ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- College of the Albemarle issued the following news release: * * * College of The Albemarle Wins First Place in NCSEAA Social Media Competition, Raising Awareness for the Next NC Scholarship College of The Albemarle (COA) has earned first place in the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority's (NCSEAA) statewide Social Media Competition, designed to increase awareness of the Next NC Scholarship, a financial aid opportunity for eligible Nort  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Nov. 19 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Don't call it exercise * Jason Fanning has spent a lot of time talking to older adults about leading healthy, active lifestyles. And he knows that the minute he utters the word "exercise," he loses many of them. Instead, he talks to them about movement across the day, a key component of his current research study, A Mobile Health Intervention to Reduce Pain and Improve Health (MORPH) in Older   more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Nov. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * Gillings School's Barry Popkin co-leads Lancet series urging global action to curb ultra-processed foods Barry Popkin, PhD, W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings Global School of Public Health and founder of the Global Food Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill, has coauthored a new series published in The La  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Financial Services Company to Expand Durham Headquarters with 1,000 New Jobs Aspida Financial Services, a life insurance and annuity group, will begin a phased expansion of their global headquarters, adding 1,000 new jobs in Durham County over the next several years. The company will invest more than $28 million in the City of Durham. "Aspida's decision to s  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * High Point Furniture Maker: Whatley's Reckless Tariffs "Have Driven Up Costs" A High Point furniture manufacturer is blasting Michael Whatley for his support for "harmful" tariffs that have raised costs for businesses and consumers and are hurting North Carolina's iconic furniture industry. DC insider Michael Whatley has championed the reckless trade war, calling it "reco  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * N.C. Investment Authority Approves Budget, Adopts Charter as January Transition Nears The North Carolina Investment Authority (NCIA) met today and approved a Board of Directors charter, policy manual and budget -- key steps needed to transfer statutory investment powers and duties from the Department of State Treasurer (DST) to the authority, effective Jan. 1, 2026.  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 19 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * NCDEQ Division of Water Resources issues revised wastewater discharge permit for Badin Business Park * The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources (DWR) has renewed the wastewater discharge permit for Badin Business Park, the former Alcoa Inc. aluminum production facility located in Badin, Stanly County. The renewal fol  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * NCDHHS Releases 2025-2030 Action Plan to Reduce Cancer Burden for North Carolinians The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has released A Statewide Call to Action to Reduce Cancer in North Carolina: 2025-2030 North Carolina Cancer Plan to address the complex factors and impacts of cancer that affect North Carolinians. It e  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- The University of North Carolina Charlotte campus issued the following news release: * * * Resilience and Wellbeing-Focused Leadership Take Center Stage at Inaugural LEAD Symposium UNC Charlotte's campus came alive on Thursday, Nov. 13, as more than 250 faculty and staff gathered in the Barnhart Student Activity Center for the inaugural LEAD Symposium: Resilience and Wellbeing-Focused Leadership. Powered by the Office of Human Resources, the event brought  more