Often, farmworkers in the state on temporary visas are sent to fields to harvest crops in fields off of rural roads with names that are unfamiliar. The AEDs are portable — about the size of a laptop — ...

A federal lawsuit alleges that teenagers are put in solitary confinement, despite its demonstrated harm. State officials deny the claims.

Whooping cough, which is rising nationally too, tends to peak during the fall and winter, so cases are expected to keep rising.

Dozens of rural water systems were knocked out by the remnant of Hurricane Helene. Full recovery may take years.

The long-term care facility was the only one of its kind in western N.C.; patients will have to seek care elsewhere.