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Shows the NC legislative building framed by fall leaves against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.
Posted inDisabilities

“Nobody cares if we’re shuttled off somewhere”

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven February 21, 2023March 2, 2023

By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven  Jessica Aguilar has twin 10-year-old boys with autism. The family lives in Union County, just southeast of Charlotte. The boys require support workers to help them live with more ease — people who will take them to activities in the community, or who will help them practice new skills, like saying hi […]

A woman outside the window talks to her husband who is quarantined for coronavirus.
Posted inInfectious Disease

What we’ve lost to coronavirus

by Liora Engel-Smith March 1, 2021March 2, 2021
shows a county map of north carolina with darker counties being places with higher rates of COVID-19. The darkest counties right now are all rural.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Oct. 21 – Paused in Phase 3; Counties asked to toughen COVID restrictions; Promising treatment underperforms; Veterans’ home outbreaks

by Anne Blythe October 21, 2020October 27, 2022
shows a video conferencing call with six people who were talking about Cardinal Innovations
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Union, Cabarrus, other counties look to cut ties with Cardinal

by Rose Hoban October 20, 2020January 27, 2021
shows a facemask used to prevent COVID 19 transmission. It's blue with an outline of the state of North Carolina with the flag colors inside the outline
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – May 19 – Heated Lincoln County debate; nod to older North Carolinians; Avery County gets first COVID case

by Editor May 19, 2020December 10, 2022
A woman looks at cloth masks in her hands. The masks were created to help combat the coronavirus pandemic
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Coronavirus Today – April 22 – Prisoner death, textile collaboration churns out masks, behavioral health support

by Editor April 22, 2020October 27, 2022

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