ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 17 -- The city of Albuquerque issued the following news: * * * Company to build salt production, two fuel development lab facilities * * * Kairos Power LLC, a mission-driven clean energy technology, engineering, and manufacturing company, is expanding its operations in New Mexico to build three facilities and create 100 jobs. Kairos Power is headquartered in Alameda, California and initially expanded to Albuquerque's Mesa del Sol community in 2019 for its rese  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * Veetee Foods will invest $35.7 million in Selma * * * Veetee Foods, Inc., known as Veetee Food Group in the United Kingdom, will establish a major production plant in Johnston County creating 200 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The global food company specializing in the production of tasty shelf-stable meals will invest $35.7 million in Selma. "It's   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Last Friday, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson sat down for an interview with WSOC-TV, where he expressed his support for signing an even stricter abortion ban if elected governor, saying "we absolutely would, because that's what we pushed for" when asked directly if he would sign a six-week abortion ban into law. WATCH HERE: While Robinson has spent heavily on ads lying to voters about his position on North Carolina  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Fast facts Grew up in Beaufort, North Carolina, spending time on a 45,000-acre farm managed and developed by his father Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Duke University Master's degree and Ph.D. in food science and nutrition from The Ohio State University Wife, Kimberly, is a flavor chemist and food scientist; daughter, Anya, is an animal science major at Louisiana State University; son, Matteo, is a high school s  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 17 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is encouraging everyone 6-months and older to get their seasonal flu shot and COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from serious illness, hospitalization and long-term health complications from viruses. Both vaccines have been updated for the new flu and  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Sept. 17 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: By Julia Duvall Western Carolina University alumna Susan Strum has been appointed to WCU's Board of Trustees. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors appointed Strum at its Sept. 12 meeting to fill the vacant term left by Kathryn Greeley, who was appointed to the UNC Board of Governors in June. Strum's appointment was effective immediately and will go through June 30, 2025. "The appoint  more