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East Carolina Behavioral Health (ECBH) will host community information sessions about upcoming changes in services for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities in February and March.
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CenterPoint Human Services has started hiring an additional 89 employees in a pivotal workforce expansion as it transitions to a new status overseeing behavioral health services. Story continues here >>>

RALEIGH, N.C. — Lanier Cansler stepped down Tuesday as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, saying that he expects the frustration of running the state’s largest agency to increase in an election year. Story continues here >>>

DURHAM – Benjamin Todd Jealous, national president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, stopped by the Bull City on Saturday to rally support for the “Historic Thousands on Jones Street” agenda ahead of the civil rights-focused march next month in Raleigh. Story continues here >>>

RALEIGH, N.C. — The sister of a death row inmate is apologizing for a letter her brother recently wrote to his hometown newspaper in which he boasted of being “a gentleman of leisure” who spends his days in prison napping, watching TV and eating three meals a day. Story continues here >>>

Greensboro, NC — A local man was still undergoing a psychological evaluation Wednesday after he spent more than 14 hours in a standoff with police earlier in the week. Story continues here >>>