Mission Hospital has been found to be compliant with federal standards after a state inspection late May at the HCA Healthcare-owned facility, according to an email HCA North Carolina Division President Greg Lowe sent to employees Tuesday. The finding paves the way for an immediate jeopardy sanction, the toughest penalty...

Republican lawmakers in Missouri blocked a bill to widen access to birth-control pills by falsely claiming they induce abortions. An antiabortion group in Louisiana killed legislation to enshrine a right to birth control by inaccurately equating emergency contraception with abortion drugs. An Idaho think tank focused on “biblical activism” is...

Drinking water for at least 2.5 million North Carolinians is contaminated with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS at levels exceeding new federal standards, according to an EWG analysis. Across 49 drinking water systems, some far exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s PFAS standards finalized in April. Levels of the...

The safety requirements that led Toyota, Honda and other Japanese carmakers to falsify certification tests may be overly stringent and outdated given advancements in automobile design and technology, fueling calls for their review. Despite revisions since the standards were enacted in 1951, regulations haven’t kept up with the times, Takaki...

Eleven deaths in the county jail, a subsequent lawsuit and criminal charges against an employee proved too much for an insurance company to keep the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office as a customer. The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners had warned the sheriff if this were to take place it would...

A lawsuit filed against Kituwah LLC that was initially dismissed is heading back to court after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that the tribally owned corporation waived its sovereign immunity. The decision both establishes precedent that further limits sovereign immunity and could potentially jeopardize the company’s...

Several meetings are now scheduled to discuss the plan for a new Dare County Early College after it became a focus of the June 3 Dare County Commissioners meeting, with voices raised in opposition and School Superintendent Steve Basnight offering an impassioned response. The Dare County Board of Education will...

A half-dozen public speakers attended the commissioners’ meeting Monday to compel the New Hanover County board against dissolving Port City United in full. Tammie Hall, who works in violence intervention for Novant Health, said she hasn’t been able to secure a lot of alliances in her field of work. She...

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools officials met Tuesday afternoon to discuss what is and isn’t working in the district’s student code of conduct. WS/FCS rolled out the new Code of Character, Conduct, and Support in 2022, after spending a year developing it with community stakeholders. It provides a matrix of varying levels...

Six suspended police instructors from a halted law enforcement program at Blue Ridge Community College in Henderson County are set to appear before a state board with the power to revoke trainer and law enforcement certifications. That is according to the chair of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and...

An effort to exempt autopsy reports from North Carolina’s public records requirements was abandoned Tuesday by a Senate Republican, who said it’s more important to win approval for a streamlined bill that would add punishments for distributing a drug the White House calls an “ emerging threat.” Spearheaded by Robeson...

A North Carolina federal judge overruled a spate of new state laws that imposed new requirements on the use of Food and Drug Administration approved abortion pills. The ruling means that pregnant people can again take the medicine mifepristone at home and can obtain the medication from a pharmacy or...

European leaders are closely following the U.S. elections this fall — and not just for president, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday, days after returning from a business recruitment trip to Germany, France and Switzerland. Cooper said that during his trip people frequently asked him about the presidential race...

Soon trucks traveling to the Port of Wilmington from the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will have a new route. North Carolina Ports Authority is upgrading its general cargo terminal with two projects: a new terminal entrance and rail yard. The $50 million in upgrades will boost efficiency and handle growth...

Imagine being a patient diagnosed with a severely debilitating illness, only to learn that there’s nothing readily available on the market your doctor can prescribe to ease your symptoms. State Rep. Allen Chesser (R-Nash) said what offers hope is technological advances in the medical community that are happening at such...