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Guilford County Health Department encourages vaccines for student-aged population

Since the start of the school year, 547 students and 291 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Guilford County Schools District. “The…

UNCG receives federal funding to develop AR technology for first responders

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will receive almost $2 million in federal funding to develop augmented reality, or “AR” programs, for first…

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., addresses a crowd before former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. Budd is leaning into support for abortion restrictions and amity for the former Republican president as Democrats fight for an elusive victory in the Southern swing state. Budd is set to appear alongside Trump, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at a rally in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

Budd embraces Trump, abortion opposition in NC Senate race

In competitive races across the U.S., Republican candidates are distancing themselves from their party's most controversial policies and people — namely,…

Experts advise flu shots for upcoming season

It’s the beginning of flu season. Experts say September and October are ideal months for flu shots. The severity of a particular upcoming flu season is…

Sean Suggs, president of Toyota's North Carolina electric vehicle battery plant, pictured in Liberty, NC, after the announcement that the company will donate $1 million for local STEAM programs. PAUL GARBER/WFDD

Toyota donates $1 million for local STEAM programs to prepare for megasite workforce

Toyota is donating $1 million for local science and technology education programs as the company makes plans for its electric vehicle battery plant in…

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announces a new federal office of environmental justice at a ceremony in Warrenton, N.C., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Biden administration launches environmental justice office

President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a…

A resident uses plastic as protection from the rain in Batabano, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Hurricane Ian could disrupt blood supplies, organization says

A nonprofit that supplies blood to area hospitals is asking people to make donations before Hurricane Ian potentially disrupts supplies. Hurricane Ian is…

Forest acquisition in Stokes County among projects funded through state grants

Several projects in the Piedmont and High Country are getting a boost with grants from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund. One of the largest includes…

FILE - This booking photo released Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 by the Wake City-County Bureau of Identification shows Leslie McCrae Dowless. Four people pled guilty Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud in rural North Carolina during the 2016 and 2018 elections. The defendants were associated with Dowless, a political operative in Bladen County whom authorities called the ringleader of the ballot scheme. Dowless died earlier in 2022 before his case went to trial. (Wake City-County Bureau of Identification via AP)

Plea agreements reached by 4 in NC Congress ballot probe

Four people pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud in rural North Carolina during the 2016 and 2018 elections.…

Reynolds parent company is expanding investment in cannabis corporations

The parent company of Reynolds American Inc. is dipping its toes in the cannabis industry. British American Tobacco PLC (BAT) has acquired a minority…

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