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State bill would allow civilian investigators for some crashes

State Sen. Paul Lowe (D-Forsyth) has filed a bill that would allow unarmed civilian personnel to investigate certain traffic crashes. The bill comes at a…

Guilford County Schools teacher Michael Logan spent the majority of his three minutes of public comment in silence at the Feb. 7 Board of Education meeting. Logan, who has been rejected three times to fill a vacant seat on the board, said he did this to make a point about the lack of representation in District 3. (Screenshot courtesy of Guilford County Schools)

Guilford County school board rejects GOP pick for vacant seat a third time

The Guilford County Board of Education rejected a GOP appointment to fill a vacant seat for a third time on Tuesday — an issue that may result in a change…

Rosa Johnson at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. Image credit: Katie Hall

Rosa Johnson, 'The Queen Mother of Braids,' and her hairstyling journey on exhibit in Winston-Salem

Rosa “Malikia” Johnson has been called “The Queen Mother of Braids” through her unique hair design work with renowned artists including Stevie Wonder,…

A new bill would require the Guilford County Board of Education to approve the county GOP's pick, Michael Logan, to fill a vacant seat. The board has rejected Logan three times since December. (Photo courtesy of Guilford County Schools)

NC bill would limit Guilford County school board's say in filling vacancies

A new bill would require the Guilford County Board of Education to approve the GOP’s pick to fill a vacant seat. The seat opened when former member Pat…

The campus of Appalachian State University near downtown Boone. (Adobe Stock photo)

Boone police investigate antisemitic flag incident at Jewish temple

Boone police are investigating an antisemitic act at a Jewish temple on the outskirts of downtown. Police say someone was at the Temple of the High…

North Carolina state Sen. Danny Britt, a Robeson County Republican, promotes his legislation easing gun access requirements at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Britt said his bill would do away with the arbitrary requirement that a gun buyer obtain a permit from the county sheriff before purchasing a pistol. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

N. Carolina Senate OKs gun bill with pistol permit repeal

North Carolina's Senate voted Thursday to scrap a requirement that a sheriff formally sign off before a person is able to legally purchase a handgun, as…

President Ford talks with North Carolina Congressman Jim Broyhill, left, and Sen. Jesse Helms, center, during a Republican fundraising visit to Raleigh in this Nov. 14, 1975 photo. Broyhill who served briefly in the Senate in the mid-1980s has died. The family of Jim Broyhill confirmed he died early Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 in Winston-Salem at the age of 95. (AP Photo, File)

N. Carolina congressman, briefly senator Broyhill dies at 95

Jim Broyhill, a longtime North Carolina Republican congressman who served briefly in the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy before losing a bid to keep the…

The Davie County Courthouse in Mocksville. The town will receive two grants from the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority. Photo courtesy Town of Mocksville.

Cooper announces new round of rural infrastructure grants

Gov. Roy Cooper announced last week that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approved 14 grant requests totaling over $6.5 million.

A billboard on Stratford Road in Winston-Salem makes a plea for tips in the case involving substation shootings in Randolph County. PAUL GARBER/WFDD

FBI offers reward in substation shootings

The FBI office in Charlotte has announced rewards of up to $25,000 in two separate investigations involving shootings at North Carolina substations,…

In this Sept. 16, 2016, file photo the F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter is seen at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, N.C. The sit-in by the Greensboro Four caught the attention of nearby High Point high schoolers who staged their own. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman, File)

High Point high schoolers' 1960s sit-ins helped pave the way for integration

Lunch counter sit-ins as a form of civil protest began at the Woolworth in downtown Greensboro on February 1, 1960. That event caught the attention of a group of younger students in High Point who wanted to desegregate stores in their community.

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