November 20, 2009
GREENSBORO — Former special intelligence officer Scott Sanders will return to regular duty next month in one of the final acts in the racially charged drama that led to the departure of former police chief David Wray.
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November 15, 2009
RAMSEUR -- A reasonable person could be forgiven for doubting the Ramseur Hydroelectric Plant will ever be back in working order. The canal that once sped water to its turbines sits high and dry, sprouting trees from a patch of fill dirt dumped there year...
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November 5, 2009
GREENSBORO — A state judge ruled in favor of a company that includes U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s husband a week after she recommended that judge for a possible lifetime federal appointment.
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October 29, 2009
GREENSBORO — City government sent an eviction notice to the beavers of Latham Park this week using chicken wire and a backhoe.
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October 27, 2009
GREENSBORO — The fate of the Latham Park beavers remained undecided Monday as officials sought a way to evict them short of the death penalty. The beavers built a dam on North Buffalo Creek near the park, where they are a problem for two reasons: Th...
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October 26, 2009
BROWNS SUMMIT — The plan being developed for Haw River State Park stresses its role in environmental education, deferring a bigger footprint for outdoor recreation until the state can buy more land.
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GREENSBORO — Guilford County’s cooperative extension program is losing its resident bug and snake identifier, environmental Jill-of-all-trades and one-person marketing department. Brenda Morris will retire next week after 30 years on the job......
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October 25, 2009
WENTWORTH — Motorcycle owner Nadean Trimyer hadn’t been out of Rockingham Community College’s safe-riding course three weeks before it saved her from serious harm.
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October 24, 2009
GREENSBORO — Beavers are wreaking havoc with city government’s restoration efforts along North Buffalo Creek, gnawing down recently planted trees in Latham Park to help build a nearby dam.
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October 21, 2009
BROWNS SUMMIT — A preliminary master plan for developing Haw River State Park suggests improvements to the existing environmental center in the short term, plus development of an interim area nearby for picnicking and other outdoors activities.
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October 19, 2009
BROWNS SUMMIT — Anybody who likes picnicking, camping, hiking, canoeing or just learning about nature has a great reason to visit the new Haw River State Park for an hour or so Tuesday evening. A consultant for the state Division of Parks and Recrea...
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October 14, 2009
GREENSBORO — Commuters in northern High Point will get a new “park and ride” lot this spring for car- and van-poolers, with express bus service to Winston-Salem likely arriving there later next year.
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October 13, 2009
GREENSBORO — Workers took the first steps Monday toward ending a major bottleneck on New Garden Road after more than a decade of planning and permit seeking.
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October 4, 2009
The troubled sewage-treatment program in Thomasville is just one of many wastewater systems that are the last barrier against environmental calamity in the region’s lakes and streams.
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September 29, 2009
THOMASVILLE — State officials hit the town with a $35,116 fine Monday for this summer’s large-scale sewage spill, but town leaders are uncertain whether they’ll pay up or challenge the finding.
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September 27, 2009
THOMASVILLE — This city's recent sewage spill probably wasn't as big as advertised, but it might have been big enough to spur some changes in a once rural watershed now under heavy development pressure.
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September 21, 2009
The competition simmered with intensity Sunday on the Bryan YMCA’s basketball court, but nobody dribbled the first ball or put up a single shot. Chess had the floor all afternoon, as about 70 kids of elementary-through high school ages tried their h...
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September 16, 2009
GREENSBORO — The dam at Lake Townsend is barely 40 years old— the prime of life for many such behemoths of concrete, brick and steel. But a nasty sort of chemical decomposition has infected the dam’s concrete, the major bulwark holding b...
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September 13, 2009
REIDSVILLE — The Lake’s Edge course is hilly and heavily wooded, with more than a few doglegs and some great water obstacles. And, no, this is not your daddy’s golf course — or even your older brother’s. The 18 holes at Lake...
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Q. Almost every time I see a PART bus on the highway it appears to be almost empty. What is the percentage of ridership versus capacity? How much money does PART take in from the various cities, counties and other levels of government? What is the cost to...
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September 8, 2009
This fall, the N.C. Transportation Museum will offer rail aficionados a choice in their leisurely wanderings, not just which day to climb aboard the big train but also which city to visit. The museum’s volunteer group will offer two train excursions...
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September 7, 2009
LEVEL CROSS — After 50 years of debate, 15 years of planning and nearly a decade of sporadic construction, Randleman Reservoir is moving through its final stages.Dozens of workers are building purification bays, storage tanks, pipelines, pump statio...
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September 5, 2009
GREENSBORO — Interstates are great for getting around pronto, but there’s also a time for the less traveled path with great scenery, scads of history and a few more turns than you’re likely to find on any expressway. That’s the thi...
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August 30, 2009
GREENSBORO — The white-supremacist National Socialist Movement held a daylong business meeting Saturday in a location kept secret from counter-demonstrators who decried the movement’s racist ideology in a largely peaceful gathering downtown. T...
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August 28, 2009
GREENSBORO — Residents of Liberty Square Townhomes successfully dodged one threat from the Greensboro Urban Loop but still could lose part of their complex to a related walkway. State highway officials announced this week they retooled the loop to m...
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