North Carolina
Changes possible with Charlotte, Triangle hospitals
New mobile grocery expands healthy food options for seniors living in New Orleans, Some Rural Libraries Are Letting Their Users Visit During Unstaffed Hours
Lumbee Tribe
The Newest Federally Recognized Tribe Wants Better Healthcare. It May Be On Its Own.
By Andrew Jones Jul 31, 2026 LUMBERTON, N.C. — Soybean fields surround Angie Lowery’s home in Robeson County, on a plot of rural land in southeastern North Carolina. Dozens of antique gas station signs, 20 feet tall, dominate her front yard. A framed re-creation of The Last Supper,
North Carolina
North Carolina Created Complaint Systems for Its Industrialized Farms. They Don’t Work Very Well.
Complaints become part of the record only if a violation is found, but the state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry and cattle farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.
Mental Health
Behavioral health urgent care hopes to fill critical need in Robeson County
Tulane University librarians sign to form a union; Novant Health aims to build hospital in Buncombe County; Proposed Public Media Cuts Will Hurt Rural Americans