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Catholic school with desks and cross by a window

Education

Majority of North Carolina private school vouchers go to white students and religious schools

3:17pm January 24, 2025

As of the first week of January, the state has disbursed about $124 million in private school vouchers, also known as Opportunity Scholarships, for the 2024-2025 school year.

Image shows Sweet Potatoes restaurant on Trade Street

Business

Downtown Winston-Salem's Sweet Potatoes restaurant to close

3:00pm January 24, 2025

by Paul Garber

The owners estimate they’ve served more than two million customers, and the business has earned multiple accolades, including a Best Chef of the Southeast nomination for Stephanie Tyson by the James Beard Foundation.

President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump and Franklin Graham, left, meet with homeowners affected by Hurricane Helene

Politics & Government

Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina

1:48pm January 24, 2025

by Will Weissert, Chris Megerian and Makiya Seminera, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones F

Parsonage recommends no one open their doors for ICE if they're visited at their home. ERIN HOOLEY/AP

Politics & Government

Winston-Salem immigration attorney says clients are on high alert as Trump presidency begins

7:00am January 24, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

Helen Parsonage, a Winston-Salem immigration attorney, discusses how she and her clients are feeling after president Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.

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Politics & Government

$2M grant for Greensboro's anti-violence initiatives

4:07pm January 23, 2025

by Paul Garber

The city of Greensboro is expanding its Peace on Purpose program with help from a nearly $2 million federal grant.

Forsyth County Rep. Amber Baker speaks to WS/FCS representatives and other legislators

Education

Legislators tell Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to hire a lobbyist

3:33pm January 23, 2025

by Amy Diaz

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board members and district leaders met with local legislators this week. But while education officials pitched the need for statewide systemic change, representatives said they were there to talk money — not philosophy.

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Politics & Government

North Carolina Supreme Court passing for now on ruling if ballots in close race are valid

12:53pm January 23, 2025

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

The North Carolina Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday a request by the trailing candidate in an extremely close race for a seat on this same court to rule now on whether well over 60,000 ballots should be removed from the tally.

Arts & Music

Americana artists Mark and Maggie O'Connor to perform with Winston-Salem Symphony

12:29pm January 23, 2025

by Neal Charnoff

Americana artists Mark and Maggie O’Connor are performing with the Winston-Salem Symphony this weekend. The concerts, called “Beyond The Blue Ridge," celebrate the American West.

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Staff for Promega, a biotechnology company, research colorectal cancer inside a lab. AP PHOTO

Health & Safety

Novant health equity team raised the rate of cancer screenings in Waughtown last year

5:00am January 23, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

After finding a major health care gap in Winston-Salem's Waughtown neighborhood, a team from Novant Health spent a year increasing colorectal cancer awareness.

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anti-Trump protesters for immigration rights

22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship

3:47pm January 22, 2025

by Associated Press

Attorneys general from 22 states, including North Carolina, have sued to block President Donald Trump's move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship. That long-held practice guarantees that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents' status.