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Sheriff’s Office Personnel Budget Overran By $3.9 Million

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office recently overshot its personnel budget by an eye-popping $3.9 million, but it’s not because of extravagant new programs or expensive equipment. Instead, the overage is being blamed on a very familiar culprit – a lack of staff, combined with soaring overtime costs that’s been needed to fill in those gaps….

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PTI May Finally Return To Pre‑Covid Numbers In 2025

Piedmont Triad International Airport hasn’t quite been the same since 2019; however, according to PTI Executive Director Kevin Baker this might finally be the year he’s been longing for: the year the airport gets passenger traffic back up and over where it was before Covid turned the travel world upside down.

That year – 2019 – saw PTI hit a high-water mark when it comes to people flying in and out of the airport, with more than 2.14 million passengers. It was a strong showing and a hopeful sign that the Triad’s airport was gaining a lot of ground as a mid-size regional hub…

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Greensboro Announces July 4th Weekend Closures

First things first: City of Greensboro offices will of course be closed on Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

Also, there will be no city garbage or recycling collections on July 4.

Friday’s collections took place on Thursday, July 3, and Thursday’s collections took place on Wednesday, July 2. (All other collections remain the same.)…

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Greensboro City Attorney Chuck Watts Announces Retirement

Last week Guilford County Manager Mike Halford announced and immediately entered into retirement and, on Wednesday, July 2, another top area local government official announced an immediate retirement.

The Greensboro City Council put out the word on Wednesday that Greensboro City Attorney Chuck Watts is retiring, effective immediately…

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Fireworks, Food, and Festivities Around the Triad

Everyone knows that Downtown Greensboro Inc. holds a massive Annual Fun Fourth celebration each year on Independence Day. But that’s just one of many big events going on in the region in the effort to celebrate the holiday this year. Here are some more that will be lighting up the skies –and packing the parks – across Guilford County and the surrounding areas…

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