Winston-Salem State University

The grant will allow the school to research how the affordable housing crisis is affecting rural communities across the state in addition to Winston-Salem.

Bonita J. Brown will serve as Winston-Salem State University's first permanent female chancellor beginning July 1. She has deep roots in the Triad having previously served as assistant university attorney at WSSU, and held roles at UNCG and UNCSA.

The recently enacted state budget includes a $35 million appropriation to support economic development in Winston-Salem. City officials made the announcement on Thursday.  Mayor Allen Joines and Representative Donny Lambeth issued a joint news release saying the state funding will “reinforce Winston-Salem’s position as a tourism, sports, and entertainment” hub serving the Piedmont and Northwest North Carolina.

An upcoming expo in the Triad will focus on Black men’s health, timed to kick off National Men’s Health Week. 

“People don't understand the cost that goes along with feminine care products or even just personal care items," Carver High School Principal Thyais Maxwell said. "And when you experience poverty, or when you have to make a decision about food, the price of gas, or these items, sometimes you're stuck in a really difficult situation.”

The children at Cook Literacy Model School in Winston-Salem met their new college student mentors for the first time one-on-one on Thursday.