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Property Tax Amendment Could Put Brakes On Guilford County Spending

Guilford County commissioners have spent much of the last six years increasing county budgets, expanding programs and finding ways to bring in more tax revenue. However, if North Carolina voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment on Tuesday, Nov. 3, the Democratic-controlled Guilford County Board of Commissioners could find that its ability to keep increasing property tax collections is suddenly facing some serious restrictions.

Guilford County, NC · 8d
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North Carolina HBCU Students March Miles To Vote After Campus Polling Sites Removed

Students at North Carolina A&T, the nation’s largest historically Black university, walked approximately 45 minutes to reach the nearest early voting location. Students at historically Black colleges and universities in North Carolina are marching miles to cast their ballots after election officials declined to include on-campus early voting locations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, The Guardian reports.

North Carolina · 10d

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Downtown Voting Rose On Homecoming Saturday – But Lagged Behind County’s Surge

The crowds didn’t stop people from voting downtown Saturday. But whether they persuaded some voters to go somewhere else is another question. Guilford County’s newly posted early-voting figures show that both the Old County Courthouse and Union Square Campus handled more voters on October 31 than the previous Saturday. However, their increases were considerably smaller than the countywide jump.

Guilford County, NC · 6d
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Letter to the Editor: Disappointed

At this election time, I am really disappointed in the mud slinging, inuendos and outright lies about some candidates. The one about Mr. West is especially distressing. He was guilty and he pled as such. He served his time, was on the sex registry and then had a life to live after that. He got married and has a successful business. He even resigned in 2012 when his past came to light. His Opponents have no shame about Whatley’s involvement in the party process since He, Whatley, had nothing to with West’s appointment to any positions in the party. Whatley even opposed Wests initial involvement! In fact, West did fundraisers before Whatley came to political leadership in the party. The now infamous picture of the adults and children predates Whatley. I personally know one of the men in that picture and he attests to that fact.

Walnut Cove, NC · 6d

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County Continues Facing Major Child Welfare Staff Vacancies

For years and years, Guilford County has had trouble handling all the child welfare cases it has faced, and three years ago a major scandal in that area hit after the death of three children being overseen by the county’s Health and Human Services Department. While county staff has made a good deal of progress after a lengthly state investigation found a plethora of failures, the county has recovered somewhat – but it is still struggling to get and keep staff to handle all the child welfare cases that land in its lap.

Guilford County, NC · 6d

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Greensboro cemetery under investigation after commission finds no license

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WXII) - A criminal investigation is underway into Piedmont Memorial Park Cemetery on McConnell Road in Greensboro. The cemetery is not in compliance with the North Carolina Cemetery Act, according to the Guilford County Sheriff's Office. The cemetery owners, National Vault Services, failed to respond by the October...

Greensboro, NC · 13d

Charlotte Observer

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More than 280 people in NC laid off in Piedmont Triad area plant closures

More than 110 people will be laid off by the end of the year when a major mattress manufacturer permanently closes its plant in Randolph County. Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Company is closing its 28-year-old plant in Trinity, about 68 miles north of Charlotte near High Point. The company plans to shut the site by Dec. 31. The closure will result in 114 layoffs, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) report filed on Oct. 23. Federal law requires such notices for certain mass layoffs. The report became available Monday. Sealy Mattress is owned by Tempur Sealy International Inc. Its headquarters is in Trinity, where the company has been based since relocating from Ohio in 1998. The facility is closing due to “evolving customer demand” and business needs, according a Tempur Sealy International spokesperson. The facility will be used as a research and development space for the product development team, the spokesperson added. And no corporate roles were impacted. But last year, Tempur Sealy International added to its portfolio. After a court hearing with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Tempur Sealy International acquired Mattress Firm for $5 billion last February. About Sealy and Tempur Sealy International Sealy Mattress

Randolph County, NC · 12d

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Forsyth County babies bring the Halloween spirit to Brenner’s NICU

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) – They’ve only been in the world for a few days, but these newborns are celebrating their first Halloween in style! With a little help from the medical staff, several babies at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Brenner Children’s Hospital, these tiny trick-or-treaters got into the Halloween spirit by dressing […]

