Florida-based Paradigm promised jobs from a battery plant in storm-battered Burnsville. With no progress, Yancey Co. wants acreage returned.

Paradigm shift. NC county sues Florida company to get land back. is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

Surging costs drive demand at food pantries like CORA in Chatham County and across much of NC. Further loss of resources could be devastating.

Struggling with food insecurity in Central NC is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

Feds say they are going after scammers who enrolled in Affordable Care Act. State of NC doesn't know how many residents are affected.

Some NC Obamacare recipients among those being cut. How many remains unclear. is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

5-year sunset of price caps draws criticism. Atrium deal for WakeMed still needs approval from NC attorney general, Federal Trade Commission.

Wrinkles remain in Atrium takeover of WakeMed is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

Some want NC courts to strike down certificate-of-need law, legislative repeal or partial reforms. Hospital lobby likes things as they are.

Fixing NC’s troubled hospital approval system is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

NC certificate-of-need law governs building healthcare facilities. Research and recent outcomes suggest it may do more harm than good.

Effectiveness of NC certificate-of-need law meant as healthcare guardrail in doubt is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

NC awards certificates of need for new healthcare facilities to qualified providers. Legal squabbles keep holding up those hospital beds.

Needed hospital beds across NC delayed by industry appeals is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.