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LEAD Girls of NC currently works within six Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Title 1 schools, meaning children from low-income families make up at least 40% of enrollment. In January, the program will expand into two more middle schools. Image courtesy of LEAD Girls of NC

LEAD Girls of NC expanding to 2 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County middle schools

LEAD Girls of North Carolina, a program for at-risk preteen girls, is expanding into two more Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools in January. During a…

Distinguished Poet Grace Ocasio and three emerging poets from the last Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet series cohort participated in a reading showcase on April 30, 2022, in Chapel Hill. (Image courtesy of the North Carolina Poetry Society)

North Carolina Poetry Society mentorship program enters 20th year

The North Carolina Poetry Society’s Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet series, a mentorship program for emerging writers, is entering its 20th year. Poet…

The "Booze It & Lose It" holiday enforcement campaign will continue through January 2. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Statewide "Booze It & Lose It" enforcement campaign is underway

You’ll likely see more law enforcement officers patrolling the highways in the next few weeks. The statewide “Booze It & Lose It” holiday enforcement…

Many immigrant families rely on local delivery companies for sending holiday gifts

A lot of immigrant families send gifts to their home countries during the holidays, but many turn to smaller, local packaging companies for delivery. For them, it comes down to cost and trust.

The program is sponsored by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. WFDD File Photo

Applications open for Greensboro minority business accelerator

The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for its minority business accelerator program. The program, called Scale to Excel, aims to…

Customers line up outside a Division of Motor Vehicles office in Forsyth County. KERI BROWN/WFDD

North Carolina DMV increases hiring to shorten lines

The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is increasing hiring to cut down on wait times at local offices. The division added 43 new employees in…

N. Carolina voter ID still void after Supreme Court ruling

A 2018 law requiring photo identification to vote in North Carolina remains invalidated after a narrow majority on the state Supreme Court agreed Friday with a lower court decision that struck it down.

Workers work on equipment at the West End Substation, at 6910 NC Hwy 211 in West End, N.C., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, where a serious attack on critical infrastructure has caused a power outage to many around Southern Pines, N.C. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

Feds order review of power-grid security after attacks

Federal regulators on Thursday ordered a review of security standards at the nation's far-flung electricity transmission network, following shootings at two electric substations in North Carolina that damaged equipment and caused more than 45,000 customers to lose power.

Activists at the Supreme Court opposed to partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina and other states in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 26, 2019. North Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that state Senate boundaries drawn by Republican legislators remain tainted by partisan bias and must be redrawn by trial judges. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

N. Carolina justices: State Senate map must be drawn again

North Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that state Senate boundaries drawn by Republican legislators — under which the court permitted this year's elections to be conducted — remain tainted by partisan bias and must be redrawn by trial judges.

The statue of a soldier in a Confederate uniform was removed by city officials in March 2019. KERI BROWN/WFDD

NC Supreme Court dismisses suit to return Confederate statue

North Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the local chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy lacks standing to challenge the city of Winston-Salem's removal of a Confederate monument on private property, but it can refile a future lawsuit making similar arguments.

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