As NC delays setting limits on 1,4-dioxane, utilities like CFPUA face mounting costs to protect drinking water from upstream pollution.

Former EPA employees warn that rural communities across the United States will be left with fewer protections.

Solar microgrids and other modern technologies could transform care delivery in disaster-prone, underserved areas.

NC's legislature redirected human trafficking initiative funds, causing delays that disrupted vital services for sexual abuse ...

Health care professionals, patients and even the governor are calling on North Carolina's congressional delegation to protect Medicaid.

An organ procurement organization filed a lawsuit to stop Atrium Health from taking over organ donation services at Atrium ...

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Edgecombe, Beaufort and Nash leaders recently described how they're working to cut opioid overdoses, and they all went to the source.

Child care solutions are essentially, say WNC employers, who have been increasingly vocal this year about the need for ...

Creek and environmental cleanups reveal a growing plastic problem that advocates say lawmakers can no longer ignore.

If you do find yourself with a case, even one case, [it’s] a pretty massive response and takes a lot of staff,” state epidemiologist Zack Moore said.

Inconsistent enforcement and penalty appeals mean some assisted living facilities get away with light punishments, advocates say.