FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army introduces new fitness test for 2025 * The U.S. Army officially adopted the Army Fitness Test as the new test of record for Soldiers on June 1, 2025. The change replaces the Army Combat Fitness Test and introduces updated scoring standards that emphasize readiness and combat effectiveness. Soldiers will have until Jan. 1, 2026, to meet the new AFT requirements without facing adverse ac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd, Nehls Applaud President Trump's Push to Legalize Supersonic Flight * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Representative Troy Nehls (R-Texas-22), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today celebrated the news that President Trump issued a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Votes to Block SBA Loans for Illegal Immigrants * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) voted to pass H.R. 2966 (link is external), the American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025. The legislation ensures that taxpayer-backed SBA loans are reserved for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and legal immigran more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin are leading a bipartisan effort, urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to implement crucial reforms to federal disaster response programs. Their appeal, conveyed in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, calls for greater flexibility and faster support for states grappling with emergencies. We are on the front lines when disaster strikes and embrace the paramount responsibility  more ST

WASHINGTON, June 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Guilford County Commissioners pass resolution on Transco's Southeast Supply Enhancement Project * GREENSBORO, NC - Last night, on World Environment Day, the Guilford County Commissioners unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution, asking for a more thorough analysis of the proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP). Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC -- a subsidiary of  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has announced the termination of an investigation (No. 337-TA-1375), which involved certain mobile phones, their components and products containing them. This conclusion follows a comprehensive settlement reached between complainant Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson of Stockholm, Sweden, and the respondents: Motorola Mobility LLC of Chicago, Illinois; Lenovo Inc. of Morrisville, North Carolina; Lenovo Group Limited of Hong Kong SAR;  more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 6 [Category: Sports] -- The National Junior College Athletic Association posted the following news release: * * * McLennan's Trinity Allen announced as 2025 DI Player of the Year * Jun 06, 2025 Charlotte, NC: McLennan Community College's (TX) first baseman Trinity Allen has been named the 2025 NJCAA Division I Softball Player of the Year. Allen is the second consecutive Highlander to win this award. The first baseman was one of the top hitters in the count more PR

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Mojave Falcon 25 expands Army Reserve training scope * Army Reserve Soldiers have engaged in large scale ground combat exercises traversing the rugged, Northern California landscape of Fort Hunter Liggett to the arid badlands of the Mojave in the south. Exercise Mojave Falcon began May 28, 2025, with more than 9,000 Army Reserve and active-duty Soldiers from across the force participating i more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, June 6 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Mountain Valley Pipeline developer submits application for Southgate pipeline to NC DEQ * June 6, 2025 CONTACT Andy Li, andy.li@sierraclub.org Molly Moore, molly@appvoices.org WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality posted Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC's Clean Water Act Section 401 application for its proposed methane ga more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Adams Introduces Bill to Lower Cost of Housing, Reduce Corporate Housing Ownership Rates * WASHINGTON, DC-- Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) introduced the American Neighborhoods Protection Act (link is external) to protect and improve family home ownership opportunities. The American Neighborhoods Protection Act would require corporations that own more than 75 single- more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Introduces Legislation to Replenish Disaster Relief Fund As North Carolina Prepares For Hurricane Season * WASHINGTON, D.C. - With hurricane season officially underway, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has introduced legislation to replenish the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to ensure FEMA has the financial resources it needs to respond to natural disasters in the months ahead. Tillis' legislat more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * Tracking crisis pregnancy center use in the years before Dobbs As access to reproductive health care continues to shift in the United States, a new study published today in PLOS One by experts at The Ohio State University and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health aims to inform future research on trends in crisis pregnancy center ( more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, June 6 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following Newsworthy From the School of Medicine for Week of May 30 - June 5, 2025: * * * The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday, May 30, 2025. UNC Health psychologist conducting research into men experiencing postpartum depression (https://www.wral.com/lifestyle/health/postpartum-depression-stigma-m more PR

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, June 7 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news: * * * Cathorall, Daidone Receive Fulbright Awards Two UNCW faculty members have been awarded prestigious Fulbright honors for the 2025-2026 academic year. Michelle Cathorall, associate professor in the School of Health and Applied Human Sciences, was named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for her public health work in Uganda, while Danielle Daidone, associate professor of Spanish and l more PR

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, June 7 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news: * * * Ricanek Receives Intellectual Property Grant Karl Ricanek Jr., professor in the UNCW Department of Computer Science and director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Identity Sciences (I3S), is a recipient of a 2025 Educators in Residence (EIR) grant from The Michelson Intellectual Property Institute (Michelson IP). The EIR program supports educators in promoting IP lit more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, June 6 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Wake Forest expands to Charlotte's Innovation District, marking historic milestone in education * Wake Forest University is dramatically increasing its impact in North Carolina by developing a new academic campus in The Pearl, Charlotte's innovation district. The Pearl officially opened its doors this week. Anchored by the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the expansion is poised to tran more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Wildlife Society North Carolina Chapter, an association of wildlife professionals, has voiced its firm opposition to a proposed rule by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. The group argues that this change would diminish the law's effectiveness in protecting declining species and their essential habitats. "The proposed change to the regulatory definition of harm under the ESA could undermin more ST