WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * After Calls from Senator Budd, USDA Opens Aid Applications for Farmers to Receive Natural Disaster Recovery Assistance * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) opened applications for natural disaster recovery assistance for farmers. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that agricultural prod more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, July 11 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Apex selected as home for new NC Children's Health Campus The campus is expected to bring more than 8,000 jobs to southwestern Wake County * APEX, N.C. - With the goal of creating a brighter future for our children, North Carolina Children's Health (NC Children's) has chosen a location in Apex for its campus, which will include the only freestanding, independent chil more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 11 -- Duke Health issued the following news release: * * * Apex Selected as Home for New NC Children's Health Campus The campus is expected to bring more than 8,000 jobs to southwestern Wake County * APEX, N.C. - With the goal of creating a brighter future for our children, North Carolina Children's Health (NC Children's) has chosen a location in Apex for its campus, which will include the only freestanding, independent children's hospital in the Carolinas. NC C more PR

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 10 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve officer blends martial discipline, military leadership through jiu-jitsu * CLEARWATER, Fla. - Whether in uniform or on the mat, U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Kenneth Roberts embodies the principle of readiness through discipline. As a 70H--Health Services Plans, Operations, Intelligence, Security & Training officer--Roberts serves as the full-time chief of operations for the Jo more PR

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 10 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Warrant Officer Cohort celebrates 107th birthday, focuses on operational readiness * JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Today, the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Cohort marks its 107th birthday, celebrating more than a century of technical expertise and adaptive leadership that has strengthened America from World War I to modern multidomain operations. Established in 1918, the Army more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 10 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Bank of America, a financial institution, posted the following news release: * * * Bank of America, N.A. Announces Redemptions of $2,000,000,000 5.650% Senior Bank Notes and $400,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Bank Notes, Due August 2025 * CHARLOTTE, NC - Bank of America, N.A. announced today that it will redeem on July 18, 2025 all $2,000,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 5.650% Senior Bank Notes, due August 202 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Black Women's Equal Pay Day Resolution Introduced by Adams, Frankel, Leger Fernandez, Watson Coleman, Blunt Rochester * WASHINGTON, DC-- Today, Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12), Teresa Leger Fernandez (FL-22), Lois Frankel (FL-22), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), along with Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE),introduced the Black Women's Equal Pay Day Resolution, marking July 10, 2025 a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Demands Criminal Investigation into CCP-Controlled Retailer Operating on U.S. Military Bases * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary demanding a full criminal investigation into GNC, a Chinese state-owned retailer curre more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 11 -- Daimler Trucks North America, a heavy-duty truck manufacturer, issued the following news: * * * Daimler Truck North America Celebrates 850,000th Truck Built at Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant In North Carolina with Delivery of Western Star 47X to Alamo Group * CLEVELAND, N.C. (July 10, 2025) -- Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA) announced the production of its 850,000th truck at its Cleveland, North Carolina manufacturing plant, marking a major milestone  more PR

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 10 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * First Army takes the field at Chicago White Sox home game * CHICAGO - First Army's commanding general, Lt. Gen. Mark Landes, along with U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Bisinger, currently assigned to First Army as a physical security non-commissioned officer, and members of their color guard team received a military honor during a Chicago White Sox home game, July 9, 2025. During  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Statement on Virginia's Slip in 'Top States for Business' Ranking * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after Virginia fell behind North Carolina, Texas, and Florida in the CNBC's Top States for Business report for 2025: "Virginia's slip in CNBC's Top States for Business ranking once again highlights that the chaos and uncertainty caused by Preside more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Addison McDowell, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 10, 2025: * * * McDowell Introduces CURE Act to Improve Oversight of Opioid Grant Spending Today, Congressman Addison McDowell (NC-06) introduced the Clarity for Opioid-Use Reduction and Expenditures (CURE) Act, legislation to create additional accountability and transparency over federal opioid response programs. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that subrecipients of  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, North Carolina, submitted a public comment letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), advocating for stronger safeguards against heat-related illnesses in both outdoor and indoor work environments. This correspondence elaborates on recent oral testimony given during an informal rulemaking hearing regarding OSHA's proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention standard. SCSJ commends OSHA's effort to  more ST

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 10 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente to serve as chair of ACC Board of Directors * The Atlantic Coast Conference and its Board of Directors have announced that Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente will become Chair of the ACC Board of Directors beginning July 1. President Wente has served as Vice-Chair of the Board since February 2024 and was first named to the Conference's Executiv more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 10 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Wake Forest's Educating Character Initiative to expand its nationwide network promoting character education with $30M in new funding * Wake Forest University's Educating Character Initiative (ECI) will expand its support for character education at colleges and universities across the country with more than $30 million in new funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The ECI has built a community of ed more PR