Federal workers, grant recipients worry as they await details of a restructuring plan promoted by US DHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene, the battered facility is treating hundreds of thousands of gallons daily — and preparing for what’s next.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.