CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, July 12 -- The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery issued the following news release: The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) and the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) announced a new initiative to allow surgeons to take their Subspecialty Certification Examinations earlier in their careers, making the process of obtaining Subspecialty Certification less burdensome. The changes will be effective for the 2025 Examinations, offered on August 5, 2025.  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 12 -- Commercial Real Estate Women Network issued the following news release: CREW Network has added chapters in Memphis, Tennessee and Northwest Arkansas (United States) expanding the organization's presence to 83 chapters and more than 14,000 members globally. Delegates representing CREW Network chapters unanimously voted to add CREW Memphis and CREW Northwest Arkansas on June 21 at the 2024 CREW Network Spring Leadership Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. The new cha  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, July 12 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: * * * Advocates urge utilities commission to affirm legal requirements disregarded by the energy monopoly * * * A group of clean energy advocates filed a motion asking the North Carolina Utilities Commission to affirm the binding requirements of two laws that monopoly utility Duke Energy's proposed North Carolina Carbon Plan would otherwise violate. The Southern Environmental Law   more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, July 12 (TNSres) -- The Campaign for Southern Equality issued the following news: * * * Trans Kids, Our Kids, to be released September 24 by Ig Publishing, features the voices of 50+ youth, parents, advocates, and doctors from across the country and provides a narrative look into the unprecedented challenges facing transgender young people. * * * By Adam Polaski NEW YORK - This fall, on September 24, 2024, Ig Publishing will release Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories a  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Qualla, NC: Members of the North Carolina Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have begun selling cannabis to adults on tribal land. Sales began on July 4th and are limited to members of federally recognized Indian tribes. The tribe began engaging in medical cannabis sales in April. According to data published in May in the trade journal Marijuana Business  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 12 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: A 54-mile methane gas pipeline and compressor stations are planned to cut through parts of North Carolina and Virginia in a project called the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, also known as the Transco Pipeline Expansion. Landowners, concerned citizens and others who could be impacted by this project are invited to attend a public information session to connect with other community members, ask questio  more