MURFREESBORO, North Carolina, Sept. 12 -- Chowan University issued the following news: By Harri Lovett Associate Professor of Music at Chowan University, Dr. Christopher Cook, has been voted by the Board of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) to represent the society at the 41st International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music General Assembly (HELMCA). Dr. Cook's electronic musical composition, Motor, has been selected by SEAMUS membership to be included o  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: * * * A new Duke University study finds that municipal waste incinerators' legacy of contamination could live on in urban soils. * * * For much of the last century, many cities across the United States and Canada burned their trash and waste in municipal incinerators. Most of these facilities were closed by the early 1970s due to concerns about the pollution they added  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 12 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that father and son financial advisors Michael Climer and South Carolina State Sen. Wes Climer have joined LPL's employee advisor channel, Linsco by LPL Financial, to launch Climer Wealth Management Group. They reported having served approximately $280 millio  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 12 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein's office today called on Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams and Klaussner Furniture to do everything in their power to help former employees who are now without jobs after both companies closed their facilities. More than 500 workers have been left unemployed in Alexander and Iredell counties after Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams closed abruptly  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, released a report today that shows extreme variations in hospital prices, huge price markups from Medicare rates, and widespread failures in price transparency. The report's findings raise troubling questions about health care access and affordability, and North Carolina's justice system. The  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 12 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed Judge Allison Riggs to serve on the North Carolina Supreme Court and Judge Carolyn Thompson to serve on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Judge Riggs, currently on the Court of Appeals, will fill the vacancy created by Justice Michael Morgan's resignation from the Supreme Court and Judge Thompson will fill the vacancy created by the  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Jane Little, MD, and Maria Boucher, MD, both in the UNC School of Medicine, detail the current struggles of patients with sickle cell disease and how we can help. * * * Since it's discovery in 1910, sickle cell disease has been considered a death sentence for those that inherited it. But over the years, dedicated pediatric programs and research initia  more