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Living with microplastics, and finding ways to reduce exposure
A person wearing clear disposable gloves holds a handful of small, colorful plastic fragments and sand-sized debris, illustrating microplastic pollution collected from a beach or shoreline.

By Will Atwater Since the 1950s, plastic has seemingly become the ...

Posted: April 24, 2026, 8:30 am
Medicaid breakthrough comes with unexpected immigration mandates
shows the floor of the NC state legislature beyond a glass window with the Great Seal of the State of NC on it

By Anne Blythe, Ashley Fredde and Rose Hoban Lawmakers voted for a...

Posted: April 23, 2026, 8:30 am
NC dentists push for higher Medicaid payments to tackle access crisis
A white-haired man in a blue suit reads his speech at a wooden podium as lawmakers and oral health advocates in the background look on. Dentist Frank Courts was among the group advocatig for higher Medicaid reimbursement rates for dentists.

By Anne Blythe Kristen Jarrell, an Alexander County resident and l...

Posted: April 22, 2026, 8:22 am

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