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NC expands specialized mental health supervision to all 100 counties
A group photo of dozens of people working with the Specialty Mental Health Supervision program to support people with serious mental illness. They are posing by the water.

By Rachel Crumpler When Tracy Lee worked as a probation/parole off...

Posted: June 9, 2026, 8:28 am
NC lawmakers eye more child welfare changes after Charlotte girl’s death exposes chronic gaps in the system
People seated facing a dais in a room with the North Carolina seal on the wall. They are listening to a child welfare case being heard by lawmakers from the N.C. General Assembly House Oversight Committee.

By Jennifer Fernandez and Ashley Fredde UPDATE: The House Oversigh...

Posted: June 8, 2026, 8:35 am
Death takes a holiday: NC medical examiners plan coordinated vacation to protest low pay
Commercial building exterior with a stainless-steel utility enclosure, yellow safety bollards, and a covered side entrance on a rainy day. This is a cooler extension that acts as an overflow morgue at Asheville's Mission Hospital.

By Ted Clifford Asheville Watchdog Paula Case knows the job of a m...

Posted: June 7, 2026, 8:00 am

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