WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Don Davis Introduces Legislation Providing Eastern North Carolina Small Businesses with a National Platform * WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) and Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) introduced H.R. 6855, the White House Conference on Small Business Act, which would restart the White House Conference on Small Business and bring together small business owners from all 50 st  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Dec. 23 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy partners with community organizations in South Carolina to help customers in need stay safe, warm and connected * Together with customers, employees and local partners, Duke Energy is making a difference - providing critical energy assistance so families can stay safe and connected during challenging times. * GREENVILLE, S.C. - As temperatures drop this holiday season, more families are tu  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 23 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Leaves' Pores Explain Longstanding Mystery of Uneven Tree Growth in a Carbon-Enriched World The mechanics of how water and carbon dioxide move in and out of plants greatly affects how trees grow in a carbon-dioxide-enriched environments. * The basics of photosynthesis are something that every student learns in school: carbon dioxide, water and light in; oxygen and sugar f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Hudson Delivers Broadband Win for Rural Communities in NC-09 * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-09), who chairs the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, announced today that North Carolina has secured more than $1.5 billion of broadband funding through the Broadband Expansion, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program a key step toward expanding high-speed int  more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, Dec. 22 -- Catawba College issued the following news: * * * New National Survey Finds Affordability Pressures Widespread and Cut Across Party Lines * Large majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents say prices are higher than a year ago, though views diverge on severity and outlook An Update from the Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service A new national survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by Catawba College and YouGov finds that afforda  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Dec. 22 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Virginia DEQ grants air permit for Dominion's Chesterfield gas plant * December 22, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org RICHMOND, Va. Today, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality posted the approved air permit, dated Dec. 19, for Dominion's Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center, a 944-megawatt methane gas plant p  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Dec. 22 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Multi-agent AI could change everything - if researchers can figure out the risks * You might have seen headlines sounding the alarm about the safety of an emerging technology called agentic AI. That's where Sarra Alqahtani comes in. An associate professor of computer science at Wake Forest University, she studies the safety of AI agents through the new field of multi-agent reinforcement learni  more