BELMONT, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- Belmont Abbey College issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Belmont Abbey College announces today the establishment of a permanent residence in Washington D.C. with the purchase of a property for its thriving Belmont House, made possible with a $1.7 million gift from Dr. Maximo Alvarez. Belmont Abbey College has established a new home for the Belmont House in Washington, D.C., located in close proximity to the U.S. Capitol. The college establish  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: A team of Holland & Knight attorneys represented Emko Capital and its newly formed holding company, SMX Industrial Solutions, in its acquisitions of Steelmax Tools and Scotchman Industries. Terms of the transactions, which closed on September 22, were not disclosed. Steelmax Tools, which operates in both Colorado and Pennsylvania, is a key supplier of fabrication and welding mechanization s  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight represented Kaho Partners and its portfolio company Addtronics in the acquisition of Sirius Automation. Based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Sirius Automation is a leading developer of laboratory robotic systems for blue-chip biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Terms of the deal, announced on October 17, were not disclosed. Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, Addtronics is a ho  more

BANNER ELK, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- Lees-McRae College issued the following news: Since he began at Lees-McRae in May 2022, Jason Jones has enriched the campus community in his role as a leader in the Office of Student Affairs. Going into the 2023-24 academic year, however, Jones hopes to continue providing support for students through his new role as Vice President for Student Affairs. In this new position, Jones will report directly to President Lee King as the senior administrator in Stu  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors Amy LeGate CFP(R) and Larry Silverman CFP(R) have rejoined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. They reported having served approximately $150 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets*, and come to  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Discovery Education's DreamBox Learning ("DreamBox"), the pioneer of intelligent adaptive learning technology, today announced a new partnership with the Montana Office of Public Instruction (Montana OPI) to provide DreamBox Math and DreamBox Reading Plus to nearly 30,000 students (grades 3-8) across the state. DreamBox, which was recently acquir  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $1.4 million bipartisan multistate settlement with health care clearinghouse Inmediata for exposing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1.5 million consumers over almost three years. Inmediata will also overhaul its data security and breach notification practices and make a $1.4 million payment to sta  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after Gov. Cooper signed the SAFE Act (H415) into law. The legislation will help prevent addiction treatment fraud in North Carolina and passed the General Assembly unanimously. "The SAFE Act will hold accountable greedy patient brokers who take kickbacks to lure people into treatment facilities  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce posted the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved seven grant requests to local governments totaling $2,639,793, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The requests include commitments to create a total of 321 jobs, 191 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these projects will attract more than $53.7 million in private investme  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The state's seasonally adjusted September 2023 unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point from August's revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 3.8 percent. North Carolina's unemployment rate decreased 0.5 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employed increased 14,985 over the month to 5,087,812 and increased 124,  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell issued the following news release: State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, the Supplemental Retirement Board of Trustees (Board) and staff have been recognized by the National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators (NAGDCA) with a Leadership Award for their National Retirement Security Month Campaign - myNCRetirement Journey. NAGDCA's annual Leadership Awards recognize the brightest ideas an  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law: House Bill 415: Stop Addiction Fraud Ethics Act of 2023. Governor Cooper also declined to sign one bill into law: Senate Bill 677: Surveyors Right of Entry/Exped. Comm. Bldg. * * * View legislation here: https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H415v5.pdf https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * This week, Southwestern Child Development announced it will be closing seven child care centers in North Carolina's westernmost counties effective Oct. 31, 2023. Combined, these early care and learning programs serve nearly 300 children from birth through 5 years old, the majority of whom receive child care subsidy or NC Pre-K services. Southwest  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Researchers from North Carolina State University have pinpointed a particular peptide's role in activating atopic dermatitis, or eczema. The work could lead to more effective treatments for the condition. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a skin condition characterized by itching, irritated and thickened skin at the site of the irritation. The brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a peptide, or  more

MORRISVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- Raleigh-Durham International Airport issued the following news release: Passenger traffic remains strong at RDU, with 1,236,472 travelers flying through the airport in September. RDU continues to outpace previous years, with a 30 percent increase over September 2022 and a nearly nine percent increase over RDU's record-breaking year in 2019. Travel was down seven percent compared to August, with the expected drop off after the end of the summer tr  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * UNC School of Medicine scientists led the largest-ever genomic study of postpartum depression showing genetic correlations between PPD and other psychiatric conditions, as well as providing potential evidence of how the only FDA-approved treatment for PPD works. * * * Postpartum depression (PPD), a common subtype of major depressive disorder, is more h  more

GOLDSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- Wayne Community College issued the following news release: Vanessa Jernigan, associate director of financial aid at Wayne Community College, has earned the FAAC designation from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators' accredited Certified Financial Aid Administrator (CFAA) Program. The CFAA Program is a first-in-the-industry effort launched in 2019 that validates the skills and knowledge of financial aid professionals at postsecon  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Wiley Rein, a law firm, issued the following news release: Working with the Supreme Court Program at the University of North Carolina School of Law, Wiley Rein LLP filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD) in a case regarding a circuit split over the correct interpretation of U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. The brief was filed October 5 in support of the petitioner in Lewis v. United States, No. 23-198. Th  more