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Novant $320M merger proposal given one more stamp of finality
(The Center Square) – Another stamp of finality, this one from a federal court, has been given to Novant Health’s proposed $320 million merger with Lake Norman regional Medical Center and Davis Regional Psychiatric Hospital. The injunction sought by the Federal Trade Commission had already been granted June 18, and in response Novant said it would discontinue pursuit of the deal. This week, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an FTC motion erasing the June 5 opinion of U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell. ...
HSOT All-State teams and Final Rankings history
Since 2020, HighSchoolOT has published rankings and all-state teams in every sport that's sanctioned by the N.C. High School Athletic Association. This page will have links to each. As the years have progressed, the rankings have changed over time, as has HighSchoolOT. HighSchoolOT started in the fall of 2008 and...
Wayne County wins its first ever state championship
CHERRYVILLE – There were over 90 teams in North Carolina who participated in the 2024 American Legion Baseball season, but only one team came away with the state championship and that was Wayne County Post 11 thanks to their defeat of Wilmington Post 10 by a score of 7-2 on July 24. The state championship win was the first in the 60-year history of the Post 11 baseball program, and head coach Adam Pate said that the win was due, not only to the players...
Judge strikes down North Carolina abortion restriction, but upholds another
A federal judge ruled Friday that a provision in North Carolina's abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before prescribing abortion pills should be blocked permanently, affirming that it was too vague to be enforced reasonably.The implementation of that requirement was already halted last year by U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles until a lawsuit challenging portions of the abortion law enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly in 2023 was litigated further. Eagles now says a permanent injunction would be issued at some point.But Eagles on Friday restored enforcement of another provision that she had previously blocked...
Incumbent in toss-up district condemns and endorses Kamala Harris
(The Center Square) – One day after U.S. Rep. Don Davis was the only Democrat in North Carolina to vote for a resolution condemning Vice President Kamala Harris’ handling of her border assignment from the president, he gave her an endorsement. And suggested Harris pick North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as a running mate. Only […]
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