downtown Winston-Salem

Some local residents and business leaders are concerned about an increase in what they describe as “aggressive panhandling” in downtown Winston-Salem.

Winston-Salem officials have announced plans for a downtown park as part of the remaking of Business 40, and newly uncovered information could lead to a new vision for the land.  

City officials in Winston-Salem have taken another step to move a Confederate statue from its prominent downtown location.

The brand may be called Texas Pete, but the company that makes it has been a Winston-Salem mainstay for decades.

Winston-Salem civic leaders gathered Wednesday for the first annual “state of the community” discussion. The event is an effort to make the city one of the top 50 metro areas for job creation by the end of the decade.

Downtown Winston-Salem may not be a typical spring break destination, but the city is about to get an influx of college students Saturday.

The difference is – these students are local.