Rural North Carolina

N.C. Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton, left, and state treasurer candidate Wesley Harris greet customers at Tarheel Bar-B-Q in Eure, N.C., in May during the party's "Rural Tour."

Politics

North Carolina Democrats push to reverse their losses in rural counties

Colin Campbell

North Carolina Democrats are making a big push this year to win back rural counties that have flipped to Republicans in recent elections.

Pink flowers are in the foreground. Behind them is a street and parking lot with a bus parked in it. The bus is light blue and decorated with pink flowers. A large pink square on it reads "Driven to defeat breast cancer." A collapsible awning is opened on the bus's side where patients will step into the vehicle for a mammogram.

Health

Cancer nonprofit brings free, mobile mammograms to rural North Carolina

Sophie Mallinson

A mobile breast cancer screening program is scheduled to launch this month in Nash County. The event is the first of one nonprofit鈥檚 efforts to provide 200 free mammograms across Eastern North Carolina.

Rural Wake County fire departments received 242 sets of ballistic vests and helmets Nov. 30, 2023.

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Rural Wake County fire departments get bulletproof vests and helmets

Will Michaels

Wake County has distributed ballistic vests and helmets to firefighters in 17 departments that serve rural areas.

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NC extends deadline for internet providers to apply for $350 million rural broadband grant

Leoneda Inge

Service providers now have until May to apply for the grant.

A child looks out a window at Knightdale High School, which has been converted into an evacuation shelter for people affected by Hurricane Florence in Knightdale, N.C., Sunday, Sep. 16, 2018.

Health

Examining Mental Health In NC鈥檚 Rural Communities 鈥� Before And After Major Hurricanes

Amanda Magnus

It鈥檚 been nearly a year since Hurricane Florence slammed into North Carolina鈥檚 coast. After a major storm, the focus is often on the material needs of鈥�

Health

Examining Mental Health In NC鈥檚 Rural Communities 鈥� Before And After Major Hurricanes

Amanda Magnus

It鈥檚 been nearly a year since Hurricane Florence slammed into North Carolina鈥檚 coast. After a major storm, the focus is often on the material needs of鈥�

Education

For Rural Schools, Extra Money Could Help Keep The Roof On

Evergreen Elementary School in Columbus County is clean, tidy, and nearly 100 years old. Light comes in through parts of the roof in the gym where the鈥�

Health

How Health Care Policy Is Shaping Services In Rural North Carolina

Jennifer Brookland

Mission Health, a hospital system in Western North Carolina, announced this week that it would close its maternity ward at Angel Hospital in Franklin,鈥�

Health

How Health Care Policy Is Shaping Services In Rural North Carolina

Jennifer Brookland

Mission Health, a hospital system in Western North Carolina, announced this week that it would close its maternity ward at Angel Hospital in Franklin,鈥