Economy of pandemic whipsawing NC logging and sawmill industries
Logging and sawmill operations across North Carolina are struggling to adjust to a destabilized lumber market caused by rapid swings in supply and demand during…
Politics
Cuts in federal VOCA funding hurt NC groups aiding survivors of violent crimes
Catherine Johnson knows the impact the Victims of Crime Act Crime Victims Fund, commonly known as VOCA funding, has on some of the most vulnerable North Carolinians….
HCA takeover reframing primary care in Western NC, could threaten regional hospitals
When HCA purchased Asheville-based nonprofit Mission Health, the Tennessee-based for-profit company promised to ensure everyone access to high-quality care health care in Western North Carolina….
Anxiety without a pause: Parents reflect on pandemic schooling
By Chiung-Wei Huang for NC Health News At 8 a.m. sharp, Laura Farnan, a parent in Chapel Hill of one rising first-grader and one middle…
Graham police chief admits officers’ unprofessionalism; city denies wrongdoing
On July 8, Graham Police Chief Mary Kristy Cole acknowledged in a public letter that some officers made unprofessional comments while managing protests in 2020….
Insurer balks at paying $4.6 million verdict in Cherokee County case
A federal jury awarded a father and his daughter $4.6 million earlier this year after finding that Cherokee County and its Department of Social Services…
Communities struggle with meth outside spotlight of opioid crisis
While the opioid crisis gripped many rural areas of the state, the proliferation of methamphetamine challenged communities in Western North Carolina. “The biggest thing out…
Park Service to support Gullah Geechee corridor project
by Trista Talton, Coastal Review Online A grassroots effort to connect the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor with the East Coast Greenway in Brunswick County…
‘Ten for NC’: NC business after COVID
Continuing to celebrate 10 years of investigative and public interest journalism in North Carolina, Carolina Public Press this week presented the next in its Ten…
Transylvania lawyer-client sex allegations ‘unfounded,’ DA says
A lawyer accused two years ago of improper conduct with clients will not face criminal charges, acting District Attorney Andrew Murray said earlier this month….