Past due and overbudget: NC's new Medicaid computer system has issues and a whistleblower knew it
North Carolina received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding in 2018 to upgrade its Medicaid system. The cost ...
West Nile virus is in North Carolina: Here's what you need to know
Buncombe, Rutherford and Cleveland counties have reported one case each of a human infection. It is unclear if any of those ...
High amounts of COVID-19 still recorded in Charlotte wastewater sites: DHHS
“In our Charlotte-3 sewer-shed, the levels of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater are higher than they were in January 2022 when Omicron ...
NC Supreme Court will not dismiss ongoing legal dispute between Ace Speedway, NCDHHS over COVID-19 shutdowns
The North Carolina Supreme Court will allow the ongoing lawsuit between the state and a Piedmont Triad race track to continue ...
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Inept NC child protective system puts vulnerable kids in danger, federal lawsuit says
North Carolina puts thousands of children in harm’s way by failing ... which seeks action for a class of at least 11,000 ...
Lawsuit alleges NC foster care system is failing its children
NORTH CAROLINA — A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges the North Carolina foster care system has been “in a state of crisis for ...
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Henderson County jail death: NC DHHS completes investigation, finds no deficiencies
ASHEVILLE - The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has completed its compliance investigation into a detainee’s death in the Henderson County Detention Center, finding no deficiencies. Alan ...
Rising temperatures, rising deaths: NC grapples with heat crisis
Rhiannan Ortiz, who is seven months pregnant, is recovering from heat exhaustion while coping with life without air ...
Racetrack’s lawsuit against NC health secretary over COVID closures can proceed
Despite COVID-19 rules limiting gatherings, thousands of race fans gathered at Ace Speedway in NC in 2020. This led to a ...
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Foster children sue over abuse and endangerment in North Carolina
The plaintiffs claim that a county in Charlotte leaves foster children in the hospital for days and even weeks, because it is ...
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Mission could still open ER in Arden, despite lack of public hearing, NC judge rules
A Court of Appeals ruling this week found that Mission and the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) should have held a public hearing on Mission’s application for a Certificate of ...