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HCA Healthcare, Mission monitor reports potential non-compliance for 3rd straight year

HCA Healthcare, Mission monitor reports potential non-compliance for 3rd straight year

  • USA Today Network

The independent monitor of HCA Healthcare's 2019 deal to purchase Mission Health found two instances of "potential non-compliance" in 2025, according to a report.

Report says Davidson Fort unsafe, costly to repair. What is the future of the Old Fort property?

Report says Davidson Fort unsafe, costly to repair. What is the future of the Old Fort property?

  • Mike Conley

A town meeting brought new ideas to light for the property.

NC’s new laws target vape shops and youth access. Why some say it’s not enough.

NC’s new laws target vape shops and youth access. Why some say it’s not enough.

  • Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi The News & Observer (Raleigh)

The laws don’t include all the places you can buy nicotine and tobacco products, and don’t include most of the products that youth can “easily walk in and buy.”

You might get an insurance lapse letter from the NC DMV. It’s not a scam.

You might get an insurance lapse letter from the NC DMV. It’s not a scam.

  • Autumn Coleman The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Errors in the system can happen for a multitude of reasons, but the DMV says the individual is responsible for catching and correcting them.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hints Charlotte could be future Super Bowl, draft host

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hints Charlotte could be future Super Bowl, draft host

  • USA Today Network

Could Charlotte some day serve as the center of the football universe?

Animal lovers invited to Grandfather Mountain's Animal Enrichment Day July 29

Animal lovers invited to Grandfather Mountain's Animal Enrichment Day July 29

  • jkiziah

“We encourage all animal lovers to make a trip up to the mountain to celebrate the residents of our wildlife habitats.”

McDowell County working to address teen suicide

McDowell County working to address teen suicide

  • Mike Conley

Since April 2024, the McDowell Department of Social Services has screened 21 reports involving teen suicide attempts.

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Report says Davidson Fort unsafe, costly to repair. What is the future of the Old Fort property?

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UNC AD reveals what was behind decision to fire Hubert Davis

UNC AD reveals what was behind decision to fire Hubert Davis

HCA Healthcare, Mission monitor reports potential non-compliance for 3rd straight year

HCA Healthcare, Mission monitor reports potential non-compliance for 3rd straight year

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Should liquor in NC have a set minimum price? Here’s how you can weigh in by Wednesday

Should liquor in NC have a set minimum price? Here’s how you can weigh in by Wednesday

North Carolinians can now weigh in on if distilled spirits like whiskey and vodka should have a government-mandated minimum price. 

State budget orders NC to fast-track environmental permits for gas and nuclear projects

State budget orders NC to fast-track environmental permits for gas and nuclear projects

Nuclear energy plants and natural gas projects in North Carolina could soon be approved and built faster than before. 

Heat-related hospital visits at near-record high in NC this summer, state reports

Heat-related hospital visits at near-record high in NC this summer, state reports

Experts say that’s driven by an intense heat wave that hit the state at the same time as a drought.

Caller reports prowlers. It was a prison drug smuggling operation in eastern NC, sheriff says

Caller reports prowlers. It was a prison drug smuggling operation in eastern NC, sheriff says

An alert passerby exposed a drug smuggling operation after noticing “suspicious individuals” cruising the neighborhood, according to investigators in eastern North Carolina.

Kadin Hoger grilling at the encampment on Williamson and South Baldwin streets

Kadin Hoger grilling at the encampment on Williamson and South Baldwin streets

Kadin Hoger was grilling at the encampment on Williamson and South Baldwin streets from 2 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday.

People gather at the site where Corey Ruiz was fatally shot by a police officer

People gather at the site where Corey Ruiz was fatally shot by a police officer

People gather at Williamson and South Baldwin Streets where Corey Ruiz was fatally shot by a police officer on Wednesday afternoon in Madison.

Williamson Street memorial site holds strong on day 3

Williamson Street memorial site holds strong on day 3

The memorial for Corey Ruiz has been in place on Williamson Street since Wednesday, when Ruiz was shot dead by police there. It was still holding strong Saturday, with no sign of police or other means of removal. Protesters said they plan on staying as long as they can.

Bank questions man’s ID and foils large money laundering scheme, NC sheriff says

Bank questions man’s ID and foils large money laundering scheme, NC sheriff says

A complex money laundering operation was uncovered in North Carolina when bank employees noticed a customer had used a different ID the day before.

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This group of McDowell County 8-year-olds is competing in the Babe Ruth World Series

This group of McDowell County 8-year-olds is competing in the Babe Ruth World Series

  • jason.koon

The team has already had a dominant summer. They went 4-0 in the district championship and 3-0 in the state tournament.

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Michael Lombardi, UNC football GM, placed on paid administrative leave

Michael Lombardi, UNC football GM, placed on paid administrative leave

Lombardi joined Bill Belichick ahead of the 2025 season as the highest-paid general manager in college football with an annual salary of $1.5 million.

UNC AD reveals what was behind decision to fire Hubert Davis

UNC AD reveals what was behind decision to fire Hubert Davis

North Carolina fired men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis in March, ending a five-year tenure that fell short of the program’s championship standard despite consistent NCAA tournament appearances.

Corey Heim Just Made NASCAR History!

Corey Heim Just Made NASCAR History!

Corey Heim shocked the NASCAR world by capturing the 2026 Brickyard 400 in one of the biggest upsets of the season. The 24-year-old part-time 23XI Racing driver made history with his second Cup win in just 15 starts and claimed his first crown-jewel victory. *Subscribe to the channel for mor…

Beltran, Jones and Kent are inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame

Beltran, Jones and Kent are inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame

Beltran, Jones and Kent are inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame

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Hickory Crawdads rally in the 10th to edge the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 4-3 at LP Frans Stadium, fueled by Yolfran Castillo, Paulino Santana and strong relief.

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To AI or not to AI as a tool versus a crutch

To AI or not to AI as a tool versus a crutch

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Former reporter explores how nonprofits use AI to streamline admin work, boost grant writing and translation, while insisting it remain a human-guided tool.

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Nonprofits find practical ways to use artificial intelligence

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Nonprofits in Catawba County are using AI to streamline administration, support grant writing and improve communication while keeping human judgment at the center.

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Wythe County cannery to reopen July 27 for harvest season

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Wythe County Cannery will reopen July 27 with a new boiler, restoring canning operations by appointment ahead of the late summer and fall harvest season.

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Disney's 'Descendants' returns with a new adventure | Streamed & Screened podcast

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Normandy's D-Day beaches become UNESCO heritage site

Normandy's D-Day beaches become UNESCO heritage site

Allied forces landed on the beaches June 6, 1944, to fight Adolf Hitler's Nazi troops and go on to liberate France during World War II.

A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1,000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold more than a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan

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PHILADELPHIA -- Classics scholar Emily Wilson was in Greece’s Costa Navarino last year when she heard the news that would change her life: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan was planning to release a star-studded adaptation of "The Odyssey," the epic poem that Wilson had spent years painstakingly translating from Homeric Greek into English. Nolan’s film crew, Wilson learned, had just left the Greek ...

Are books dead? 9 fun ways to fight ‘the end of reading’

Are books dead? 9 fun ways to fight ‘the end of reading’

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