AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoCybersecurity: North Carolina Ports says a late-Tuesday cyberattack on its IT system was contained, with Wilmington, Morehead City and the Charlotte Inland Port affected; gates reopened but operations are still running manually while an outside team investigates. Public Health: NC State researchers report tiger mosquitoes in Wake County are developing resistance to pyrethroids, while health officials track West Nile activity in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. Energy & Policy: Virginia regulators ordered a process for assigning data-center grid costs, a reminder that state utility commissions may decide who pays as AI demand grows. Local Economy: A new report says Durham’s decade of growth hasn’t reached many workers, widening the income gap between Black and white residents. Biotech/Health Research: A UNC reproductive-mental-health expert weighs in on postpartum psychosis as the Lindsay Clancy murder trial spotlights rare, severe postpartum illness. Tech & Business: Syntropic plans to combine its residential and grid-scale battery platforms with UNIGRID’s sodium-chromium-oxide chemistry. STEM/Community: The Great Southeast Pollinator Census returns to North Carolina, inviting residents to count pollinators for 15 minutes to help track declines.
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