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A screenshot of a Greensboro City Council Work Session meeting.

Housing

Greensboro economic mobility study shows areas of improvements, hurdles in housing

4:15pm October 30, 2023

A new economic opportunity study in Greensboro shows positive housing trends in certain areas, but declining home ownership rates across the city.

Historic Highland Mills neighborhood sign.

Arts, Music & Culture

High Point Museum creates new historic Highland Mills neighborhood walking tour

3:47pm October 30, 2023

by David Ford

The museum’s app offers a variety of guided tours from Washington Street, which was once the center of High Point’s Black life in the decades following the Civil War, to the Hedgecock Farm, a family-run self-sufficient tobacco farm, something that was once a common sight all across Guilford County.

Politics & Government

State Board of Elections sets more dates for voter photo ID approval

11:07am October 30, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

The State Board of Elections has announced an application period for universities and government agencies to ensure their student and employee photo IDs are approved for use in the 2024 elections. The elections board will be accepting new applications for eligible institutions from November 13 through December 15.

Business

More than 200 will lose jobs with High Point distribution center closure

3:59pm October 27, 2023

by Paul Garber

The closure of a distribution center in North High Point with ties to HanesBrands will result in the loss of more than 200 jobs.

Sign in front of the Forsyth County Law Enforcement and Detention Center

Costs are rising for improvements at the Forsyth County jail

11:48am October 27, 2023

by April Laissle

Forsyth County is working to replace locks at the county jail to prevent inmates from jamming them and opening the doors.

Health & Safety

Public health officials update state plan to outline community best practices

10:36am October 27, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina officials have announced updates to the state’s Health Improvement Plan. The goal is to encompass the full set of factors impacting a person’s health.

Politics & Government

With map redrawn favoring GOP, North Carolina Democratic US Rep. Jackson to run for attorney general

10:16am October 27, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson of North Carolina announced a 2024 bid for state attorney general on Thursday, one day after the Republican-controlled legislature approved a new congressional map for the state that would now situate him in a heavily GOP district.

Arts, Music & Culture

Actor, humorist, author Nick Offerman gets set for an evening of music and mirth in Greensboro

7:00am October 27, 2023

by David Ford

Actor, humorist, and author Nick Offerman is best known as the character Ron Swanson on TV's Parks & Recreation which aired for seven seasons on NBC. This weekend he’ll perform an evening of deliberative talking, mirth, and music at the Tanger Center in Greensboro.

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