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Governor Cooper Announces New Lithium-Ion Battery Plant Planned for Morrisville

RALEIGH, N.C. - Forge Nano, Inc., a leading materials science company that enables peak performance products through atomic-level surface engineering, intends to launch a new lithium-ion battery business, called Forge Battery, in Wake County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company and its investors plan for an initial investment of more than $165 million to build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Morrisville bringing hundreds of high-paying clean energy jobs

The bird flu outbreak isn’t over, but it’s less severe, helping egg and poultry prices recover

AP - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nearly 5 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered this year because of a persistent bird flu outbreak that began in 2022, but as big as that number may sound, it's far less than the number of birds killed last year which means consumers aren't seeing as much impact on poultry and egg prices. The 4.6 million birds killed this year compares

NC gears up for challenges ahead of Medicaid expansion on Dec. 1

NC Health News If not for Medicaid, the majority of residents of Robeson County wouldn't have health insurance. Fifty-four percent of people in this rural community - home to 116,530 at the 2020 Census - are beneficiaries of the government-funded program. The county had 63,549 Medicaid enrollees in October, the eighth highest number recorded of the state's 100 counties.  Even more are expected to join the rolls after Medicaid expansion

States grapple with racist language in real estate deeds

  Stateline.org Lisa Boccetti is horrified by the restrictive covenant that is in the deed to her 1950s ranch house in Raleigh, North Carolina: It states that the land cannot be sold or occupied by Black people. The property "shall not be sold to negroes or to any person or persons of negro blood, and said premises shall not be occupied by negroes or persons of negro blood, except domestic

USDA Launches Initiative to Enhance Competitiveness of the U.S. Specialty Crops Industry

WASHINGTON-Agriculture Deputy Secretary Torres Small today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is initiating a new effort to further support the U.S. specialty crops sector and increase the competitiveness of its products as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to build new, more and better markets that catalyze opportunity for American farmers. "We all count on America's specialty crops for reliable access to nutritious, fresh foods," said USDA

Surgeons have performed the world’s first eye transplant

(AP) - Surgeons have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant - although it's far too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye. An accident with high-voltage power lines had destroyed most of Aaron James' face and one eye. His right eye still works. But surgeons at NYU Langone Health hoped replacing the

Amazon takes another shot at health care, this one a virtual 

(AP) Amazon is taking another shot at becoming a regular health care source for customers with the launch of a service centered on virtual care. The e-commerce giant says its Prime customers can now get quick access to a health care provider through a program that costs $9 a month or $99 annually. The announcement this week arrives less than a year after Amazon announced the $3.9 billion acquisition of

NC voter rolls look different than they did eight years ago

NC NEWSLINE - The latest data show that North Carolina's voter rolls continue to grow at a steady pace. However, because a growing number of voters do not designate their race, in some ways we know less about today's voters than in the past. Overall, the state has seen a net increase of almost 1 million voters since October 2015. This figure accounts for deaths and other removals, as well