The Charlotte Post6d
Rural NC counties would suffer most from Medicaid cuts
A little over 39% of all Medicaid beneficiaries in North Carolina live in rural counties, according to an NC Health News ...
Rural communities are in crisis. More should be done to help them | Opinion
Today you can drive through many once-thriving towns in rural North Carolina and view main streets where formerly thriving ...
Carolina Public Press4d
Too costly to keep, but too important to lose. Solving paradox of NC rural women’s health services
Reversing trend of NC rural women's health care services drying up will require tracking, enforcement and incentives in ...
North Carolina Health News4d
Financial pressures prompt women’s services cuts at NC rural hospitals
Women’s services often lose money for NC rural hospitals. State doesn’t track lost maternity services or require hospitals to sustain care.
WFAE 90.75d
Deserts for women’s health care services expand in rural NC counties
N.C. data show labor and delivery and other women’s services reduced or eliminated at rural hospitals, with negative health ...
New report ranks state highway systems across the US. Where NC lands and why
A new report rated North Carolina’s highway system the best in the nation. The Annual Highway Report from the Reason ...
8 ‘scared and helpless’ dogs were crammed into crate and abandoned. Now, a fresh start
“Crammed into a too-small crate, abandoned on a road with hardly any traffic,” a North Carolina animal shelter wrote March 17 ...
Winston-Salem Journal13dOpinion
Ed Hanes: A new prescription for rural North Carolina
The state must pursue a technology-driven remedy anchored by three strategic pillars: workforce development, energy and ...
WFAE 90.73d
A frozen clean energy program leaves rural businesses in the lurch
The USDA's Rural Energy for America Program has given small, rural businesses $1.3 billion in funding for renewable energy ...
Grist on MSN2d
Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.
Farmers and rural business owners were promised federal dollars for energy upgrades. With funds frozen, some are left holding ...