Local News

Forsyth County workers, educators rally in honor of May Day

2:59pm May 02, 2025

More than a hundred people holding signs and chanting marched from the Forsyth County Courthouse down to Corpening Plaza. They joined thousands all across the country rallying in support of working people.

Queue Listen Now

A photo of DGI President and Greensboro City council member Zack Matheny leading a presentation

Business

Greensboro's State of Downtown presentation shows growth despite some challenges

2:41pm May 02, 2025

by DJ Simmons

The number of people living and working in downtown Greensboro has grown, according to a recent presentation.

Education

North Carolina A&T student project honors the forgotten dead in Maplewood Cemetery

4:41pm May 01, 2025

by Paul Garber

A group of North Carolina A&T State University students has created interpretive benches to commemorate those buried in unmarked graves in Greensboro’s Maplewood Cemetery.

Creative Greensboro names GROW artist-in-residence

3:24pm May 01, 2025

by Jacob Hancock-Hernández

LaToya Winslow, owner of Mane Curl Press, will lead weekly workshops on designing journals at the Greensboro Cultural Center beginning May 7.

author Patrick Bringley and the cover of his book

'All the Beauty in the World': Patrick Bringley reflects on a decade of observations as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

2:37pm May 01, 2025

by Bethany Chafin

This Saturday, the WFDD Book Club will discuss All the Beauty in the World. Meetings are at Scuppernong Books and Book Ferret at 11:00 a.m. WFDD Editorial Director Bethany Chafin recently spoke with author Patrick Bringley about his memoir that documents 10 years as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Queue Listen Now

Speaker of the House Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, left, and Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham

Politics & Government

North Carolina is pursuing its own restrictions amid Trump's pushback against DEI

2:02pm May 01, 2025

by Makiya Seminera, Associated Press

Following the lead of several conservative states and the president himself, North Carolina Republican lawmakers have advanced their own bills that target diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Education

Alamance-Burlington school board appoints Elon University professor Eric Hall to vacant seat

9:36am May 01, 2025

by Amy Diaz

While board members said there were several strong applicants, Hall won them over. He's a professor of exercise science, assistant provost for scholarship and creative activity and director of undergraduate research.

Speaker of the House Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, top left, and Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, top center, greet North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein

Politics & Government

North Carolina court says stripping governor of election board appointments can go ahead for now

8:31pm April 30, 2025

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

A North Carolina appeals court ruled Wednesday that a law stripping the governor's authority to appoint State Board of Elections members can take effect for now, even though trial judges struck it down as unconstitutional just last week.

Lexington artist Bob Timberlake has returned to the furniture business as trade war roils industry

6:55pm April 30, 2025

by Paul Garber

More than two decades later, Timberlake — now 88 — is back again with a new collection that debuted last year. He says his need to design drove the return.

Queue Listen Now

A photo of homes under construction in Mebane, N.C.,

Housing

N.C. lawmaker defends bill he says addresses housing crisis as local officials raise concerns

4:13pm April 30, 2025

by DJ Simmons

State Rep. Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth, says House Bill 765 looks to increase housing development. But local officials have voiced worries it would drastically limit their authority.