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NC Senate passes bill to restrict homeless encampments, expand drug penalties
UNC Chapel Hill social work student Pat Hecker chats with a homeless man on Chapel Hill's Franklin St. during the 2016 Point In Time survey of homeless North Carolinians.

By Ashley Fredde The North Carolina Senate approved legislation We...

Posted: June 26, 2026, 8:30 am
Chemours looks to settle federal PFAS case for $450 million. NC wasn’t at the table.
Shows a hand holding a test tube that's got river water, potentially with contaminants such as PFAS, in it.

By Rose Hoban and Will Atwater Key takeaways: In a surprise move o...

Posted: June 25, 2026, 8:30 am
Helping people stay in treatment starts with the basics
Two workers sit behind a glass check-in window at SouthLight, an outpatient treatment provider. At intake, every patients is given a social determinants of health assessment

By Rachel Crumpler Key takeaways:  People often walk into SouthLig...

Posted: June 24, 2026, 8:22 am

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