SALISBURY, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- Catawba College issued the following news: "On behalf of the faculty, students, and alumni of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, we are beyond thankful to be granted accreditation," said Dr. Chad Betters, Chair of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. "CACREP's status will only embolden our program's reputation of excellence. Since the first days of the program's development, CACREP accreditation has always been the benchmark and we cel  more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- Catawba College issued the following news: Catawba College's Office of the Provost welcomed Dr. James Lang to campus on Friday, August 11th for a pedagogy workshop. Nearly 50 faculty and staff participated in Dr. Lang's workshop centering around ideas in his latest book, Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It. Dr. Lang's visit followed faculty summer reading group discussions about Distracted, and he addressed several questions t  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 23 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Partial settlement will help improve grid resiliency and advance the clean energy transition Settlement and testimony will be reviewed by regulators in a hearing that begins Aug. 28 Agreement follows Friday's order by North Carolina Utilities Commission that concluded the parallel Duke Energy Progress rate review * * * Duke Energy Carolinas and the North Carolina Public Staff have reached partial set  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- Duke University issued the following news: * * * Duke-led research finds that anonymous conversations can reduce polarization * * * Maybe there's hope for our toxic, polarized political culture. While social media is often blamed for exacerbating incivility and partisan polarization, research led by Duke University scholars found that anonymous online conversations using a mobile chat platform they developed can reduce political polarization. The  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that Watermark Wealth Management has joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. The team of 16 advisors reported having served approximately $1.5 billion in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets*, and joins LPL from Kestra. Wit  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein joined a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough and granting Rudisill and thousands of other veterans the full GI benefits they earned while serving their country. "It's wrong that we would ask our servicemembers to be the first into battl  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein and the NC Department of Justice are working hard to keep kids safe. Youth today face a variety of challenges - some that may be familiar to parents and many that simply did not exist in generations past, before fentanyl, cell phones, and social media existed. Earlier this year, Attorney General Stein convened leaders from across North C  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is soliciting new project proposals from state agencies for electric vehicle chargers to be funded with Volkswagen Settlement dollars not claimed through public rebate programs. Applications will be accepted until Sept. 1. Grant awards will be announced this fall. The State Agency Level 2 request f  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) Division of Water Resources (DWR) has issued a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit NC0026123 to the City of Asheboro, located in Randolph County. The NPDES permit renewal is required for the discharge of treated domestic and industrial wastewater from the Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A new study finds law enforcement officials play a critical role in launching programs designed to reduce the risk of repeat overdoses in people who use drugs. However, the study also raises concerns that law enforcement's involvement in the outreach component of these programs may undermine program effectiveness. At issue are post-overdose outreach programs, called post-overdose res  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: Researchers at UNC Greensboro and High Point University are collaborating on two studies to improve treatments for concussion and burning mouth syndrome - a complex neuropathic condition that is often seen in cancer patients - also known as glossodynia. Dr. Derek Monroe, assistant professor in UNCG's Department of Kinesiology, has fitted about a dozen local mixed martia  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Sara Snyder Hopkins, assistant professor and director of the Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina University, a grant of $64,905 for her ongoing translation project, Eastern Cherokee Histories in Translation. NEH is an independent federal agency created in 1965. It is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United State  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: GroundBreak Carolinas announced its winners for the 2023 GroundBreaker Awards. Among the three awardees from a pool of nominees in North and South Carolina was John Hildreth, the Kimmel Distinguished Professor of Construction Management in the College of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. GroundBreak Carolinas, a resource organization for the architecture, engineering an  more