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Crisis at one North Carolina hospital

February 23, 2026

Plus: 3 things happening in NC this week Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Kerri Wilson and Zoe Clarke are nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Wilson works in the cardiology wing, Clarke in the intensive care unit. Both of them spoke to Cardinal & Pine’s Michael McElroy recently for our ongoing Bad Medicine…

North Carolina House budget has big pay increase for new teachers, modest state employee raises

May 21, 2025

After the North Carolina House passes its budget, House and Senate negotiators will meet to reconcile their differences, including differences over how to compensate state employees.

North Carolina House budget has big pay increase for new teachers, modest state employee raises

😬 ‘Bomb cyclone’ heading for NC?

January 29, 2026

Plus: US Senate candidate running from western NC recovery? Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. When you live in North Carolina, you come to think of snow as an ephemeral thing. Look at it too long and you might look it out of existence. But for the second weekend in a row,…

Holiday gift guide: This year, support local businesses in WNC & beyond

November 18, 2024

A search for the perfect holiday gift ends with these 15 businesses and makers in western North Carolina and beyond.

Holiday gift guide: This year, support local businesses in WNC & beyond

🦇 Batman patrols this NC small town

July 14, 2026

Plus: 11 affordable road trips in NC Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Below we have a free summer meals program in jeopardy and our guide to affordable NC road trips, but first: Not every hero wears a cape. But sometimes they do. You simply have to read this story out of the western…

Good News Friday: North Carolina moves to protect kids from addictive social media apps

June 5, 2026

A bipartisan plan to save kids from the algorithm. Plus: A summer food program for low-income families.

Good News Friday: North Carolina moves to protect kids from addictive social media apps

Trump plan to shift cost of health, food benefits to the states will cost North Carolina billions

September 5, 2025

by Lynn Bonner, NC Newsline September 5, 2025 A top state health administrator gave members of the state’s Child Fatality Task Force an update on some of the expensive challenges facing North Carolina that, left unresolved, could result in increased hunger and untreated illnesses. The federal mega-bill that cut social welfare programs will potentially undo…

Trump plan to shift cost of health, food benefits to the states will cost North Carolina billions

🐅 5 animal sanctuaries in NC

May 13, 2026

Plus: This could change politics in NC. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Since 2010, politics in America has changed. The US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision allowed corporations and outside groups to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections. It has increasingly made non-local politics into a game played only by the…

County election officials given room to adjust voting measures to account for Helene’s destruction

October 7, 2024

The state elections board passed a resolution providing needed flexibility in 13 hard-hit counties, and promising a “robust” and “secure” election.

County election officials given room to adjust voting measures to account for Helene’s destruction

Opinion: Congress wants you to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy

June 18, 2025

Just last month, the US House approved plans that would give $70,000 in tax cuts to the richest North Carolinians while raising health care premiums

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