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An EPA grant will help fund solar energy use for low and moderate-income homes in North Carolina. Adobe stock photo.

EPA boosts funding for solar energy in North Carolina

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a North Carolina organization $156 million to strengthen solar energy use across the state. Governor Roy…

The Regency Inn remains vacant, despite years-long efforts to convert it into housing for the chronically homeless. AMY DIAZ/WFDD

Greensboro appears to sever ties with partner in overdue housing project

After months of delays, the city of Greensboro is distancing itself from Step Up on Second, the organization it tapped to convert the Regency Inn into housing for the chronically homeless.

Two juveniles have been charged with communicating threats of mass violence to two Winston-Salem/Forsyth County middle schools. WFDD File Photo

Two juveniles charged with communicating threats of violence against two Winston-Salem middle schools

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office has charged two juveniles for separate incidents of communicating threats of violence against Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.

Historian Phyllis Bridges (left), Michelle Coltrane, John and Alice Coltrane's only daughter (middle), and High Point Mayor Jay Wagner unveiled the John Coltrane Historical Marker at 118 Underhill Street in August 2019. The 'Trane Tracks music festival this weekend will raise needed funds to restore Coltrane's childhood home into a museum and community education center. DAVID FORD/WFDD

'Trane Tracks music festival supports restoration of John Coltrane’s childhood home in High Point

Jazz legend John Coltrane's childhood home is being turned into a museum and community education center. A new music festival aims to raise funds to support the renovation.

Filmmaker Stefan Kei DiMuzio is shown in a still from his film Vocafoli. The short comedy will be part of the AAPI film festival in Greensboro. Image courtesy of Stefan Kei DiMuzio.

Greensboro festival to showcase local Asian American and Pacific Islander filmmakers

Triad-based Pan-Asian Voices and Experiences of North Carolina is partnering with the Greensboro History Museum to co-host an AAPI film festival Saturday.…

Kelly Daughtry, Republican candidate for North Carolina's 13th District U.S. House of Representatives seat, speaks at a rally, Jan. 26, 2024, in Roxboro, N.C. Early in-person voting started on Thursday, April 25, across North Carolina for next month's runoff elections, including one congressional and two statewide primary contests. Daughtry and Brad Knott are seeking the 13th District nomination. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

Early voting begins for North Carolina primary runoff races

Early in-person voting has started across North Carolina for next month's runoff elections, including one congressional and two statewide primary contests. Early voting sites opened in all 100 counties on Thursday and will be available through May 11.

The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem, city officials and residents gathered Thursday for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the newly opened Brown School Lofts. WFDD/DJ SIMMONS

Winston-Salem celebrates opening of new, mixed-income apartments

The recently completed Brown School Lofts is the first phase of an initiative to bring more affordable housing to Winston-Salem.

Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic spokesperson, Emily Thompson, announces a $10 million investment into a state voter engagement campaign at a press conference in Bicentennial Plaza in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The campaign will focus on canvassing, mailers, digital ads and phone banking to block a GOP legislative supermajority and Republican governor in the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)

Planned Parenthood announces $10 million voter campaign in North Carolina for 2024 election

Planned Parenthood-affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election. Organizers said in a Thursday news conference that the money will go toward things like canvassing, mailers and digital ads.

Workers at Thomas Built Buses in High Point are among those affected by Daimler Truck and the United Auto Workers union. PAUL GARBER/WFDD

Deadline looms for High Point workers as UAW, Daimler Truck negotiate contract

A contract covering more than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers in the South, including many with Thomas Built Buses in High Point, is set to expire — and union members may go on strike if a deal is not reached.

United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina

The United Auto Workers union announced it reached a last-minute tentative agreement with truck and bus manufacturer Daimler Truck on Friday evening, averting a potential strike of more than 7,000 workers. The union struck a four-year agreement with the German company just before the expiration of the previous contract, which was enacted six years ago.

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