Archive for author: righttime_admin

By Mackenzie Thomas UNC Media Hub For Mel, a North Carolina nurse, getting ready for work was like getting ready for war.  That’s what she told co-workers when she worked in the emergency room. Headed...

By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Jacqueline Stowe has seen big promises come and go. The 76-year-old grew up in Brooklyn, a thriving Black community just outside uptown Charlo...

By Sarah Jane Tribble KFF Health News Megan Waiters can recite the stories of dozens of people she has helped connect to the internet in western Alabama. A 7-year-old who couldn’t do classwork online ...

By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder A new program touted to give $50 billion in federal funding to rural hospitals won’t necessarily keep rural hospitals from closing, according to several experts in rural ...

By Ashley Fredde For some North Carolinians, the road to retirement is anything but even.  While some workers can count on employer-backed savings plans, nearly half of North Carolinians will be left ...

By Jaymie Baxley Before he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009, Job Gilliam paved roads in the winding mountains of western North Carolina. Today, the 49-year-old can barely move around his ...

By Grace Vitaglione Turning 65 can be daunting in more ways than one. For many North Carolinians, the weeks before their birthday are accompanied by a deluge of advertisements and mailings for various...

By Will Atwater On a warm, sunny Saturday morning in late September, The Corner Farmers Market in Greensboro’s Lindley Park neighborhood was an inviting place to be. Throngs of people — some with kids...

By Ashley Fredde A bill recently sent to Gov. Josh Stein by the North Carolina legislature could be a small step in addressing the state’s housing supply gap. An added benefit: Getting more housing bu...