Forsyth County, NC · 8d

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Greensboro woman preparing for New York City Marathon

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro woman is preparing for a big challenge this Sunday, running the New York City marathon, but for her, this 26.2-mile race has a deeper meaning. The 26.2 miles is what stands between Kari Danforth, 48, and the finish line of the New York City marathon. But for this Greensboro […]

Greensboro, NC · 9d

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Greensboro Historic Preservation Commission releases conditions of Dunleath housing plan approval

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The City of Greensboro Historic Preservation Commission released the conditions that must be met for the approval of the Dunleath housing plan application to continue to move forward.   The proposed housing development in Greensboro’s historic Dunleath neighborhood was presented to the city’s Historic Preservation Commission at the Wednesday public hearing […]

Greensboro, NC · 8d

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Guilford's State of the County address looks to the future

Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman Skip Alston recently delivered the 2026 State of the County Address. The theme for this year’s address was One Guilford: Listening, Leading and Planning for Tomorrow. Officials said they collected input from more than 900 residents in the spring, which helped shape the...

Guilford County, NC · 8d

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Burlington early learning center distributes more than 155 winter coats

The Lifespan Early Learning Center in Burlington received a grant from Operation Warm to provide more than 155 new winter coats to children ages infant through 5 years old enrolled at its centers. The center held an event Thursday, Oct. 29, to celebrate the donation, with North Carolina Rep. Carla...

Burlington, NC · 9d

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Mebane council rejects rezoning proposal to substitute 120 apts. for 51 townhouses

Mebane’s city council was not impressed with a developer’s plans to change the city’s zoning for a 14-acre lot to allow 120 apartments along South Eleventh Street on the Orange County side of the city in lieu of 51 townhouses that had been approved five years ago.

Mebane, NC · 9d

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Haints alive: Podcaster brings NC ghost tales, folklore to new audiences

The ghost of a young girl haunting the backroads between Greensboro and High Point. A bloodsucking cat-like creature terrorizing the town of Bladenboro. A sea monster lurking below the depths of Lake Norman. All are among the well-known ghost stories and folk tales that add an air of mystery and...

North Carolina · 9d

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Large crowds flood downtown Greensboro for Aggie FanFest at 100th GHOE

Greensboro, NC · 8d

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Lake Townsend Water Levels Extremely Low Amidst Drought

Through the droughts in North Carolina only progressing to more severe milestones, the impact to the entire community of Greensboro is massive. Lake Townsend is a clear catalyst of this. Lake Townsend is a large lake within the city that has recently felt the effects of drought with the water level 6 feet below what it should be at normally, according to WFMY News 2.

Greensboro, NC · 10d

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Money pouring into local sheriff’s race

The ballots that area residents have cast during the state’s ongoing early voting period won’t be officially tallied until after the polls close this coming Tuesday. But the results are already trickling in from the so-called “money race” that determines how much cash each candidate has amassed to get their message across to the voters. Although the latest data on these campaign war chests is still filtering in, it already appears that year’s race for Alamance County’s sheriff is shaping up to be one of the costliest on record.

Alamance County, NC · 10d

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County wraps up new 9-1-1 center, prepares to begin work on Mebane EMS base

The coming few months could make for some significant milestones in a number of big-ticket capital projects that are currently on the to-do list of Alamance County’s government. Early next month, the county’s administrators expect to present the board of commissioners with a contract for a much-discussed ambulance base...

Alamance County, NC · 10d

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North Church Street revitalization focus of consultants’ work

Nearly 30 people visited Burlington’s city hall on Monday for the public debut of a plan that seeks to revitalize the city’s once-bustling North Church Street corridor. At 6:00 p.m. that evening, city staff members joined consultants from the firm of Freese & Nichols for an hour-long “open house” to introduce residents to this corridor plan. Then at 7:00 p.m., Alexis Garcia, a consultant with the Charlotte-based firm, formally presented the plan during a regularly-scheduled meeting of Burlington’s planning and zoning commission.

Burlington, NC · 10d