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The Greensboro Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking feedback on items related to public transit. Image courtesy of the city of Greensboro.

Guilford County seeking ideas for transportation pilot programs

The county is seeking program ideas that could help in areas such as connecting people to work or social services.

Local educator Lee Childress addressed the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education this week in support of using the reserve in Article 46 to increase teacher supplements. (Screenshot courtesy of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools)

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to request $20M from county commissioners next week

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education approved a budget request to the county for $20 million, much of which is intended to make up for the loss of federal COVID-19 funding.

Scenic wetlands along the Cedar Point (Tideland) hiking trail in the Croatan National Forest near Emerald Isle, North Carolina. Adobe Stock photo.

Triad chapter of environmental group lobbies legislators on both sides of the aisle

More than three dozen volunteers from North Carolina will set off for Raleigh next week to meet with lawmakers from both parties and discuss ways to…

Sen. Michael Lee, a New Hanover County Republican, addresses a series of questions from Democratic Sen. Mary Wills Bode regarding the funding expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship program on the Legislative Building's Senate floor in Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The Senate approved a measure to soon spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on the program, which allows children to receive taxpayer-funded scholarships to attend K-12 private or religious schools. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)

North Carolina Senate OKs $500M for expanded private school vouchers

The North Carolina Senate has approved legislation to set aside roughly $500 million more — for now — for programs that provide taxpayer money to help K-12 students attend private schools. The majority-Republican Senate voted Thursday along party lines to spend the money, almost all of which will cover a surge in demand for Opportunity Scholarship grants.

Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill spoke at a press conference focused on student violence against teachers and other juvenile crimes. (Screenshot courtesy FOX8 WGHP)

Top Forsyth County law officials say if a student assaults a teacher, punishment will be 'swift and severe'

Winston-Salem and Forsyth County’s top law enforcement officials held a joint press conference Thursday afternoon to make clear where they stand when it…

Earlier this year, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill defining antisemitism in state law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

A High Point man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a Georgia rabbi

A North Carolina man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a rabbi in Georgia. A federal indictment unsealed Thursday says that Macon Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar received a threatening postcard in February after she testified before Georgia lawmakers to support defining antisemitism in state law.

Wake Forest University officials force Pro-Palestine protesters to disband

University officials had initially supported the students, part of a group known as Free Palestine WFU, in peacefully protesting since Tuesday afternoon. But that changed early Friday morning when officials told protesters that they had violated the agreed-upon terms of the encampment and that they would face interim suspension if they did not leave the site.

Kaleideum North has been vacant since February. APRIL LAISSLE/WFDD

Forsyth County mulls sale of vacant Kaleideum North building

Forsyth County is looking to sell the site of the former Kaleideum North facility. The 28-acre property was left vacant after the museum moved to its new location in downtown Winston-Salem earlier this year.

Lexington will get federal funding for neighborhood revitalization and transportation planning. Image courtesy of the city of Lexington.

Lexington to get federal money to revitalize deteriorating neighborhoods

The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing money for planning and technical assistance to revitalize deteriorating neighborhoods in Lexington.…

The Rev. David Meredith, left, and the Rev. Austin Adkinson sing during a gathering of those in the LGBTQ community and their allies outside the Charlotte Convention Center, in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, May 2, 2024. They were celebrating after the General Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to remove the denomination's 52-year-old social teaching that deemed homosexuality "incompatible with Christian teaching." (AP Photo/Peter Smith)

United Methodist delegates repeal their church's ban on its clergy celebrating same-sex marriages

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church's longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy. The action marked the final major repeal of a half-century's collection of LGBTQ bans and disapprovals that were embedded in the laws and social teachings of the United Methodist Church.

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