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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has laid out priorities that he wants the General Assembly to address this year. The Democratic nominee for governor held a news conference Wednesday with several police chiefs and sheriffs.
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Guilford County is experiencing an increase in opioid overdose deaths and emergency department visits, according to county and state data. Guilford County…
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North Carolina officials say the state has experienced its highest number of overdoses ever in a single year.
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Drug overdose deaths in North Carolina have increased 72% since 2019. State officials say that's largely due to illegally manufactured fentanyl. Concerned…
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Autopsy results indicate that a prominent Guilford County judge died from an opioid overdose. Tom Jarrell was 56 years old when he was found dead in his…
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A new report shows North Carolina has the nation's second highest increase in opioid deaths. A study from the Centers For Disease Control estimates that…
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A new report from a statewide child advocacy group suggests an increasing number of North Carolina children are entering foster care because their parents…
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There were over 5,700 emergency department visits for opioid overdoses in 2017. That amounts to a 40 percent increase from the year before. Data show that…