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Two workers sit behind a glass check-in window at SouthLight, an outpatient treatment provider. At intake, every patients is given a social determinants of health assessment

Helping people stay in treatment starts with the basics

by Rachel Crumpler June 24, 2026June 26, 2026

Four women sit in chairs arranged in a semicircle on a hardwood floor in a bright, windowed room with green walls. The woman second from right holds a microphone and speaks while gesturing with her free hand. A presentation screen in the background reads "Tackling the Plastic Problem," with the names and photos of the panelists visible. The woman on the far right holds a notepad and microphone. Name tags are visible on the two women on the left.

Environmental Health

The push to hold plastics producers accountable in North Carolina

by Will Atwater June 23, 2026June 26, 2026

Tarboro resident Kelly Spivey founded Kelly's Community Pantry eight years ago to help people with food insecurity. With SNAP cuts and school children out for summer vacation she likes to keep the five shelf locker on her property well stocked with free provisions

Children's Health

When school’s out, who will feed the kids?

by Diana Lopez June 22, 2026June 26, 2026

A generated map showing downtown Asheville with a star on the location of a proposed new hospital.

UNC Health seeks approval for new hospital in Asheville

by Asheville Watchdog June 20, 2026June 20, 2026

A bright green and blue bus that is a mobile clinic providing medications for opioid use disorder

Addiction treatment hits the road in North Carolina

by Rachel Crumpler June 19, 2026June 21, 2026

A Black woman stands behind a podium that reads "North Carolina General Assembly" smiling at the room. She has a crowd of people standing close behind her.

Lawmakers agree North Carolina has a maternal health crisis. So why are reforms stalling?

by Skye Crawford and Ashley Fredde June 18, 2026June 21, 2026