Western North Carolina Healthcare

Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphywill close its labor and delivery unit next month. BPR spoke with hospital CEO Mark Kimball about how the…

Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the state budget last week because it didn’t include an expansion of Medicaid. BPR spoke with the CEO of one of the last…

Jackson County resident and executive director of the Southwestern Commission Sarah Thompson is the newest member of the Dogwood Health Trust Board.…

Southern neighbors Georgia and Alabama both passed bills that restrict abortion access this month. Activists say these laws will negatively impact access…

Harris Regional Hospital, Swain Community Hospital and Haywood Regional Medical Center announced a new agreement with UnitedHealthcare which reinstates…

Governor Roy Cooper wraps up a six-county tour of Western North Carolina on Friday. BPR caught up with him at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy…

Nantahala Health Foundation has officially announced its board of directors. The foundation covers the six westernmost counties in North Carolina…

The Dogwood Health Trust Board has announced Jackie Godlock of Rutherford County will join the board of directors. This brings the total board to 12…

Access to healthcare can be difficult all over Western North Carolina - but that’s especially true in the rural parts of the region, where hospitals are…

Today, Mission Health System has officially been purchased by for-profit hospital system HCA Healthcare for $1.5 billion dollars. The sale has been in…