By Rachel Crumpler As last year’s state budget stalemate stretched into January of this year, N.C. Department of Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes laid out the crises facing her ...

A Wake County program collects unopened cafeteria items instead of the landfill, cutting waste and methane, advocates push to add dairy.

Small-scale solar microgrids for Appalachian communities could help keep communities warm and fed during future blackouts.

A new rule change would allow agencies to terminate federal grants for political reasons — without a reason or appeal.

A budget provision about dental Medicaid services, ambulatory surgical centers confounds oral health organizations, advocates.

Cyclospora infects the small intestine, and usually causes watery diarrhea with frequent, sometimes explosive bowel movements. Other symptoms can include loss of appetite, substantial loss of weight, ...

In North Carolina’s largest jail, hundreds of people sleep on the floor on portable bed platforms. As of July 16, 2,146 people were in custody in Mecklenburg County’s uptown Charlotte jail — 242 ...