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Education

UNC Greensboro administrators announce proposed program cuts

5:48pm January 16, 2024

Physics, anthropology, and religious studies are included in the undergraduate programs that may be eliminated at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. As WFDD’s David Ford reports, university officials released its list of courses on the chopping block amid budget woes.

Students work with child to read a book at the MLK Read-In in 2020

Students from area universities to volunteer at annual MLK event for elementary schoolers at WSSU

2:28pm January 16, 2024

by Amy Diaz

About 100 college students in Winston-Salem are teaming up to work with children for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Read-In event this weekend.

Housing

Interactive Resource Center to enter first phase of expansion to 24/7 facility in Greensboro

1:52pm January 16, 2024

by DJ Simmons

The Interactive Resource Center is expanding its hours of operation starting Wednesday to provide more access to homelessness services for those in need.

Health & Safety

Red Cross seeking blood donations as numbers tumble to 20-year low

4:45pm January 12, 2024

by Paul Garber

The American Red Cross says a 20-year-low in the number of people giving blood has prompted an emergency appeal. Triad donations are even lower than the national level.

Politics & Government

North Carolina Gov. Cooper gets temporary legal win in fight with legislature over board's makeup

4:42pm January 12, 2024

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

A North Carolina judge has prevented for now an environmental regulatory board from canceling its lawsuit while state courts examine Gov. Roy Cooper's arguments that legislative changes in the board's makeup prevent him from carrying out effectively laws to control pollution.

A photo of the Doorway Project, a pallet shelter program in Greensboro

Housing

Greensboro's Doorway Project fills important need for the unhoused as temperatures get colder

3:11pm January 12, 2024

by DJ Simmons

Greensboro's pallet shelter program remains important as it enters its second year with other services unavailable.

Forsyth County Association of Educators President Jenny Easter

Education

WS/FCS joins other districts in defying state law and starting school early

3:11pm January 12, 2024

by Amy Diaz

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted to approve an academic calendar with an earlier start and end date, which will be out of compliance with state law. Several other North Carolina districts are making the same move.

University Inn and Suites on Peters Creek Parkway

Politics & Government

Winston-Salem leaders touted a motel conversion project as a solution to homelessness. Now delays and lawsuits are raising questions about its future

12:00pm January 12, 2024

by April Laissle

This week the city of Asheville pulled the plug on a long-awaited project to convert a motel into housing for people experiencing homelessness. The move came after the partner organizations managing the project were named in a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Winston-Salem has been attached to a similar project with the same partners since 2022. And city leaders say that partnership stands, despite repeated delays.

Queue Listen Now

Slain Greensboro Police Sgt. Dale Nix laid to rest

5:54pm January 11, 2024

by Paul Garber

Mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral service of Greensboro Police Sergeant Dale Nix.

A rendition of Oakwood Park, a proposed affordable housing development in Greensboro.

Housing

New affordable housing complex in Greensboro aims to support those who face housing insecurity

3:17pm January 11, 2024

by DJ Simmons

Oakwood Park is a two-story development coming to West Vandalia Road. Rent for the 16-unit building will be aimed at households making at or below 50% of area median income, or around $35,000 for a family of three.