GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Hope Baptiste The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors has approved a bachelor's degree in artificial intelligence (AI) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the only degree of its kind in this state and one of only a handful nationally. While some other North Carolina universities offer an artificial intelligence concentrat  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem on December 6, 2024, all $2,000,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 1.530% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due December 2025 (CUSIP No. 06051GKE8) (the "Notes"), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the r  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Flood Resiliency Blueprint is providing funding to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), Division of Soil and Water Conservation Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program (StRAP) to implement stream debris and sediment removal projects. DEQ is allocating over $4.7 million to 32 StRAP projects that   more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Travonia Brown-Huges, Ph.D., and Jamie Crocket North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Center for Outreach in Alzheimer's, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) received a five-year $4.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study Alzheimer's disease (AD) in middle-aged African Americans. Travonia Brown-Hughes, Ph.D., COAACH  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: * * * Transportation company will invest $13.7 million in Mecklenburg County * * * RXO (NYSE: RXO), a leading freight transportation company headquartered in Charlotte, will expand its operations in Mecklenburg County, creating 216 jobs over the next several years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $13.7 million to expand its market presence.   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: * * * Provalus will create 150 jobs and invest $1.05 million in North Wilkesboro * * * Provalus, an information technology outsourcing firm, will establish a Center of Excellence in Wilkes County, creating 150 jobs, according to the company. Provalus will invest $1.05 million in North Wilkesboro. "North Carolina offers exceptionally talented workers in all parts of our   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release: The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) supports Judge Jefferson Griffin's motion to disqualify N.C. State Board of Elections member Siobhan Millen from participating in election protests involving the 2024 Associate Justice race for the North Carolina Supreme Court. The motion raises serious concerns about a conflict of interest due to Ms. Millen's marriage to Pressly Millen, a partne  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: By Bill Studenc Phillips and Jordan Inc., a national construction contractor with roots in the Western North Carolina town of Robbinsville and headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, has announced plans to build on its legacy of corporate support for Western Carolina University's intercollegiate athletics program. Company CEO Teddy Phillips Jr., who studied business management at WCU in the late 1970s a  more