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New coalition launches in bid to pressure HCA to sell Mission Health System
For months, Western North Carolina elected officials, health care professionals and others have been calling for HCA Healthcare, the country’s largest for-profit hospital company, to sell Asheville-based Mission Health System amid a torrent of lawsuits, patient complaints and even a federal inquiry. Now, a new group is escalating those...
Democrats more flush in six Council of State races
(The Center Square) – With 103 days to Nov. 5, Democrats are out-fundraising Republicans in the top state-wide elections across North Carolina. These races, often called the Council of State election races, include the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, commissioners of agriculture, insurance, and labor, the secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction. Of those 10 elections, Democrats ended the second fundraising quarter of the year with...
Watauga High among schools statewide to offer drone technology courses
Watauga High School and Watauga Innovation Academy are among more than 60 high schools across the state that will offer drone technology courses in their CTE departments. Students will study the fundamentals of drones, legal requirements, simulations, drone flight training, mapping and more, according to the North Carolina Department of Instruction (NCDPI).
Sentara cuts climate pollution from gas used for anesthesia
This story was reported by WHRO News. Sentara Health officials say they are reducing climate pollution from a greenhouse gas used for anesthesia, part of the system’s wider effort to reduce health care’s sizable carbon footprint. The health system’s hospitals throughout Virginia and North Carolina have largely phased...
2 NC public universities may be cutting several academic degrees after board vote
RALEIGH, N.C. — Two of North Carolina’s public universities will be allowed to eliminate more than a dozen degree programs ranging from ancient Mediterranean studies to physics after the university system’s governing board voted Wednesday to authorize the cuts. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors'...
Driver escapes vehicle after striking tree in Carthage
A man was transported to the hospital after crashing into a tree just outside of Carthage on Thursday evening. The single-vehicle crash happened around 4:40 p.m. on Union Church Road in the curve just east of Lynch Road. According to authorities on scene, the crash occurred when a Ford truck...
World Golf Hall of Fame
The World Golf Hall of Fame has returned to its original home in Pinehurst, NC. The facility opened just prior to the 2024 U.S. Open at the new Golf House Pinehurst campus adjacent to Pinehurst Country Club. The first floor of the building houses the USGA Experience which includes artifacts from the USGA Museum and Library. On the second floor is the WGHOF where visitors will find a new Hall of Fame locker room experience. Each locker representing all inductees maintains a collection of gear and artifacts that assists in telling that player’s story and rich history. Here, you will see Bob Jones’ Spalding 2-wood. Jack Nicklaus’ MacGregor golf bag from the 1965 Masters and Johnny Miller’s clubs, ball and champions golf medal from the 1973 U.S. Open at Oakmont. And so much more.
Moore Regional Hospital ranks in Money’s Best Hospitals 2024 list
PINEHURST — FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, including its Hoke and Richmond campuses, has earned recognition as one of the Best Hospitals in America by Money. Money named just 115 hospitals out of more than 6,000 across the United States to create its list of best hospitals. To compile its list of the Best Hospitals in America, Money crunched 13,500 data points and considered hospitals based on patient care, price transparency and quality of patient experience.
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