PLANO, Texas, Aug. 12 [Category: BizTransportation] -- Toyota Motor Sales USA posted the following news: * * * Building a Brighter Future: Toyota Invests in Childcare Centers for Manufacturing Team Members * PLANO, Texas (Aug. 12, 2025) - Toyota is taking bold steps to support working parents as the company adds four, all-new childcare centers across its manufacturing footprint. New centers will serve parents at Toyota North Carolina, Toyota Mississippi, Toyota Alabama and Toyota West Virgin  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 13 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Air Quality issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2025: * * * Public invited to comment on draft air quality permit modification for Columbia Plywood Corp. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a draft air quality permit modification for Columbia Plywood Corporation - Columbia Carolina Division, a plywood  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 13 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release: * * * Which Way, Radical Roy? National Democrats are about to enter a struggle session over their party's Hamas-aligned base, seeking to join the North Carolina Democratic Party's constituency of antisemitism and formalizing support for a terrorist organization. After months of avoiding the topic, who will get Radical Roy Cooper on record on whether he agrees with his own party's leader  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor issued a performance audit report on August 4, 2025, entitled "Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV)": Here are excerpts: * * * Auditor's Transmittal The Honorable Josh Stein, Governor The Honorable Phil Berger, President Pro Tempore The Honorable Destin Hall, Speaker of the House Honorable Members of the North Carolina General Assembly Joey Hopkins, P.E., Secretary, Depa  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * New Physical Model Aims to Boost Energy Storage Research Engineers rely on computational tools to develop new energy storage technologies, which are critical for capitalizing on sustainable energy sources and powering electric vehicles and other devices. Researchers have now developed a new classical physics model that captures one of the most complex aspects of energy storage  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Study Looks for Markers That Predict Risk of Severe Chlamydia Infection A new study has identified markers that may predict whether a chlamydia infection is likely to ascend into the uterus and endometrium. The work could lead to new diagnostics that can predict a woman's risk of severe infection. Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is a sexually transmitted bacterium that can lead to  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, Aug. 13 -- Northwood University issued the following news on Aug. 12, 2025: * * * Provost Signs Transfer Agreement With Vance-Granville Community College Central North Carolina and mid-Michigan are closer than ever, following a new transfer agreement between Vance-Granville Community College and Northwood University. Representatives of the two institutions met at VGCC's Main Campus on Thursday, Aug. 7, to make their new partnership official. Largely business-focused, North  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Public invited to comment on draft air quality permit modification for Columbia Plywood Corp. * The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a draft air quality permit modification for Columbia Plywood Corporation - Columbia Carolina Division, a plywood manufacturing facility in McDowell Co  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 13 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: * * * Improving k-12 math education with instructional coaches Kochmanski supports those who teach teachers, with new funding from the Gates Foundation * Math is still math: 2+2 still equals 4. But the way students learn math - and, more particularly, the way teachers teach it - has changed significantly in the last 25 years. Rote memorization of times tables, simple sums, an  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Water quality swimming advisories issued for sound-side sites in Carteret County * Advisories against swimming were posted today at two sound-side sites in Carteret County, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state's and Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality standards. The a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Water quality swimming advisory issued for ocean-side site in Dare County * An advisory against swimming was posted today at an ocean-side site in Dare County, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state's and Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality standards. The advisory is fo  more