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Is rural America struggling? It depends on how you define ‘rural’
The Office of Budget and Management will release a new list of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties based on data from the 2020 Census, which is likely to toss formerly growing rural areas into metropolitan counties.
NC Talks: Seaside to mountaintops
While there’s a growing acceptance among Americans that the climate is warming (72% of Americans, according to a 2021 Yale poll), there still may be a perception among many that it’s far off in the future and there’s still time to discover adaptations or solutions.
NC prosecutors want harsher punishments for drug dealers, advocates say their proposal will cause more overdoses
Senate Republicans introduced Senate Bill 189 in early March during a news conference where lawmakers were surrounded by law enforcement and families who have lost loved ones to drug overdose.
End of Covid emergency will usher in changes across the US health system
In response to the pandemic, the federal government in 2020 suspended many of its rules on how care is delivered. That transformed essentially every corner of American health care — from hospitals and nursing homes to public health and treatment for people recovering from addiction.
Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes
Video visits are an increasingly common way for residents of small-town nursing homes to receive mental health care. Patients don’t have to travel to a clinic. They don’t even have to get cleaned up and leave their bedrooms, which can be daunting for people with depression or anxiety.
Carolina Public Press presents research on state’s digital divide at NC Local News Summit
The Carolina Public Press team, with staff members Lisa Lopez and Lindsey Wilson, presented a workshop called “Bridging the Digital Divide in North Carolina Communities,” which looked at how digital inequality impacts individuals and communities in North Carolina.
National physician shortage will hit rural areas harder, experts say
A study showed that while the entire country is seeing dwindling numbers of physicians, rural areas remain drastically behind their urban counterparts. Paired with worse health outcomes, rural America risks a deepening healthcare crisis.
Mining in your backyard, part three: The story of Mountain Mist Mine and the neighbors contesting it
With hundreds of mines throughout the state, Burnette and neighbors are likely not alone in sorting out the laws and rules related to the permitting and enforcement of mining.
Medicare Advantage, insuring 1 million patients in North Carolina, faces new challenges to costs, practices
The privately managed Medicare Advantage portion of Medicare is the subject of broad differences of opinion over its cost — including, regulators say, an eye-popping $15 billion in excess payments made in 2021.
Mining in your backyard, part two: The story of Mountain Mist Mine and the neighbors contesting it
Several members of the community sent letters to the state expressing concerns with the Mountain Mist requesting a public hearing to address concerns about the mine’s impact, the quality and volume of the spring, the impact of blasting, runoff, dust and the potential loss of their property’s value.
Mining in your backyard, part one: The story of Mountain Mist Mine and the neighbors contesting it
A McDowell County neighborhood’s concerns about the impact of a mining operation drew the attention of state regulators two years ago. In addition to the nuisance of living near a mine, residents of rural Hick Chapel worry the extraction of dimension stone from an open pit could impact their water source.
Looming cuts to emergency SNAP benefits threaten food security in rural America
The cuts to SNAP benefits will uniquely hurt people living in rural America, said Andrew Cheyne, managing director of public policy for GRACE, a nonprofit run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul focused on reducing childhood hunger. A higher percentage of people depend on SNAP in rural areas compared with metro areas. Those areas already have higher rates of food insecurity and poverty.
Taking a moonshot at early colorectal cancer detection in northeastern NC
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in North Carolina. So health care workers inside and outside the hotspot areas got busy, trying to find and treat colorectal cancer earlier.
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