RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023: North Carolina's 2023 Appropriations Act Session Law 2023-134 includes fee adjustments for 28 Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) programs to support the delivery of services and state employee salaries. This is the first fee increase in 16 years for most of these programs. The budget, enacted today, is effective as of July 1, 2023. Prior to the sta  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: In recognition of its strong commitment to economic engagement, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) designated UNC Greensboro as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University. The national designation acknowledges public research universities working with public and private sector partners in their states and regions to support economic development   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Brighthouse Financial issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2023: Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (Brighthouse Financial) (Nasdaq: BHF) announced today that it plans to hold a conference call and audio webcast to discuss its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. The call will follow the issuance of the Brighthouse Financial third quarter 2023 earnings release an  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023 : Eighty-five percent of affluent households gave to charity in 2022 with the value of their average gifts rising 19% above pre-pandemic levels, according to the 2023 Bank of America Study of Philanthropy released today. The study found that affluent households gave an average of $34,917 to charity in 2022, up from $29,269 in 2017, though less than the $43,19  more

ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- North Carolina Wesleyan College issued the following news: Leaders from North Carolina Wesleyan University (NCWU) and the City of Rocky Mount (Rocky Mount) have signed a partnership agreement offering educational opportunities to employees of the city. The partnership allows employees to develop practical skills that they can apply to their careers through certificate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs at NCWU. "North Carolina Wesleyan University  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that father and daughter financial advisors Joe Bryant and Jamie Bryant have joined LPL's employee advisor channel, Linsco by LPL Financial, to launch Winner's Circle Wealth Management of LPL Financial. They reported having served approximately $125 million in ad  more

GROTON, Connecticut, Oct. 4 -- General Dynamics issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023: General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today it has been awarded a $967 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for Lead Yard Support and Development and Design efforts for Virginia-class fast-attack submarines. The cost-plus-fixed fee modification to a previously awarded contract totals $967,185,528. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut;   more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 3 -- Greensboro College issued the following news on Oct. 2, 2023: Greensboro College is proud to present its Annual Jean Fortner Ward Lecture, featuring best-selling author and professor, Beth Allison Barr, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 26, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public, and a small reception at the college's James Addison Jones Library will be held following the lecture. Beth Allison Barr is the James Vardama  more

ELON, North Carolina, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Elon University issued the following news release: * * * Through the fellowship, the director of the Center for Research on Global Engagement will be advancing her work on mentored undergraduate research in global contexts. * * * Professor Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler has been named a senior fellow at the American Association of Colleges & University (AAC&U), a fellowship that will provide her the opportunity to advance her work on mentored undergraduate  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce posted the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023: North Carolina today announced participation in a regional offshore wind workforce assessment and supply chain project. The purpose of the "SMART-POWER Workforce and Supply Chain Analysis" is to understand the region's existing offshore wind capabilities and identify supply chain investments that could most effectively leverage these resources and provide the   more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell issued the following news release: Hebron Colony Ministries has been using a faith-based approach in working with people struggling with drug and alcohol addictions for nearly eight decades, relying entirely on donations from individuals, churches and interested parties. State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, has worked faithfully to return lost money to its rightful owners. On Monday, Oct. 2, the two were aligned in  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 3 -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance issued the following news release: Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey reminds Medicare beneficiaries to compare and evaluate their current plans and make necessary changes during the annual Open Enrollment Period. "Medicare plans and prices change," Commissioner Causey said. "It is important for Medicare beneficiaries to take advantage of the Open Enrollment Period by contacting local Seniors' Health Insurance Inform  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023: The North Carolina Land and Water Fund Board of Trustees met Sept. 19 and 20 to consider grant applications and make awards for projects that will protect North Carolina's land and water from the mountains to the coast. With the newly enacted state budget, over $45 million will be available immediately to fund these projects. "Our natural areas,   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- Public Schools of North Carolina State Superintendent Catherine Truitt issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2023: * * * Today, the budget (HB 259) became law without the Governor's signature. The budget includes more than $600 million additional dollars for public education, totaling almost $13.5 billion for North Carolina's K-12 public school system. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt issued the following statement in response:   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 3 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release: Initiatives championed by the Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt will require all North Carolina students to gain much-needed skills in computer science before graduation. Both the House and Senate passed House Bill 8-Computer Science Graduation Requirement --with overwhelming bi-partisan support, and it n  more

HOFFMAN, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release: Possia Sanders has been named facility director at Richmond-Jenkins Juvenile Detention Center in Hoffman. Sanders began his new role on Sept. 25, and will serve as a key leader in the opening of the newly renovated Richmond Juvenile Detention Center in Rockingham upon its anticipated completion in 2025. Prior to joining the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preventio  more

ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- Nash Community College issued the following news release: Nash Community College served its largest student headcount in college history during the 2022-2023 academic year at 16,007. The previous largest NCC enrollment was pre-COVID during the 2019-2020 academic year at 14,868. The 16,007 during the 2022-2023 academic year is an increase of 1,139 students served or 7.38%. "This is truly remarkable and credit to all the hard work of Team Nash because we h  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 3 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors Raanan Pritzker, CFA(R), Brian Brenneman, CRPC(R), and Neal Foushee, CFP(R), have joined LPL's employee advisor channel, Linsco by LPL Financial, to launch PB FAM Private Wealth. They reported having served more than $1 billion in advisory  more

WHITEVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 3 -- Southeastern Community College issued the following news: Regional representatives of U.S. Senator Ted Budd and U.S. Senator Thom Tillis visited and toured Southeastern Community College on Sept. 25. The tour included a walkthrough of the workforce training mobile lab, the mobile welding lab, the Advanced Manufacturing Training Center, the cosmetology department's salon, the masonry classroom, the nursing simulation lab and the chemistry lab. "Super impre  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Oct. 4 -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a five-year work plan for a Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (PHEPR) coordinating center, to be established in 2024 through a competitive CDC Notice of Funding Opportunity. The work will be for a center in R  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Katie Baldwin, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology and physiology in the UNC School of Medicine, received $1.5 million from the NIH to study white brain matter and its contribution to brain development, function, and debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis. * * * Katie Baldwin, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news release: Eman Ghoneim, UNCW Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, will lead an interdisciplinary team from the United States, Australia and Egypt to discover and map previously unknown branches of the Nile River near the ancient Egyptian Meidum Pyramid Complex. The expedition is funded by an Explorers Club Discovery Grant awarded to Ghoneim through a newly formed partne  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Oct. 3 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news release: Liza Saunders has been named the new director of marketing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the university announced today. Saunders joins UNCW after serving the past five years at George Mason University in Virginia as the social media marketing and communications manager for the School of Art. There she developed and implemented communications strategies  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Oct. 3 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: For Western Carolina University second-year Master of Fine Art student Jeannie Regan, being chosen as the creative director for the Center for Craft's newest art installation is an opportunity made possible by faculty and peer support from the MFA program. "Krafthouse 2023: Forest of the New Trees" is an immersive art installation made for and by the Asheville community that will evolve and cha  more