GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Aug. 6 -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: Six outstanding East Carolina University alumni and a longtime Pirate friend will be honored by the ECU Alumni Association this fall for their careers and service to the university. The awards are presented annually during homecoming weekend, with this year's dinner to be held Oct. 25. More information and registration for the celebration are available by visiting the alumni awards website (https:/  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 6 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced Boards and Commissions appointments. Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board: * Lauren Lucile Quick-Graham of Morrisville as a member selected from the allied mental health, substance use disorder and developmental disabilities treatment and prevention pro  more

ENCINO, California, Aug. 6 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: INDIAN TRAIL, N.C., August 5, 2024 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of a single-tenant, two building industrial portfolio located in Indian Trail, North Carolina. The properties sold for $7,700,000. "The property appealed to a wide audience of investors, regio  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 6 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after he prevailed in his bipartisan antitrust lawsuit against Google related to the company's search engine. A federal court found that Google violated antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly over general search engine services and general search text ads. "No company is too big to play  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: In an examination of the genetic material found in historic potato leaves, North Carolina State University researchers reveal more about the tit-for-tat evolutionary changes occurring in both potato plants and the pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish potato famine. The study used a targeted enrichment sequencing approach to simultaneously examine both the plant's resistance genes and   more