NC awards certificates of need for new healthcare facilities to qualified providers. Legal squabbles keep holding up those ...

NC awards certificates of need for new healthcare facilities to qualified providers. Legal squabbles keep holding up those hospital beds.

Shaniquah Ford of Nash County looks over a sample ballot with her sons, Ka'Son Whitaker, 11, and Kalil Whitaker, 9, at the Braswell Library in Rocky Mount before going in to vote on Nov. 7, 2018.

With legal fights delaying healthcare facilities, NC's certificate-of-need system appears sick. What ails it and could there ...

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Moore County Department of Social Services offices in Carthage. Frank Taylor / Carolina Public Press Moore County is paying more than $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit over allegations of ...

Fayetteville State University may be among the smaller public institutions in North Carolina, but it’s punching above its weight. With the onset of the academic year, the university is celebrating ...

The Legislative Building in Raleigh, seen in January 2025. Sarah Michels / Carolina Public Press As North Carolina’s primary electric public utility, the shadow of Duke Energy looms large over the ...

A skier travels down Sugar Mountain in January 2025. Provided Looking to hit the slopes this winter in Western North Carolina? For the ski industry in the mountains, 2026 is about more than just ...

A poll worker in Nash County scans primary election voters’ paperwork before giving them ballots at the Braswell Memorial Library polling place in Rocky Mount on March 3, 2020. Calvin Adkins / ...