NC | Wilmington | Wilmington Journal | |
| 24 | US_NC | Wilmington | Wilmington Morning Star | |
| 25 | US_NC | Wilson | Wilson Daily Times | |
