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In 2022, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services officials said Madison and three other mountain counties needed 67 more acute care hospital beds.

A North Carolina hospital was slated to open in 2025. Mired in bureaucracy, it’s still a dirt field.

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Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.
Spraying herbicide from the nozzle to Para Grass weeds

Report: Pesticide banned in 70+ countries widely used in NC

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A new analysis showed the harmful life cycle from production to application of a widely used pesticide in North Carolina.
As President Donald Trump makes good on campaign promises to deport immigrants living in North Carolina and across the U.S. without proper documentation, a new report spotlighted the economic risks to Social Security and other programs relying on payroll tax revenues.

Report: Immigrants in NC, U.S. prop up Social Security, Medicare

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As President Donald Trump makes good on campaign promises to deport immigrants living in North Carolina and across the U.S. without proper documentation, a new report spotlighted the economic risks to Social Security and other programs relying on payroll tax revenues.
Raleigh, NC - USA - 6-7-2024: Poe Hall on the campus of NC State University. The building is suspected of containing harmful PCB chemicals with links to cancer

Fight continues for justice over PCB exposure at NC State

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Members of the North Carolina State University community are still seeking justice over cancer-causing toxins which caused the closure of one of its buildings.
North Carolinians are speaking up as state Republicans rush to change the congressional voting map and improve their chances in the midterms next year.

Proposed NC voting map would decrease Black representation

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North Carolinians are speaking up as state Republicans rush to change the congressional voting map and improve their chances in the midterms next year.