RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 4 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: Eleven McGuireWoods lawyers have been selected for inclusion on Business North Carolina's 2024 Legal Elite list. Firm lawyers honored on the list span McGuireWoods' corporate, litigation and regulatory practices in its Charlotte and Raleigh offices. In addition, two of the firm's lawyers earned Legal Elite Hall of Fame honors for being the top vote-getters in their respective practice areas in previous ye  more

ELON, North Carolina, Jan. 3 -- Elon University issued the following news release: The authors of "We are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel" will visit Elon on Tuesday, Jan. 9, to deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address at 6 p.m. in McCrary Theatre in the Center for the Arts. Published in 2016, "We are Charleston" recounts the events of the horrific shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, that left nine membe  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news: Five Fayetteville State University (FSU) students from the Biological and Forensic Sciences department published an article in the international peer-review journal of Plants in November 2023. Undergraduate students Shirley Jacquet, Layla Rashad, Sonia Viera, Francisco Reta, and Juan Reta with their mentors and collaborators coauthored, Evaluating the Response of Glycine soja Accessions to  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 3 -- The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will hold public hearings Jan. 9-Jan. 10, 2024, to receive comment on the following temporary rules: 07H .0507, .0508, .0509, 07I .0702, 07J .0203, .0204, .0206, .0207, .0208, 07M .0401, .0402, .0403, .0701, .0703, .0704 and .1101. Division of Coastal Management staff will facilitate the hearings, which will be held at   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: * * * As Hospital Admissions Spike, NCDHHS Urges Testing and Treatment for Those with Mild Symptoms in Outpatient Settings * * * The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today updated its weekly Respiratory Virus Summary Dashboard (https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard), which shows high volumes of people being seen in hospital emer  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: It's official: Biden will be the only Democratic candidate in North Carolina's primary. This means Don Davis has no reason to keep avoiding whether he endorses Biden or not. Davis has avoided using the White House-coined term "Bidenomics," all but admitting it's a disaster. However, Biden has made it clear he plans to make North Carolina "a priority in 2024." "Don Davis can't have his cake and ea  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: Amy Fagan, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Western Carolina University, is once again bringing her expertise to a team of fellow scientists working on a new initiative for NASA. Fagan and fellow scientists, along with leading principal investigator Scott Anderson from the Southwest Research Institute's Solar System Science and Exploration Division, are part of  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news wrap up entitled "WFU in the News": * * * Selected news clips courtesy of the Wake Forest News & Communications team * * * FEATURED NEWS How often do you lie? (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/12/19/how-often-do-you-lie-academic-minute) Inside Higher Ed: Academic Minute On the Academic Minute, philosophy professor Christian B. Miller explains why a small group of people   more