RALEIGH: Today, Governor Cooper joined Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to highlight the positive impacts of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina and record Affordable Care Act enrollment numbers.
Published: Friday, March 22nd, 2024 @ 9:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching a new Statewide Peer Warmline on Feb. 20, 2024. The new Peer Warmline will work in tandem with the North Carolina 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by giving callers the option to speak with a Peer Support Specialist.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 @ 1:29 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Like many other states, the North Carolina has received a lot of money from the federal government to address the impacts of the corona virus pandemic.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2024 @ 10:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2024 primary election in North Carolina is Tuesday, March 5. The following are 10 tips for Election Day voters:
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2024 @ 9:33 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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As of Feb. 1, 2024, 346,408 newly eligible North Carolinians are enrolled in Medicaid and now have access to comprehensive health care, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid Expansion Enrollment Dashboard.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 11:22 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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As a result of recent changes in state law, in-person early voting results will be reported later than usual on election night for the 2024 primary. This, in turn, may cause Election Day results to be reported later as well.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 8:01 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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As part of its commitment to improve the health and well-being of North Carolina children and families, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the launch of its Child Behavioral Health dashboard.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 11:12 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Since the state expanded who is eligible for Medicaid on Dec. 1, 2023, 314,101 North Carolinians have enrolled in the program and now have access to comprehensive health care, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid Expansion Enrollment Dashboard.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 2:47 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today updated its weekly Respiratory Virus Summary Dashboard, which shows high volumes of people being seen in hospital emergency departments with respiratory illness symptoms across North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 11:22 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched a dashboard to track monthly enrollment in Medicaid for people eligible through expansion.
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2024 @ 1:51 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has launched a performance dashboard for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline to highlight how the suicide and crisis lifeline is being used in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024 @ 1:02 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first pediatric flu-related death for the 2023-2024 flu season.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 9:56 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Under state law, election officials must release the number of provisional ballots cast in each county by noon two days after each election.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 9:14 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Tuesday, November 7, eligible voters in 465 municipalities across 86 counties will go to the polls to cast ballots in elections for offices such as mayor and town or city council.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 9:50 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Raleigh, N.C. — Under state law, election officials must release the number of provisional ballots cast in each county by noon two days after each election.
Published: Monday, October 23rd, 2023 @ 8:16 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Late Tuesday evening, Senate Bill 90, previously known as the Searches of Student’s Person bill, was almost entirely revised and reintroduced in the House under the new name of the Children’s Law Omnibus bill.
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Everyone 6-months and older should get the fall COVID-19 vaccine with their flu shot.
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 3:33 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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During the current period where COVID-19 cases are increasing, treatment is readily available and appropriate for the majority of North Carolinians.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 5:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Under state law, election officials must release the number of provisional ballots cast in each county by noon two days after each election.
Published: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 @ 9:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website appeared to have quietly stopped collecting COVID-19 vaccine adverse events on the federal agency’s V-safe website earlier this summer.
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 11:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Roy Cooper declared today Overdose Awareness Day in North Carolina. Overdose Awareness Day is about remembering those whose lives have been lost to overdose, honoring family and community grief, and renewing our commitment to ending the overdose crisis in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 1:32 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The State Board of Elections offers the following tips for voters who go to the polls on Election Day – Tuesday, September 12 – for municipal elections in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) and Sanford (Lee County).
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 10:52 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In December of 1965, I married into a broadcasting family. My father-in-law ran a television station.
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 12:48 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Over the last 50 years, federal bureaucrats have managed to recover only three percent of endangered species, despite the expansive authority, powers, and funding granted to them by the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 1:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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Increases in COVID-19 metrics have been seen in North Carolina and nationally during recent weeks, including in the early warning wastewater monitoring system.
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2023 @ 12:33 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Michael Savarino, grandson of former Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to reject a case linked to a 2021 traffic stop.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 7:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A media coalition is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to consolidate two appeals related to access to law enforcement recordings.
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2023 @ 10:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Half of a trillion dollars was budgeted in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for federal, state and local governments to create plans over the next five years for rebuilding or expanding their infrastructure systems.
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 @ 12:52 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The top female scientific minds from around the globe have come together in hopes of once and for all figuring out what the purpose of the strange lever that makes the car lights blink is.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 1:44 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected media outlets' attempt to gain access to law enforcement recordings of a November 2021 traffic stop involving two Duke basketball players, including Coach Mike Krzyzewski's grandson.
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 @ 10:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced changes to its COVID-19 dashboard and state-funded testing sites as the federal public health emergency comes to an end May 11, 2023
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 8:31 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today launched an improved QuitlineNC, offering more services and ways for tobacco users to successfully quit smoking or stop using other tobacco products, including vaping and e-cigarettes.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Winning teams come from high schools and universities in Durham, Mecklenburg, Orange and Wake counties
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 12:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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