EMORY, Virginia, Oct. 18 -- Emory and Henry College issued the following news: * * * Track and field athletes from the University of North Carolina at Asheville will study and train at Emory & Henry University while their own campus community recovers from the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene. * * * Twenty-six athletes and two coaches will live on the E&H campus for at least two weeks, residing in campus housing, dining in the E&H cafeteria and attending online classes provided by  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Charity L. Cohen Five North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students competed in the 2024 Moguls in the Making entrepreneurial pitch competition, held Oct. 2-6 in Detroit. Aliya Brown, Zakiya Gilles, Brea Johnson and Sydney Lee represented the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics, and Jarrod Mason represented the College of Engineer  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- Forvis, an accounting and advisory firm, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: While navigating continued inflation challenges, increased competition, and regulatory and legislative uncertainty, the rural telecommunications industry has experienced growth in broadband services and revenues over the past year, but saw a decrease in operating income. These and other findings are presented in the 2024 Rural Telecommunications Benchmark   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Robinson: "I'm in favor of getting rid of early vote..." As early in-person voting begins in North Carolina today, CBS 17 reported on comments from Mark Robinson proudly declaring his support for ending the state's early voting period, yet another way that Robinson has outlined attacking fundamental rights if he were governor. At a recent campaign event, Robinson spoke to a group of supporters and said, "I'  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Market C. Rowe North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has been selected as one of 10 historically Black colleges and university (HBCU) newsrooms to receive a grant from the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University. This grant, part of the Newsroom Innovation Challenge, totals nearly $200,000 and will be shared among the selected HBC  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Home-rental platforms like Airbnb are known to drive up housing costs, but a new study shows that doing a better job of collecting the taxes owed by these home rentals appears to slow the rise in home prices. The finding suggests that tax policy can help to mitigate rising home prices, particularly in areas where there are a lot of short-term rental properties. "It's well established  more

HICKORY, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- Catawba Valley Community College issued the following news: Catawba Valley Community College and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today held a ribbon-cutting to formally open the new Corning Fiber Optic Training Center, a first-of-its-kind broadband training facility in CVCC's Corporate Development Center. In this new center and classroom space, trainers from Corning will provide hands-on education in the skills needed to design, engineer, install, and manag  more

CARY, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: AI has dominated the headlines - and tech industry predictions - for the past few years. Will 2025 be any different? (Spoiler alert: no). However, several AI themes will come into focus such as model specialization, regulatory challenges, environmental sustainability, and more. Executives and experts across SAS, the leader in data and AI, looked ahead to predi  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Lydian Bernhardt Faculty members at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and North Carolina State University will use a $1 million federal grant to investigate a promising new method to improve soil health and organic crop yields and mitigate the effects of climate change. Biswanath Dari, Ph.D., an assistant professor and natural resou  more