Helen Chickering
Host and Reporter, WCQS-FM at Blue Ridge Public Radio
@BlueRidgePublicRadio #scicomm @aldacenter alum #publicradio announcer & reporter @BlueRidgePublicRadio (tweets are my own)
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
bpr.org | Gerard Albert III |Helen Chickering
North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai is cautiously optimistic about saving a groundbreaking Medicaid pilot that has provided food, housing support, and transportation to nearly 30,000 low-income residents.
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3 weeks ago |
bpr.org | Helen Chickering
A pioneering Medicaid program that has delivered food, housing support, and transportation to nearly 30,000 low-income North Carolinians is set to end July 1. The state Department of Health and Human Services issued a shutdown notice Monday, citing lack of funding in the proposed state budget. The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, or HOP, was the first program in the country to use federal Medicaid dollars to pay for nonmedical services that support health.
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1 month ago |
bpr.org | Helen Chickering
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the city of Asheville has reopened several popular parks and greenways along the French Broad River, offering residents renewed access to outdoor spaces nearly eight months after Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding and infrastructure damage. According to a press release from the city, fully reopened areas now include Amboy Riverfront Park, Craven Street Trailhead Park, Jean Webb Park, and the Craven Street Bridge Boating Access Area.
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1 month ago |
bpr.org | Helen Chickering
More than 14,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina are one step closer to reliable internet access. Gov. Josh Stein has announced a $48 million investment in broadband expansion through the Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program. The funding will support projects in 22 counties, including Mitchell County, where 84 homes and businesses are set to have access to high-speed internet for the first time.
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2 months ago |
bpr.org | Helen Chickering
A new historical novel is drawing attention to a little-known post-Civil War community that once thrived in the mountains near Hendersonville. Happy Land, by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, is based on the real story of a settlement founded by formerly enslaved people in the 1870s. The Kingdom of the Happy Land was located along the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Its founders came from Cross Anchor, S.C., pooling their resources to buy land and build a self-sustaining community.
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