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Business

We Were Wondering...Is it your sense that the majority of WFDD listeners are donors?

2:51pm September 29, 2022

by Molly Davis and Jay Sauerman

Residents of the city of Winston-Salem listening about the services and programs available to them in their native language through headphones. Photo courtesy of Wanda Allen-Abraha

Business

The city of Winston-Salem receives grant to expand language services

12:00pm September 29, 2022

by Eileen Rodriguez

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation has awarded the City of Winston-Salem a grant to better serve residents who speak English as a second

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Director of Construction and Facilities Nick Seeba

Education

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools postpones three bond projects due to increased costs

4:26pm September 28, 2022

by Amy Diaz

With an increase in construction costs, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted to postpone three 2016 school bond projects Tuesday night.

Weather

Weekend storms pose risk of flooding and mudslides in High Country

4:00pm September 28, 2022

by Paul Garber

Local and state officials are preparing for heavy rain across North Carolina this weekend from the remnants of Hurricane Ian.

North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green to visit Triad

3:30pm September 28, 2022

by Bethany Chafin

North Carolina's Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green will make an appearance in the Triad Thursday. She'll be reading both old and new poems at Wake Forest University as part of the Edwin G. Wilson Speaker Series. Ahead of the event, Shelton Green spoke with WFDD's Bethany Chafin.

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Politics & Government

Yellen warns inaction on climate could cause economic crisis

12:05pm September 28, 2022

by Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of economic calamity if climate change is not addressed with immediate government intervention.

Politics & Government

Abortion-rights group leader lends support to NC candidates

10:52am September 28, 2022

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

The head of a national political action committee working to elect women who support abortion rights visited North Carolina on Tuesday, joining candidates she says must win this fall to block Repub

Religion

LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot

4:56pm September 27, 2022

by Associated Press and Peter Smith

College Park Baptist Church found itself in the news last week when the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted to remove it from its rolls because of its “open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior." That action came 23 years after the congregation itself voted to leave the SBC, but according to the Executive Committee, it had remained on its rolls until now.