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

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