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When the ER is the only option

by Charlotte Ledger September 6, 2023September 6, 2023

CONTENT WARNING: This article references suicide. Please take caution when reading. If you need mental health support, call or text 988 or consult our resources page.  By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger/ NC Health News Grace, 11, still has nightmares about the emergency room.  After she tried to take her own life in May, Grace spent […]

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Wake Forest University students recount fertilizer plant fire, evacuations

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Their father survived 9/11, but could not beat COVID

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