Article Archive
August 21, 2008
Update: Audit finds financial issues at Autism Society
RALEIGH (AP) — Improper monitoring of expenditures led to a $1.5 million shortfall at the government-funded nonprofit North Ca... Continue
State panel mulls road taxes
RALEIGH (AP) — The chairman of a panel looking for ways to solve North Carolina's multibillion road funding shortfall says the... Continue
Pleasant Garden to have meeting on water issues
State and Guilford County officials will talk to Pleasant Garden residents next week about water. The town meeting will be held...... Continue
Darryl Hunt to get more money from state
Darryl Hunt will receive an additional $391,000 from the state of North Carolina as compensation for being wrongfully imprisoned... Continue
Obama was here for peaches (and votes)
GREENSBORO - The few folks who came to the Greensboro Farmers' Curb Market on Wednesday expected to find homegrown tomatoes and...... Continue
Petitioners seek changes in mural of bateau traffic
Controversy brewing for months over a mural in the city’s Leaksville district has made its way to the City Council. Elretha Pe... Continue
State disciplines rehab center
GREENSBORO - Numerous errors at Guilford County's Substance Abuse Treatment Center are forcing the rehab center for the indigent... Continue
August 20, 2008
Lind will be honored by Greensboro
GREENSBORO - Olympic rower Caroline Lind will soon add another honor to her trophy shelf: the key to the city of Greensboro. On...... Continue
Obama surprises crowd at Greensboro farmers' market
GREENSBORO — The few folks who came to the Greensboro Farmers' Curb Market today expected to find homegrown tomatoes and okra...... Continue
Some polling places may offer flu shots on Election Day
Voters at several Guilford County polling places may be able to get a flu vaccination as they cast their votes in November. The...... Continue
New Guilford substance abuse treatment center under state suspension
Guilford County's recently opened substance abuse treatment center is under a state-ordered suspension keeping it from accepting... Continue
City launches Web site on War Memorial Auditorium bond
GREENSBORO -- The city has launched a Web site to provide information on the War Memorial Auditorium bond.The site at www.gsoaud... Continue
Petition seeks change to Eden mural
EDEN - A petition seeking the modification of a mural in the city's Olde Leaksville District was discussed at City Council Tuesd... Continue
Council amends policy on chickens
GREENSBORO - Chicken lovers are in cluck.The Greensboro City Council voted to loosen the rules and allow chickens and bees on sm... Continue
Obama fields questions about winning in N.C.
RALEIGH - Sen. Barack Obama held a town hall-style meeting Tuesday in the state he hopes will support a Democratic president for... Continue
War Memorial Stadium back on endangered list
GREENSBORO - The city's historic ballpark is crumbling faster than before, engineers have discovered. After voters turned down a... Continue
Rockingham museum gets a boost from county board
WENTWORTH - If Lindley Butler has his way, historical figures such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Nathanael Greene wi... Continue
August 19, 2008
Obama says he'll 'need' a win in North Carolina
RALEIGH (AP)- Democrat Barack Obama says he will "need" a win in North Carolina in November. The Democratic presidential candida... Continue
Update: N.C. man dies after waiting 22 hours at hospital
RALEIGH (AP)- A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding...... Continue
Update: N.C. governor candidates debate offshore drilling
DURHAM (AP)- North Carolina's two major-party candidates for governor continued to spar over plans to open the coast to oil and...... Continue
Probe finds no wrongdoing at Alamance agency
GRAHAM — State and federal officials said they found no wrongdoing in an investigation of the Alamance County health departmen... Continue
Guilford to have enough voting machines
GREENSBORO - Guilford County will have enough voting machines to meet the demand of registered voters, according to George Gilbe... Continue
Rockingham County to help pay for old courthouse study
WENTWORTH — The Rockingham County commissioners voted Monday night to fund $1,500 of a study to determine whether the courthou... Continue
Downtown cafe hours to get another look
GREENSBORO — It’s Saturday night — prime people-watching time on Elm Street. Cars with custom rims stream by, speakers thu... Continue
High Point OKs graffiti ordinance
HIGH POINT - At the urging of the city's police, the High Point City Council passed a new graffiti ordinance Monday night. The o... Continue