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By Ashley Fredde As this year’s Medicare open enrollment period proceeds, Medicare beneficiaries in North Carolina are facing a year of higher costs.  Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare enrol...

By Will Atwater Single-use, compostable and recyclable takeout containers are on their way out at some North Carolina universities.  Stainless steel is taking their place.  This fall, UNC Greensboro i...

By Jennifer Fernandez UNC Greensboro junior Taniyah McCormick grabbed a couple of plastic bags to fill as she perused the shelves at the Spartan Open Pantry on Thursday. She used to stop by once a mon...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...