BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Gentiva, a dedicated hospice, palliative and personal care services company, on health care matters in the sale of its personal care operations to Addus HomeCare Corporation for approximately $350 million. Gentiva's personal care operations serve over 16,000 patients per day in seven states including Arizona, Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. The tran  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 11 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised Duke Energy Corporation ("Duke Energy") in connection with SEC-registered offerings of: (i) $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.45% Senior Notes due 2034 and (ii) $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.80% Senior Notes due 2054. Duke Energy, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified energy company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with both reg  more

BANNER ELK, North Carolina, June 11 -- Lees-McRae College issued the following news: A new Memorandum of Understanding between Lees-McRae College and Mitchell High School continues the college's efforts to create strong relationships with local high schools and provide opportunities to area students. The MOU, which is effective immediately and will commence for the Fall 2024 semester, includes three parts that establish a strong relationship between the institutions: programming exchanges, the  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 11 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced Boards and Commissions appointments. Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Brain Injury Advisory Council: * Joy B. Futrell of Ahoskie as a director of a local management entity of mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services. Futrell is the CEO of Trillium Health Resources.   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 11 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that a specific class of oxide membranes can confine, or "squeeze," infrared light - a finding that holds promise for next generation infrared imaging technologies. The thin-film membranes confine infrared light far better than bulk crystals, which are the established technology for infrared light confinement. "The thin-film membranes   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, June 10 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: FEATURED NEWS Judge Aileen Cannon tosses another curveball in the Trump cases By Aaron Blake | The Washington Post As politics professor Katy Harriger, an expert on special counsels, points out, "As has been made clear in other areas, commitment to earlier precedent for precedent's sake is not an animating value of this Court. The current majority on the Roberts Court is generally hostile to appointme  more