JAMESTOWN, North Carolina, July 4 -- Guilford Technical Community College issued the following news release: Twenty-One Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) student-athletes have been honored for their classroom achievements by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), earning a spot on the Region 10 All-Academic Team for the Spring 2024 semester. To be named to the Regional All-Academic Team, student-athletes must participate in a sport which competes during the spring   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 4 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal rule that regulates ghost guns--untraceable weapons often made at home from kits--like other firearms. In an amicus brief filed in Garland v. VanDerStok, Attorney General Stein and a coalition of 24 attorneys general urged the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision that overtur  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, July 4 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * This year's match results show that only 91.8% of pediatric residency slots were successfully filled by programs compared to a higher percentage in years past. This ongoing outcome has many physicians in the field worried about the declining interest in pediatric subspecialties. Katherine Jordan, MD, and Priyanka Rao, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine wro  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Instead of being honest with the voters, Don Davis once again is falling in line behind his Democrat party bosses by "declin[ing] to say whether Biden should remain in the race." Davis is a known Biden supporter. He just hosted Biden in the district last summer. "Don Davis is ridin' with Biden, which means he's also ridin' with Biden's awful economy and broken immigration system. At the end of the  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 4 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper joined US Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for multiple stops during the first state trip of the Secretary's national summer construction tour. The Governor and Secretary Buttigieg attended the groundbreaking of the Salem Parkway Multi-Use Trail in Winston-Salem, visited North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 4 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law: * Senate Bill 319: Insurance Rev/Online Auctions/Firefighters. * Senate Bill 355: North Carolina Farm Act of 2024. * House Bill 199: DMV Proposed Legislative Changes.-AB * House Bill 900: Certain CIHS Partners/Regulate Tobacco Prod. Governor Cooper issued the following statement on his signing of SB 355: "T  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 95 of North Carolina's counties in May 2024, decreased in four, and remained unchanged in one. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 6.0 percent while Buncombe and Currituck Counties each had the lowest at 2.8 percent. All fifteen of the state's metro areas experienced rate increases. Among the metro areas, Rocky  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, July 4 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Michiko Horie and Jordan M. Howse U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday to visit the transportation research facility at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Gateway Research Park North Campus. Gateway North houses a diverse fleet of connected autonomous vehicles and one of the nation's first rural tes  more