RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 30 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the North Carolina State Crime Lab had 1,466 CODIS hits in the past fiscal year, breaking the previous record of 1,382 hits in fiscal year 2023. The State Crime Lab analyzes evidence and uploads DNA to CODIS, the system of local, state, and national criminal justice DNA databases. A hit occurs when the DNA sample matc  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 30 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Millions of low- and middle- income North Carolinians are one step closer to medical debt relief. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved on Friday, July 26 Governor Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Health and Human Services' plan to use the state's Medicaid program to incentivize hospitals to relieve more than a decade of existing medical debt  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 30 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Millions of low- and middle- income North Carolinians are one step closer to medical debt relief. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved on Friday, July 26 Governor Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Health and Human Services' plan (https://www.ncdhhs.gov/news/press-releases/2024/07/01/governor-cooper-takes-action-lessen-  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, July 30 -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: East Carolina University's College of Nursing has received a significant investment of $3 million from the state of North Carolina to increase the number of entry-to-practice nurses who graduate from the college's bachelor of nursing programs. Of the nine UNC System schools that applied for, and received, funding increases to support their baccalaureate nursing programs, ECU received more than an  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 30 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Health and Human Services announced new actions leveraging the state's Medicaid program that will encourage hospitals to relieve a potential $4 billion in existing medical debt for approximately two million low and middle-income North Carolinians and ease the burden of medical debt in  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 30 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) announced today that Joanna Zazzali has been named the next director of the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher. An aquarium employee for more than 16 years, Zazzali will assume her new role Aug. 1. Zazzali replaces Hap Fatzinger, who left the aquarium in January to become director   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 30 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, North Carolina State University engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 configurations using only three active motors. The findings could pave the way for shape-shifting artificial systems that can take on multiple functions and even carry a load - like versatile robotic struc  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 29 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: A generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation has fueled a partnership among Wake Forest's School of Divinity, the University's Wake the Arts Center, and Winston-Salem's NC Black Repertory Theatre (NC Black Rep). The grant provided funding for two plays to be written for and premiered during this year's International Black Theatre Festival (IBTF) JuCoby Johnson The project, "Finding Holy Ground: Perf  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 29 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: FEATURED NEWS Communication professor provides commentary for local/regional news WGHP-TV (High Point, NC) Link unavailable Nate French, executive director of First in the Forest, director of the Magnolia Scholars Program and associate teaching professor of communication, was featured on live morning segments with WGHP morning host Brad Jones. He discussed the political implications of the assassinati  more