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UNC Health seeks approval for new hospital in Asheville
By Ted Clifford Asheville Watchdog UNC Health, the University of North Carolina’s hospital system, has applied for permission to open a 92-bed hospital near downtown Asheville. North Carolina’s state-owned nonprofit health provider, which already has a management agreement with UNCHealth Pardee in Henderson County, made the request to the North Carolina Department of Health and…
Could technology stop repeat speeders? Some NC lawmakers think so.
By Jaymie Baxley Matt Simpson was on a bicycle ride with his wife and two young children when a Volkswagen Jetta barreled through a crosswalk near their Durham home in July 2022. The car, which was traveling at nearly twice the posted speed limit, struck Simpson, who died from his injuries at a local hospital. …
Atrium land deal clears way for 1,200 homes
By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger After months of scrutiny, Atrium Health announced this week that it has finalized a deal to fulfill one of the affordable housing promises it made in 2021 while seeking public support for The Pearl, its medical innovation district. The agreement calls for the hospital to transfer nearly 14…
Dog deaths at Swannanoa boarding facility point to holes in NC animal welfare protections
By Skye Crawford Morgan Glenn parted from her dogs for the first time in nearly two years this spring when she went on a 10-day trip to visit family in Europe. Since they could not come with her, she boarded her pets at a familiar place — Inner Knowing Canine Connections in Swannanoa. Glenn, a…
Death takes a holiday: NC medical examiners plan coordinated vacation to protest low pay
By Ted Clifford Asheville Watchdog Paula Case knows the job of a medical examiner wasn’t meant to be easy. Since 2021 she has driven up and down seven counties of western North Carolina investigating deaths that are sudden, violent, unexpected or simply unattended by a physician. Like all local medical investigators in the state, Case,…
‘A calling’: Paid foster parents are changing outcomes for NC children
By Jennifer Fernandez When families are in crisis, foster parents often fill in to provide a safe place for children while parents get their lives together. Traditionally, foster parents were volunteers who received a small monthly stipend to care for these children. But since the pandemic, the state has had a dearth of these volunteer…
