By Rachel Crumpler Trying to get back on one’s feet in the community after leaving prison or jail is rarely easy. People often face steep hurdles finding housing, employment and health care. For those...
Nov
2025
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By Michelle Andrews KFF Health News This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy ...
Nov
2025
07
Have you ever been told that you have anemia, or wondered about anemia symptoms? Or perhaps you noticed the red blood cell count flagged as “low” in the bloodwork report? Or noticed “low hemoglobin” i...
Nov
2025
07
By Will Atwater At the Nov. 3 Northampton County Board of Commissioners meeting, Sylvia Vincent stood at the podium during the public comment period and voiced frustration over a newly approved commun...
Nov
2025
06
By Anne Blythe Though Louise Mae Beale Vincent was a woman small in stature, she left a monumental legacy in her 49 years. The Greensboro native became an unlikely international force, a giant in the ...
Nov
2025
05
“Doctor, do you diagnose dementia? Because I need someone who can diagnose dementia.” A man asked me this question recently. He explained that his 86 year-old father, who lived in the Bay Area, had re...
Nov
2025
05
By Jaymie Baxley When the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina began renovating its Sandhills branch in 2023, the nonprofit did not expect the project’s completion to coincide with the thre...
Nov
2025
04
By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Atrium Health’s new surgical training center in Charlotte is off to a fast start. In just six weeks, IRCAD North America has brought in 932 he...
Nov
2025
03
By Rachel Crumpler and Rose Hoban Jessica Bollinger, a single mother of two from McDowell County, spent Saturday poring over her family budget and trying to make the numbers work. On the third of each...
Nov
2025
02
By Sarah Melotte and Tim Marema The Daily Yonder The pause in food stamp benefits that will hit Saturday, November 1 will disproportionately hurt rural families. Other groups that will be more affect...