Archive for category: Covid 19

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...

By Michelle Crouch What if your health plan offered free surgery, but only by surgeons on its approved list? That’s the incentive behind a new program the North Carolina State Health Plan is rolling o...

By Jennifer Allen Coastal Review Online As North Carolina’s population grows, local and state governments, elected officials, educators and nonprofit groups are bracing for the demands more residents ...