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UNC and Duke Health will build North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital

Jan. 28, 2025 19:04 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina-based university health systems plan to construct the state's first standalone children's hospital — an undertaking that its boosters said will change lives physically and economically for decades to come. UNC Health and Duke Health on...

Helene relief, vetoes will be challenges for new North Carolina House speaker

Jan. 08, 2025 17:29 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House elected a new speaker for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday, choosing a young lieutenant to now-U.S. Rep. Tim Moore to preside over a Republican-controlled chamber focused on Hurricane Helene but likely needing Democratic help to keep advancing...