CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 21 [Category: Sports] -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: * * * CIAA Announces 2026 Food Lion Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament Brackets * BALTIMORE, MD. (February 21, 2026) - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation's oldest Historically Black Athletic Conference, announces the brackets for its 2026 Food Lion CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament. The single elimination tournam  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 22 [Category: Sports] -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: * * * CIAA Reveals 2026 Men's and Women's All-CIAA Basketball Teams and Annual Award Honorees * CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 22, 2026) - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has announced its 2026 Men's and Women's All-CIAA Basketball Teams along with its top conference honors following a regular season defined by competitive division races, late seaso  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Don Davis to Host Next-Generation ENC Farmer at State of the Union * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) announced Nathanael Simmons, a 17-year-old senior at Mattamuskeet High School, and a next-generation farmer, as his guest for the 2026 State of the Union Address. Simmons comes from a multigenerational farming family stretching back eight generations. His father, Benj  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Statement on Gov. Spanberger Signing New Congressional Map to Be Used if Virginia Voters Amend Their Constitution in April * Today, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement after Governor Abigail Spanberger signed a law containing a new Congressional map that would be used in the 2026 election if Virginia voters successfully amend their constitution in A  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approves permit for SSEP pipeline * February 20, 2026 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, an interstate pipeline proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC. The Corps' permit, issued   more