CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release: SPOKANE, WA/BOISE, ID - Bank of America has named Lauren Murray president of Bank of America Spokane/Boise. As president and head of the market, Murray will connect clients, teammates and communities to the full power of the franchise and drive integration across the bank's eight lines of business. She succeeds Kurt Walsdorf, who recently retired after 40 years of service to the co  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the nation's leading medical societies in an effort to protect access to mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortion and miscarriage care. North Carolina has imposed several barriers to mifepristone access which the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") already considered and rejected as unn  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein took actions this week to defend lifesaving health care for North Carolinians. He filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect a key provision of the of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that guarantees access to critical preventive care for millions of Americans. He also filed a different friend-of-the-court bri  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news: The State Board of Community Colleges convened last week with a sharp focus on recovery efforts in Western North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene left a lasting impact on several community colleges and the communities they serve. In his opening remarks, Board Chairman Tom Looney emphasized the Board's commitment to long-term rebuilding efforts. "We are deeply committed to the rebuilding pro  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Yesterday, Governor Roy Cooper issued an Executive Order focused on easing requirements and fee collections for North Carolinians related to the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in counties impacted by Hurricane Helene. As a result of this Order, the DMV will suspend the collection of various application and late fees, suspend certain requirements for both residents and bus  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * Initial Damage Assessments from Hurricane Helene Total $53 Billion, More Than Three Times Greater Than Hurricane Florence * * * Less than a month after Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper today shared a state budget recommendation to help rebuild stronger to withstand future storms. Governor Cooper recommends an initial $3.9 billion pac  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Governor Roy Cooper announced that the North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) has been awarded a $105 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Program (CRISI). The announcement represents a major step forward in enhancing North Carolina's rail infrastructure, aimed at improving both passenge  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is announcing a one-day extension for people in Alexander, Buncombe, Haywood, Macon and McDowell counties to apply for benefits through the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to help them buy food for their families. The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the extension following feedback   more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: * * * Biochemistry major Janae Wofford chats with fellow students shortly after returning to UNCG for the Fall 2024 semester. * * * Research doesn't stop, and neither did the UNC Greensboro students who spent their summer working alongside faculty mentors in the lab and the field. Many of these students came together with their peers and mentors at the UNCG Alumni H  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: In the fall, it starts as small as a story pitch. In the spring? As tiny as a sketch on a piece of paper. Those little ideas turn into Imagine magazine, a publication produced by student writers and designers at Western Carolina University. Each year's edition is always colorful, unique and rich in content, but last year's was award-winning. Imagine magazine's 2023 issue placed first in the National C  more