Sharryse Piggott
Daily News Reporter at WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill, NC)
Daily News Reporter for @WUNC
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3 weeks ago |
wunc.org | Sharryse Piggott
An Asheville-based healthcare company is partnering with NC Medicaid and UnitedHealthcare to provide new moms access to virtual lactation support services. Aeroflow Health is a nationwide provider of products like breastfeeding pumps and diapers. Amanda Minimi, the vice president of health solution marketing and operations at Aeroflow, said the company has a special relationship with first moms. “In western North Carolina, we have a lot of maternal care deserts,” she said.
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1 month ago |
wunc.org | Sharryse Piggott
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has launched a new website aimed at educating people on how to coexist with alligators safely called GatorWise. It’s now live in 11 southeastern states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. “So, we have it broken down into what we call the GatorWise Basics, and the first of which is just assuming alligators are present,” said Alicia Wassmer, an alligator biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Commission.
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1 month ago |
wunc.org | Sharryse Piggott
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has temporarily assumed leadership of child welfare services at the Vance County Department of Social Services. VCDSS staff received a letter last year that said the department's social work practices didn't align with state laws or policy.
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1 month ago |
triangletribune.com | Sharryse Piggott
Published Wednesday, May 14, 2025 By Sharryse Piggott , WUNC RALEIGH – State and local officials gathered last week in Raleigh to celebrate the renaming of a local post office after a civil rights leader, and a member of the only all-Black female World War II unit. Millie Dunn Veasey was a staff sergeant with the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — nicknamed the Six Triple Eight.
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1 month ago |
wunc.org | Sharryse Piggott
State and local officials gathered on Friday in Raleigh to celebrate the renaming of a local post office after a civil rights leader, and a member of the only all-Black female World War II unit. Millie Dunn Veasey was a staff sergeant with the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — nicknamed the Six Triple Eight. They deployed to Europe towards the end of World War II to tackle a burgeoning crisis: a backlog of some 17 million pieces of undelivered mail.
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