Taylor Knopf/NC Health News After weathering the storm at home in the town of Marion, A.C. was without power and water and decided to make the 30 mile-trip to Asheville to get supplies. A.C. is the manager of a local restaurant and also wanted to check on her business and...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press   North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson said Tuesday his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board. The lawyers will look at how what Robinson...

In Transylvania County, community leaders say HCA’s governance of Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard is causing mounting frustration. The discovery phase of the City of Brevard’s lawsuit against the massive hospital corporation is ongoing. Pardee Hospital, located in the adjacent Henderson County and operated by UNC Health, continues to build...

Khloe Bickford has decided once and for all that a career in child care is not for her. She worked in the field for two years after graduating from Brevard High School in 2019. And last December, armed with a new associates degree in business administration, she signed on as...

Some high-profile North Carolina Democrats are raising concerns about President Joe Biden — and pushing for him to show voters he’s up for the job — as calls for the president to halt his reelection efforts mount in the wake of a debate debacle. Meanwhile, Democratic governors from across the...

A U.S. Senate report released last week accused four of the nation’s largest behavioral health companies of putting profits above the safety and treatment of children placed in their care. The blistering report — Warehouses of Neglect — is the result of a two-year investigation by Senate Finance Committee Chair...

This summer, residents of Southeastern North Carolina are anticipating the outcome of the expert discovery phase in the legal action against chemical manufacturer Chemours, while rural water facilities in many part of the state await crucial guidance on how to filter out the devastatingly high levels of PFAS in their...