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Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem staff members Nigel Moffitt-Shabazz (left) and Dane Wilhelm at a recent mobile clinic in Greensboro. Image courtesy of GCSTOP

Guilford partnership works to stem rise in opioid deaths

Guilford County is experiencing an increase in opioid overdose deaths and emergency department visits, according to county and state data. Guilford County…

Guns safes sit against a wall at a gun shop. A new campaign in North Carolina aims to raise awareness about safe firearms storage. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

State launches safe firearms storage campaign

North Carolina has launched an initiative to raise awareness about safe firearm storage. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) on…

Rep. Tricia Ann Cotham (R), is photographed Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C., before the North Carolina House members debated whether to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that would change the state's ban on nearly all abortions from those after 20 weeks of pregnancy to those after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Both the Senate and House had to complete successful override votes for the measure to be enacted into law. The Senate voted to override the veto earlier and the House also voted to override. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

How one North Carolina lawmaker's defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections

Mere weeks before North Carolina's GOP-controlled legislature enacted a 12-week abortion limit over the Democratic governor's opposition this week, state Republican lawmakers appeared just one vote shy of an override.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utilities Meter Services staff installs a new WaterSavvy digital meter. Photograph by Gale Ketteler, WSFC Utilities.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utility Commission has approved water and sewer rate increases

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utility Commission recently approved water and sewer rate hikes beginning in July. The move comes following an…

Red Wine & Blue organizer Angela Levine spoke to women at an event at Radar Brewing Company in Winston-Salem on May 17, 2023. AMY DIAZ/WFDD

Activist group offers 'troublemaker' civic engagement training to NC women

Red Wine & Blue is a national nonpartisan group aimed at mobilizing suburban women around various issues. That includes "Troublemaker Trainings" on how to…

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., left, speaks at Triad Baptist Church in Kernersville, North Carolina on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Walker spoke with supporters before he announced his 2024 for governor at a rally held at the church (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Former US Rep. Mark Walker joins North Carolina GOP gubernatorial field

Ex-U.S. Rep. Mark Walker formally entered next year’s race for North Carolina governor on Saturday, saying that he's best suited to win the seat that has eluded Republicans for much of the past three decades, by attracting a diverse set of voters in the otherwise closely divided state.

The Guilford County Courthouse, home to Guilford County Government offices. Courtesy nccourts.gov

Funding for health services and Medicaid expansion highlighted in proposed Guilford County budget

Guilford County Manager Michael Halford presented his recommendations for a fiscal year 2024 budget to the Board of County Commissioners last Thursday.…

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper affixes his veto stamp to a bill banning nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy at a public rally Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. The veto launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt to override Cooper’s veto after they recently gained veto-proof majorities in both chambers. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

North Carolina governor says GOP teacher pay, voucher plans a public education ‘disaster’

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is embarking on a campaign to try to beat back education and tax legislation from the Republican-controlled General Assembly that he says if enacted would crush North Carolina's public schools and wobble the state's economic future.

Customers wait in line outside a Forsyth County DMV office. KERI BROWN/WFDD

DMV expands hours, offers more services online to cut wait times

The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is offering more services online and expanding hours in some locations to shorten wait times. Under the new…

An arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet. PATRICK SISON/AP

Guilford County holds community meeting on opioid settlement funding

Guilford County is working to determine how to use nearly $22 million to address the opioid crisis. The funding comes from a state settlement with drug…

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