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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Hooters of America. AdobeStock photograph.

Greensboro Hooters faces a federal lawsuit over alleged racial bias

A Greensboro restaurant is facing a federal lawsuit over alleged discriminatory rehiring practices. Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity…

A photo of Forsyth County's Strumer Park Circle animal shelter. WFDD File Photo.

Forsyth Humane Society to open low-cost, wellness and spay and neuter clinic

The Forsyth Humane Society, or FHS, has aquired a building to open a low-cost, wellness and spay and neuter clinic. FHS President Mark Neff says one of…

NC Gov. Roy Cooper (center) listens at a Medicaid Expansion roundtable event in Yadkinville on August 17, 2023. He was flanked by North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley (right). DAVID FORD/WFDD

Budget stalls lead to more Medicaid expansion delays

North Carolina’s budget has yet to be passed by the General Assembly, and the logjam is leaving Medicaid expansion in the lurch. The impacts on the…

North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley. Photo courtesy NCDHHS.

Medicaid expansion won't begin in North Carolina on Oct. 1 because there's still no final budget

With the state budget's passage now two months late, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration announced Monday that it can't start the…

North Carolina A&T is among the schools chosen to receive funding through the federal Department of Energy's RENEW initiative. Image courtesy of NC A&T.

N.C. A&T awarded funding to help increase diversity in STEM field

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is among the schools chosen to receive funding through an initiative by the U.S. Department of…

Reynolda House Lake Porch interior with furnishings circa 1917. Photograph courtesy of Reynolda House Museum of American Art.

New exhibition at Reynolda chronicles the mysterious death of Z. Smith Reynolds

A new exhibition at Reynolda in Winston-Salem chronicles the unsolved death of Zachary Smith Reynolds, who was the youngest child of R.J. and Katharine.…

March For Our Lives co-founder David Hogg speaks at a gun safety rally following a fatal shooting earlier in the week on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

University of North Carolina students rally for gun safety after fatal shooting of faculty member

A shooting that left a faculty member dead and frightened students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has galvanized gun safety advocates…

North Carolina state Rep. Renée Price, D-Orange, speaks at a news conference at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Price and other speakers defended and praised Associate Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls for filing a federal lawsuit this week to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public comments that she says are protected by the First Amendment. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Civil rights advocates defend a North Carolina court justice suing over a probe for speaking out

Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators defended and praised Wednesday a state Supreme Court justice for suing this week to block a state…

North Carolina state Rep. Erin Paré, the only Republican in Wake County's legislative district, presents her proposal to change how members of the Wake County Board of Commissioners are elected during a committee meeting at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Paré of Wake County announced her plans on Wednesday, Aug. 30 to seek to represent what is now the 13th Congressional District, which includes portions of Raleigh and fast-growing communities to the south and east. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina GOP legislator Paré running for Democrat-controlled US House seat

The only elected Republican legislator from North Carolina's largest county is running for a congressional seat currently held by a first-term Democrat…

The Early College at Guilford, with its enrollment of 197 9th-12th graders, scored a perfect 100 on College Readiness, with a 100% graduation rate. KERI BROWN/WFDD

A Greensboro high school is named #1 in the nation

The Early College at Guilford (ECG) was named the #1 public high school in the country by U.S. News and World Report. Nearly 25,000 schools were…

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