Author: Scott D. Yost

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners did some housekeeping at the board’s Thursday, May 2 meeting; most notably, the board completed the schedule of the 2024 budget calendar, setting three budget work sessions at strategic points along the way…

The City of Greensboro – in partnership with the North Carolina League of Municipalities and Colliers Engineering & Design – is holding an all-day event this month to get citizens…

In 1982, Olivia Newton John’s song “Physical” hit number one on the charts, the most popular movie was “Fight Club,” Jane Fonda’s workout was all the rage, and Yvonne Johnson, who…

Almost everyone in Greensboro has been to at least one event of some kind or another in the Guilford Ballroom of the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, but, at those…

Just about everyone who watches local TV has seen a commercial for TowneBank – the bank that considers its customers “members” since they’re part of the banking family…

On Thursday, May 2, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners is going to take time at the start of the meeting to remember and pay respect to the widely varied and civic-oriented life of Ronnie Surgeon, Sr…

Charlotte, North Carolina tragically became the center of national news on Monday, April 29, when a team of law enforcement officers attempting to serve a warrant – on a felon suspected of possessing a firearm illegally – was assailed with bullets from an assault rifle…

As the weather gets hotter, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Aging is partnering with local agencies on aging – as well as with Duke Energy…

Now that nearly everyone in Greensboro has a nice new City of Greensboro-approved yard waste container to go along with their trash container and recyclables container, city…

There’s been a lot of talk recently among local elected leaders about the need for a new 1 percent prepared food tax, but the good news for those opposed to it is that – even though…

Depending on who you listen to, artificial intelligence is either going to be the solution to 98 percent of the world’s problems or the destruction of all life on the planet once Skynet becomes…

he Greensboro/Guilford County Tourism Development Authority – a public body that was created to “promote activities and programs which encourage…

Anyone who’s been driving around Irving Park in the last several months has come to know that much of the area is now a maze with the paths available seeming to change just about every few days…

Greensboro’s Human Rights Commission established the Martin Luther King Jr.  Memorial Breakfast in 1987 in order to honor King’s life and works, as well as to “provide opportunities for…

The Guilford County Department of Public Health – a division of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services – is going to finally get eyes in the sky thanks to the flood of money…

The city of Greensboro may have lost its right to hold the Men’s ACC Basketball Tournament just about every year, but now it can be called “Tournament Town” once again because of a tournament that a…

On Sunday, April 28, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office reported that three days earlier, on Thursday, April 25, detectives with the Office’s Major Crimes Investigative Unit charged Skyler Chance Kearns – a 27-year-old

The City of Greensboro’s Human Rights Department and Culture Crew Employee Resource Group are sponsoring an “essential toiletries drive” meant to benefit local refugees…

Now that North Carolina legislators have headed back to Raleigh to decide a lot of important questions concerning the state of North Carolina, one battle that’s noticeably heating up is that of the Town of Summerfield…

Anyone who’s been flying in and out of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) in recent years has noticed constant work going on all around the place – and not just work related to the new 1000-acre aviation megasite that’s drawing in…

Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston has served on the board for three decades – with one brief hiatus – so he knows how hard it is to persuade voters in Guilford County to approve a sales tax hike. Despite

Local government leaders like to let their residents know about their accomplishments, and the members of the High Point City Council are no exception…

Each month, when the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority meets, airport staff provides the seven-member board with the most recent stats for the number of passengers flying in and out of the

The City of High Point, in partnership with Community Housing Solutions and the Housing Consultants Group, is hosting an “Operation Inasmuch Day of Service” in the Burns Hill Neighborhood on Saturday, April 27…

Transportation has been a hot topic in Guilford County lately.

Guilford County Commissioner Carly Cooke is heading up a county transportation initiative funded by federal relief dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act.  The Piedmont Authority For Regional Transportation…

You may not have noticed, but traffic is getting very, very bad across Guilford County, and many people who remember driving around Greensboro 30 or 40 years ago are often astonished at the vast number of cars on city roads at all times of the day…

Being a firefighter usually means putting out fires, but sometimes it means starting them as well – and that’s exactly what will be going on in Northwest Greensboro on Friday, April 26.  That day, firefighters will first play arsonists in order for the…

When the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department reported this weekend that a suspect fleeing at high speeds from a sheriff’s deputy had crashed in front of Vandalia Christian School, that was sad enough…

GuilfordWorks – together with Guilford Technical Community College, High Point Economic Development, and Business High Point Chamber of Commerce – is hosting a Furniture Industry Roundtable in High Point on Thursday, April 25…

The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association has just held its 2024 Spring Meeting in New Hanover County.  That’s an annual learning and networking event for North Carolina sheriffs and sheriffs’ department personnel hosted by the NC Sheriffs’ Association..

Leaders of the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) and the Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education plan to hold a roundtable with Guilford County Schools on Wednesday…

PART, which stands for “Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation,” is hoping Guilford County voters – as well as voters in the other central North Carolina counties served by the Authority…

On Saturday, April 27, the City of High Point and Keep High Point Beautiful will put on what will be the 20th anniversary of the city’s Great American Cleanup…

The new hours of use for the one and a half-year-old pedestrian bridge over Koonce City Lake in High Point has had some city residents doing a double-take lately….

According to a press release from the Greensboro Police Department, detectives are continuing to look into the motive of a 26-year-old man who broke into Irving Park Elementary School in the ear…

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department reported this weekend that, on Tuesday, April 16, at just after 11:15 p.m., a deputy with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Pleasant Garden Road near Industrial Avenue….

When the Guilford County Board of Commissioners got together on Thursday, April 18 to discuss the upcoming fiscal budget that will take effect on July 1, it became clear that there won’t be a property tax increase; however,

“Men Can Cook” is a very popular fundraiser for the Women’s Resource Center that, this year, will be held from  5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Greensboro Coliseum’s Piedmont Hall…

Last fall, Guilford County Technical Community College leaders asked the Guilford County Board of Commissioners to promise $11.1 million to begin to build a $147 million Aviation Training Center on GTCC’s Cameron Campus near Colfax – and the commissioners agreed…

When Guilford County Manager Mike Halford gave the Guilford County Board of Commissioners his initial thoughts on the fiscal 2024-2025 county budget at a Thursday, April 18 work session, he began with a pretty astounding statement…

Rhino Times readers often point out in article comments whenever a free city event is announced that no city event is really free because taxpayers paid for it.  So, perhaps a better way to describe those events is in this way…

The Guilford County Health and Human Services Department conducts serious outreach efforts to make sure that all county residents eligible for various government benefits know about them and apply for them….

If you think the price of eggs has been increasing, you should see what inflation is doing to the Guilford County Schools construction projects – many of which were conceived when inflation and interest rates were next to nothing…

High Point University is known worldwide for some of the very unusual perks that come with going there, and now you can add another to the list – a chance to attend the most exclusive golf tournament in the world…

Soon-to-be NC House District 59 Rep. Alan Branson is in an interesting position: He’s the Republican candidate for that seat, which he’s trying to win in November; however, in about a week he’ll be sworn into – and then be the occupant of – that seat…

The Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services is one of the largest and most important departments in the county’s government and now that department has a new deputy…

Well, it’s that time of year again – the time when the Guilford County Board of Commissioners...

The Architect of Black Space firm, along with the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department, announced this week that the Gate City’s Street Night Market will start up on Sunday evening, April 28. The market is…

The City of Greensboro is once again scattering smartphone-app-available e-bikes across the city to put some extra green in Greensboro; but, if you plan to take advantage of this interesting mode of transportation, you should keep in mind that there are plenty of rules that go along with it…