Fighting to protect North Carolina trees from invasive pests
Conservation groups and government agencies are trying whatever it takes — from predatory beetles to poisons — to protect mountain hemlock trees from invasive woolly adelgids.…more
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The Catawba River: A vital artery under mounting pressure
As a rapidly growing population relies on the Catawba River, the pressures generated by human activity threaten the river’s ecology and potentially public health.…more
State reverses course, allows new admissions at Cedarbrook
Adult care home’s owner accuses N.C. Department of Health and Human Services of wasting everyone’s resources as agency wins ruling upholding admissions ban, but then changes its……more
Judge restores ban on new admissions at Cedarbrook
Embattled adult care home hoped to have a temporary restraining order, which blocked a state suspension of admissions, made permanent. Instead the judge will remove his earlier……more
Contracts for services to adult care home residents raise concerns
A behavioral services company has the same owner as an adult care home whose residents it is contracted to serve, raising ethical and legal questions.…more
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