The state’s first coronavirus outbreaks began in cities, but the virus spread to rural areas. Recent data shows a disproportionate burden of cases per capita there. Coronavirus arrived late to Columbus County, but it caught on quickly. When the rural county’s health department reported its first case on March 28, […]
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While the current conversation surrounding drug use is dominated by opioids, residents in North Carolina’s Appalachians say meth has always been there. Jesse-Lee Dunlap goes where not even the mail carrier does. The Haywood County resident, who works with the N.C. Harm Reduction Coalition, routinely navigates into dirt pathways so […]
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