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2025 Pride in North Carolina

2025 Pride Guide to North Carolina’s biggest festivals & events

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North Carolina celebrates 2025 Pride in June, August, and September this year. Here’s what you need to know about some of the biggest festivals and events.
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Small towns are having a hard time getting healthcare. A new program offers loan repayments for rural NC doctors.

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North Carolina’s new loan repayment initiative aims to attract and retain primary care physicians in rural areas. North Carolina is taking bold steps to address the critical shortage of healthcare providers in its rural communities, which serve nearly one-third of the state’s population. Through its new loan repayment initiative, the state aims to attract and […]
PFAS in North Carolina

What the EPA’s partial rollback of PFAS or ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rules means for North Carolina

President Trump's administration has announced plans to delay new regulations for PFAS or "forever chemicals." It's hitting hard in North Carolina. 
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Opinion: N.C. can’t let sore loser candidates undermine our democracy

People who care about democracy breathed a sigh of relief when a federal judge put a stop to this in early May, ordering the state to certify the rightful winner of the election, Justice Riggs. 
School integration in North Carolina

New film highlights historic school integration in one North Carolina community

Hendersonville, North Carolina, commemorates the 60th anniversary of the integration of its schools with a new film documenting the Black community’s thirst for education when "Color Beyond the Lines," a new film by David Weintraub and the Center for Cultural Preservation, premieres on June 21.