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Ocracoke to get a pharmacy next year
By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke Observer It may surprise some that Ocracoke does not have a pharmacy. The Ocracoke Health Center…
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‘Like hurricane-level damage’: Thousands remain without power, cleanup to last days after severe weather
A strong thunderstorm brought down trees and knocked out power to thousands across the Triangle on Friday evening.
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Tens of thousands without power as storms move through central NC
A strong thunderstorm brought down trees and knocked out power to thousands across the Triangle on Friday evening.
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Why small NC mountain city is taking on nation’s largest hospital system
By Shelby Harris, Carolina Public Press A small mountain city is challenging the nation’s largest hospital system in court. Brevard…
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Hundreds of gas pumps overcharge for gas, according to state report
With gas prices at record highs, you probably find yourself wishing the prices you pay at the pump were wrong,…
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Health Care Half Hour: Getting to yes on Medicaid expansion across political divides
In this Health Care Half Hour, NCHN Editor-in-Chief Rose Hoban talks with Casey Cooper, the CEO of Cherokee Indian Hospital;…
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Long-time Wake County charter school teacher charged with child sex abuse
A teacher who has taught at East Wake Academy for nearly 20 years has been arrested for indecent liberties with…
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National report raises overarching questions on U.S. nursing home care
By Thomas Goldsmith “Ineffective, inefficient, fragmented, and unsustainable.” That’s the summation of the state of U.S. nursing homes — their…
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Beasley, Budd in close race for US Senate seat, WRAL News poll shows
Democratic former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Burr are running to fill the…
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North Carolinians say they want stricter gun laws amid heightened fear of gun violence, WRAL News poll shows
A new WRAL News poll shows overwhelming support among North Carolinians for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,…
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