RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 7 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina Shares Recovery Progress, Launches Public Dashboard Learn more about Helene recovery efforts at WNCRecovery.nc.gov Today, the Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina (GROW NC) shared progress on Helene recovery and launched a public dashboard at WNCRecovery.nc.gov. The newly released website features updates, resou  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, March 7 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * HPU Extends Contracts for Both Basketball Coaches Huss and Banbury led the men's and women's teams to second consecutive Big South titles. HIGH POINT, N.C., March 6, 2025 - High Point University announced today it has extended contracts for men's and women's basketball coaches Alan Huss and Chelsea Banbury. Both coaches guided HPU to a second consecutive Big South Conference regular-season c  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 7 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 5, 2025: * * * Governor Stein Announces Superior and District Court Appointments Raleigh, NC Today, Governor Josh Stein announced the following judicial appointments: Judge Stephen C. Stokes to the Superior Court for Judicial District 14A, serving part of Cumberland County. Stokes is filling the vacancy created after Judge Claire Hill retired. * Stokes most recently served as a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 7 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Stein Meets with Western North Carolinians in Yancey County Impacted by Hurricane Helene Today, Governor Josh Stein joined Yancey County Sheriff Shane Hilliard to meet with local officials and North Carolinians impacted by Hurricane Helene damage in Burnsville. He also joined local firefighters to thank them for their heroic work as first responders. "Yancey County residen  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * NCDEQ Division of Water Resources now accepting proposals to restore waters impaired by nonpoint source pollution The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources (DWR) is accepting proposals until May 30 through the Clean Water Act-Section 319 (h) Nonpoint Source Grant Funding Program for projects seeking to restore impaired wat  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 7 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: * * * Research Identifies Key Antibodies for Development of Broadly Protective Norovirus Vaccine AUSTIN, Texas -- Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a strategy to fight back against norovirus, a leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Their new study,   more