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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

NC DHHS officials Debra Farrington, left, Michael Leighs and Melanie Bush at the i2i Center for Integrative Health’s spring conference in Raleigh on June 9, 2026.

Federal curveball upends NC’s plans for Medicaid work rule

by Jaymie Baxley June 11, 2026June 11, 2026

Aerial view of a water-filled open-pit lithium mine surrounded by farmland and forests in North Carolina's Piedmont region.

Environmental Health

When water meets rock: Water quality impacts from lithium mining

by Coastwatch June 6, 2026June 5, 2026

A closed hospital entrance blocked by a banner reading “Martin General Hospital & The Emergency Department Are Closed,” stretched across a driveway in front of a beige hospital building, with trees and a partly cloudy sky in the background.

Trump’s $50B rural health bet meets a healthcare desert in North Carolina

by KFF Health News May 30, 2026May 29, 2026

Several people work together in a freshly tilled field on land owned by El Futuro Es Nuestro on a clear, sunny day; one man in the foreground bends over a white bucket while others stand or kneel along the rows with shovels and tools, trees and a mobile home are in the background.

Environmental Health

Migrant workers, advocates work to get ready for long, hot summer

by Will Atwater May 27, 2026June 12, 2026

A modern hospital sits over a mountain town.

In quest for more beds, Mission plans to keep staff lean, CON application shows

by Asheville Watchdog May 16, 2026May 15, 2026