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Plans unveiled for Battleground Entertainment District in Greensboro

Economic revitalization plans for Greensboro were unveiled this week for the proposed Battleground Entertainment District. The 2030 strategic vision plan…

Terrell Dungee with Guilford for All addresses Greensboro City Council on June 6, 2023. Screenshot courtesy of the City of Greensboro.

Firing of Greensboro firefighter draws crowd to city council meeting

The Greensboro City Council spent much of their meeting Tuesday hearing from community members about the city’s decision to terminate a firefighter for…

North Carolina state Reps. Jason Saine, left, R-Lincoln, and Rep. Carla Cunningham, D-Mecklenburg, confer on the House floor in the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Saine is a chief sponsor of a bill to legalize sports gambling and horse-race betting statewide that received final General Assembly approval later Wednesday. The bill now goes to Gov. Roy Cooper's desk (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

North Carolina lawmakers approve sports and horse-race gambling, bill now heading to governor

The North Carolina General Assembly finalized legislation Wednesday to authorize statewide and regulate sports and horse-race wagering, a decision poised…

Derwin Montgomery speaks to the crowd during a George Floyd protest in downtown Winston-Salem in 2020. PAUL GARBER/WFDD

Former State Rep. Derwin Montgomery given five years probation in federal fraud case

Derwin Montgomery, a former Winston-Salem city councilman and state representative, faced a federal judge Thursday for sentencing in connection with a fraud conviction.

Trump, DeSantis, and Pence headline North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro

The North Carolina Republican Party Convention is underway in Greensboro with headline speakers including Former President Donald Trump, Former Vice President Mike Pence, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

A new study examines the societal pressures on those who received federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Study finds pandemic pressures put SNAP recipients at risk for eating disorders

Nearly half of the people on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — also known as SNAP — experienced food insecurity during the pandemic. That’s up from a quarter of recipients prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The measure, concerning whether American Indian students in North Carolina public schools could wear items like feathers and plumes to their graduation ceremonies, received the final OK as high schools across the state wrap up the school year (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) American Indian students in North Carolina public schools could wear items like feathers and plumes to their graduation ceremonies to signify their cultural heritage

North Carolina bill ensuring Native American school graduates can wear feathers heads to governor

American Indian students in North Carolina public schools could wear items like feathers and plumes to their graduation ceremonies to signify their…

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 8, 2023. Biden is set to sign an executive order that aims to bolster job opportunities for military and veteran spouses whose careers are often disrupted by their loved ones’ deployments. Biden is to use a visit to the recently renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina to highlight the new order (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Biden heads to North Carolina to push clean energy agenda and promote order aiding military spouses

President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order that aims to bolster job opportunities for military and veteran spouses whose careers are often…

The Well-Spring Life Plan Community in Greensboro. The Well-Spring Group and the Brightspire senior living organization have signed a letter of intent to merge. Photo courtesy of The Well-Spring Group.

Two Triad senior living organizations announce merger

Two Triad senior living organizations will soon consolidate. The boards of Brightspire and The Well-Spring Group announced on Wednesday that the two…

Winston-Salem city officials are calling the vandalism on the Pride banner a hate crime and are asking police to investigate. Photo courtesy of the city of Winston-Salem.

City officials respond to vandalized Pride banner in Winston-Salem

A banner celebrating Pride month was vandalized in Winston-Salem, which city officials call a hate crime. The banner was discovered cut in half early…

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