Archive for category: Covid 19

By Jennifer Brookland The War Horse Shawna Bush had been blissfully ignorant during her pregnancy: happy, excited, and expecting the best out of motherhood. It took just two days for the wrecking ball...

By Jennifer Brookland The War Horse Shawna Bush had been blissfully ignorant during her pregnancy: happy, excited, and expecting the best out of motherhood. It took just two days for the wrecking ball...

By Rachel Crumpler The Central Prison Healthcare Complex bustles with activity. Inside the 600,000-square-foot Raleigh facility, incarcerated men from across North Carolina shuffle through the five-st...

By Taylor Knopf Every Saturday, Linda McDonough picks up her 26-year-old daughter in Raleigh so they can spend the weekend together at her home in Chapel Hill. Typically, they go thrift shopping, visi...

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...