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Sharryse Piggott

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Daily News Reporter at WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill, NC)

Daily News Reporter for @WUNC

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  • New NC Moms on Medicaid can now use virtual lactation services through Aeroflow Health

    3 days 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.

  • NC wildlife officials launch a new website aimed at helping residents avoid alligator conflicts

    2 weeks 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.

  • NCDHHS takes over child welfare services in Vance County

    3 weeks 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.

  • Raleigh post office officially renamed after WWII veteran

    3 weeks 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.

  • Raleigh post office renamed after a local member of the only all-Black female World War II unit

    4 weeks 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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21 May 25

RT @MVJNetwork: MVJ member Sharryse Piggott (@SharryseP) reports on Raleigh post office renamed after Millie Dunn Veasey, a local member of…

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21 May 25

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10 May 25

Raleigh post office renamed after a local member of the only all-Black female World War II unit https://t.co/92DGWNC2Jj