LOCAL PEOPLE

NC Medicaid won a national award after enrolling 570,000+ residents in its expansion program. Learn how community partnerships are transforming healthcare access statewide.

The Biden-Harris administration announced $1.3 billion in federal funding to historically Black colleges and universities. Here’s what you need to know.

Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, have positioned themselves as the largest cohort of homebuyers. Here’s where they’re buying houses.

50 hours, that’s the amount of time America’s “sandwich generation” spends caring for both children and aging parents every week. Here’s what you need to know.

North Carolina students’ mental health improved with increased physical activity, per the 2023 NC Youth Risk Behavior Surveys.

The NC Department of Health and Human Services expanded its Human Donor Milk Program, adding five depots statewide to enhance infant health.

As many as 28 percent of single moms live in poverty. Here’s what you need to know about the wage gap for single moms.

It’s Friday, and you know what that means, another roundup of positive NC news stories! Here’s your Good News Friday for this week.

Princeville, North Carolina, the oldest community in America founded by formerly enslaved people, has been trapped in a cycle of disaster. Here’s what you need to know.

Personal finance and consumer banking website Go Banking Rates has compiled a list of the 10 worst NC cities to retire. Here’s what you need to know.