Archive for category: Covid 19

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...

By Ashley Fredde In North Carolina, where a clinician practices can make all the difference for someone seeking maternity care — it’s the birth equivalent of “location, location, location.”  Dozens of...

By Liz Bell EducationNC North Carolina has experienced a 13% net loss of child care programs since 2019, with record lows of licensed care expected in the next year, said Candace Witherspoon, director...

By Will Atwater As 80-degree weather and daffodil and Bradford pear blooms purge winter from North Carolina landscapes, weekend gardeners are springing into action. Bags of grass seed, mulch and compo...

By Rachel Crumpler Brentley, a woman incarcerated at Western Correctional Center for Women in Black Mountain, is nearing her release from prison in June 2027. She’s nervous about starting over from sc...

By Jaymie Baxley  North Carolina’s new Medicaid plan for children in the foster care system has enrolled more than 32,000 young people, and state and health plan officials told lawmakers Tuesday they’...

By Jennifer Fernandez Annette, a North Carolina woman raising her granddaughter, recounted crying herself to sleep every night before she was able to find child care in her rural Jackson County commun...