ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina, March 16 -- College of the Albemarle issued the following news release: College of The Albemarle (COA) is pleased to announce the allocation of $194,000 in recurring funds from the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges to implement the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Training Program. This initiative greatly supports our commitment to offering inclusive educational opportunities and improving employment outcomes for students with IDD. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A new column from Bloomberg Opinion underscores the threat that Mark Robinson's hateful rhetoric and toxic extremism poses to North Carolina's business environment that was recently ranked number one in the country by CNBC for two years in a row under Gov. Roy Cooper's leadership, writing:"The slate of MAGA Republicans that will be on North Carolina's ballot in November has the potential to be disastrous for more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 16 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced a set of executive leadership appointments, including the promotion of Harry Sideris to president of Duke Energy, effective April 1. Lynn Good remains Duke Energy's chair and CEO, as she continues to lead one of the nation's largest clean energy transitions through a strategy committed to reliability and affordability for its customers. Separately, the more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 16 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality is now accepting public comments on a draft Title V air quality permit for CTI of North Carolina, Inc. - Wilmington Terminal, an existing gasoline and fuel oil terminal at 1312 S. Front St., Wilmington in New Hanover County. This new permit, which does not include any operational ch more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 16 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources is now accepting public comment on the proposed list of streams, rivers, reservoirs and other water bodies in North Carolina considered to be "impaired," or that do not meet water quality standards, in 2024. The 2024 draft 303 (d) list, as well as other related documents, can be found on more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 16 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release: The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to action plans for the use of HUD Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery for Hurricane Florence and Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation funds. Proposed action plan amendments include changes to previously approved federally funded programs that support the  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 16 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A printable organic polymer that assembles into chiral structures when printed has enabled researchers to reliably measure the amount of charge produced in spin-to-charge conversion within a spintronic material at room temperature. The polymer's tunable qualities and versatility make it desirable not only for less expensive, environmentally friendly, printable electronic applications more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * New research by the lab of Jessica Thaxton, PhD, MsCR, in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the UNC School of Medicine and colleagues in the Immunotherapy Group at Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has unveiled new clues behind T-cell metabolism, that could enhance immunotherapies that rely on T cells to fight cancer. * * * T cell more PR