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N.C. youth ump, 16, punched by coach
Oh great. If we could just keep parents out of youth sports, the kids would probably be better off. Case in point: An assistant youth league baseball coach in Fletcher, near Asheville, has been charged with punching a 16-year-old umpire. The youth coach didn’t see the incident because he’d already been…

NCSU to offer joint MBA/biomanufacturing degree
The N.C. State University Jenkins MBA program and NCSU’s Golden Leaf Biomanufacturing and Training Center (BTEC) have announced the launch of a Master of Biomanufacturing/Master of Business Administration (BIOM/MBA) degree. This is the seventh joint degree offered through Jenkins, part of the Poole College of Management. It allows students to earn both a master’s degree in biomanufacturing and an MBA in two years. Designed to prepare program graduates to work as managers in the biomanufacturing industry, the BIOM degree will combine biomanufacturing courses with bioscience-focused MBA courses taught at the Jenkins Graduate…

Cape Hatteras ranked as fifth-best U.S. beach
Cape Hatteras is home to the fifth best beach in the United States, according to the latest annual ranking from Dr. Beach. The Outer Banks island, home to the iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, is one of two Carolinas beaches on the top 10 beaches. The Beachwalker Park Kiawah Island in South Carolina is No. 7. Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Fla., took first place on the list, followed by Coronado Beach in San Diego and Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii. For more details and to see the full top 10, open the…
