Archive for category: Covid 19

By Will Atwater Stokes County resident Tim Mabe likes to use a boat analogy to convey the size of a data center proposed for a nearly 2,000‑acre parcel along the Dan River that county commissioners vo...

By Rachel Crumpler A 60-bed acute long-term care unit in the Central Prison Healthcare Complex houses some of the most medically fragile — and staff-intensive — men in state custody. All require help ...

By Michelle Crouch As North Carolina lawmakers search for ways to reduce the tax burden for state residents, they’re taking aim at the generous tax breaks the state’s nonprofit and public hospitals ha...

By Ted Clifford Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital has hired an outside consultant following its most recent Immediate Jeopardy sanction and committed to federal regulators that it will make sweeping...

By Clayton Kenkel NC Newsline North Carolina teachers and state employees can expect more changes to the State Health Plan in 2027 as trustees work to control rising costs for care. Tom Friedman, the ...

By Anne Blythe and Michelle Crouch When Jessica Auslander set up her counseling practice in the Charlotte/Weddington area almost a decade ago, she was a true pioneer in her field. As the only gambling...

By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger Now that sports betting is just a tap away on your smartphone, experts say it can be easier for gambling to spiral out of control. Google searches for “gambling...

By Anne Blythe Now that the NCAA tournament play-in games are over and brackets are set with a maze of paths to the Final Four, many North Carolina college basketball fans are about to develop a serio...

By Michelle Crouch Two years after North Carolina legalized mobile sports betting, counselors say they are seeing the fallout: drained bank accounts, strained relationships and young people — especial...

By Morgan Casey Border Belt Independent Using a blue pen, Bladen County Board of Commissioners chair Cameron McGill signed 18 letters to state lawmakers in late January. One was for N.C. Speaker of th...