RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 8 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Asheboro WWTP reports elevated 1,4-dioxane levels to NCDEQ Division of Water Resources The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources (DWR) has been informed of elevated 1,4-dioxane levels discharged from the City of Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to Hasketts Creek, which drains to the Deep River within the Cape Fea  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 9 -- Brighthouse Financial issued the following news release: * * * Brighthouse Financial Announces First Quarter 2025 Results - Estimated combined risk-based capital ("RBC") ratio between 420% and 440%; holding company liquid assets of $1.0 billion - The company repurchased $85 million of its common stock year-to-date through May 6, 2025 - Annuity sales of $2.3 billion, including $2.0 billion in sales of the company's flagship Shield Level Annuities - Li  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Disgraced Candidate Jefferson Griffin and NC Republicans Face Statewide Condemnation For Their Scheme to Undermine Democracy Yesterday, North Carolina's Supreme Court race concluded with Jefferson Griffin finally acknowledging that he lost - a righteous win for democracy and the will of North Carolinians. For nearly six months, disgraced candidate Jefferson Griffin and North C  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 8 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Junior Evan Harris wins Pulitzer Center Fellowship The Pulitzer Center has awarded a fellowship to Wake Forest University junior Evan Harris. The $3,000 award will support reporting on the impact of overtourism on Bali, Indonesia. A politics and international affairs major from Greensboro, Harris plans to use writing, photography and audio recording to tell the stories of the local business owner  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 8 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * Local Government Commission OKs $540 Million in Bonds for Duke Health Duke University Health System (Durham) is in line to receive more than a half-billion dollars in financing after the Local Government Commission (LGC) approved bond issues in that amount at the LGC's Tuesday, May 6, meeting. The North Carolina Medical Care Commission, which finances construction pro  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 9 -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) has granted Creekside Chatham Holdings, LLC, the authority to charge for water and sewer utility service at Creekside Apartments in Chatham County. The approval also includes the rates that the company will charge to residents. According to the Commission's order, Creekside Chatham Holdings, LLC, filed an application on April 10, 2025, seeking the authority to utilize the hot water capture, cold water allocation (H  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 7 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Wake Forest junior named Goldwater Scholar Wake Forest University junior Mai Soliman, a biochemistry and molecular biology major and Winston-Salem native, has been named a 2025 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, placing her among 441 outstanding college students nationwide to receive the award for the 2025-26 academic year. The Goldwater Scholarship, the nation's premier undergraduate award for STEM stu  more