By Rachel Crumpler As last year’s state budget stalemate stretched into January of this year, N.C. Department of Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes laid out the crises facing her ...

A Wake County program collects unopened cafeteria items instead of the landfill, cutting waste and methane, advocates push to add dairy.

State Health Plan leaders say premiums will rise this year, but they’ve designed the plan so that employees can save big if ...

Small-scale solar microgrids for Appalachian communities could help keep communities warm and fed during future blackouts.

Parents and providers warn that changes to treatment reauthorization and who can provide autism therapy could mean many children lose care.

A new rule change would allow agencies to terminate federal grants for political reasons — without a reason or appeal.

By Skye Crawford Ben Ingraham wanted to be a doctor. He planned to attend medical school after serving as a U.S. Navy corpsman, but his time in the military was unexpectedly cut short. A traumatic ...

This low-wealth county is facing economic promises and residents’ concerns over fossil‑fuel power, water use and rising utility bills.

A budget provision about dental Medicaid services, ambulatory surgical centers confounds oral health organizations, advocates.

ECU Health gets funding needed to begin converting the shuttered Martin General facility into a Rural Emergency Hospital.

Program won’t try to eliminate NC maternity deserts, but will find ways to ease burden on rural mothers needing obstetric healthcare.

A politically diverse North Carolina church has united around forgiving medical debt, raising thousands of dollars to erase millions in unpaid medical bills and showing that helping neighbors can ...