Anirban Sen/Yahoo!Fianance CVS Health is exploring options that could include a break-up of the company to separate its retail and insurance units, as the struggling healthcare services company looks to turn around its fortunes amid pressure from investors, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. CVS has been discussing various options – including how such […]
Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News Historic rainfall and flooding brought by the remnants of Hurricane Helene have pushed western North Carolina hospitals into “managed chaos.” Power outages forced many hospitals to rely on backup generators for several days. Widespread water system failures required alternative water supplies for hospitals that use tremendous amounts of water while handwashing, […]
Seth Borenstein/The Associated Press More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it — an unheard of amount of water that has stunned experts. That’s enough to fill the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium 51,000 times, or […]
Eva Dou/The Washington Post Flooding in North Carolina has imperiled the operations of mines that produce the world’s purest quartz sand — an irreplaceable ingredient for manufacturing components at the heart of smartphones and other electronic devices. The town of Spruce Pine, where these unique mines are located, remains in a dire status, with power, […]
Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press The North Carolina State Board of Elections released the beginnings of a plan Monday to address voting access in the western part of the state following devastation wrought by Tropical Storm Helene. “As rescue and recovery efforts continue after (Tropical Storm) Helene, North Carolina election officials are working to ensure voters […]
Dianne Gallagher & Michelle Watson/CNN It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. So, on Saturday morning, he got in his vehicle and started driving toward their home, nestled on a mountain between Spruce Pine […]
Christopher Long/The Wilson Times N.C. House of Representatives District 24 candidates Dante Pittman and Rep. Ken Fontenot, R-Wilson, faced off Thursday evening in a candidate forum hosted by the Wilson County Public Library. More than 100 supporters and interested community members filled the library’s assembly room and adjacent hall. Fontenot supporters wearing “Vote for Fontenot” […]
Morgan Casey/CityView Patients googling Harnett Health facilities might see different results in their search. Instead of “Angier Medical Services,” they will see “Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – Angier.” “Harnett OB-GYN” will come up as “Cape Fear Valley OB/GYN – Dunn.” It is all part of the final step of Harnett Health’s merger with Cape […]
Kelly Kenoyer/WHQR The New Hanover Community Endowment announced $14 million in housing program grants Monday, September 30. These grants mark the first investments based on the Endowment’s housing strategy unveiled earlier this year. The grants will help address the fact that 35% of households in New Hanover County are cost-burdened, spending more than 30% of […]
