Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

Author: Scott D. Yost

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Sheriff’s Department And Friends Conduct Elon Drug Bust

On Friday, March 15, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department reported that, two days earlier, department deputies – working along side of members of the Elon Police Department as well as the Burlington Police Department and the Alamance County Sheriff’s Department – executed a search warrant based on suspicions of drug activity at 301 Trinity Court in Elon.

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Carolina Core Soccer Team Breaks Ground On Team’s Training Facility

The excitement in High Point around the city’s brand new Carolina Core Football Club has been building over the months as piece after piece of the team has fallen into place.  Carolina Core has been announcing new players weekly, holding open tryouts, getting the administrative arm together – and now another big piece of the puzzle is taking shape.

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State Says Have Fun But Don’t Overdo The Sports Betting

It’s interesting that North Carolina legalized sports gambling right smack in the middle of Problem Gambling Awareness Month (March), but it’s not surprising that, the same day sports betting became legal, state officials put out a warning to residents encouraging them not to overdo it and to seek help if they do. 

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How Other Places Are Handling Homelessness

Soon after Guilford County assembled a large committee meant to address the problem of homelessness last year, a homeless person attended the meeting, pulled Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Skip Alston aside, and told him about some programs that the homeless really liked because they were working in South Carolina. 

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Guilford County Mulls Over Its Water And Wastewater Strategy

Guilford County government currently plays only a minor role in matters related to water systems – that service has always been one provided by towns and cities.  However, that could change in a big way as Guilford County government is now considering the ways in which it could play a much larger part in that regard.

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County Tackles Homelessness At The 2024 Retreat

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners couldn’t settle the problem of homelessness in one day, but that didn’t stop the board from bringing together a lot of key stakeholders the afternoon of Thursday, March 7 and having an in-depth discussion about the problem as well as exploring what can be done about it.

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County Commissioners Have Water On The Brain

Based on the conversation the Guilford County Board of Commissioners had with water infrastructure experts on Thursday, March 7 at the board’s annual retreat, it’s an absolutely critical issue facing Guilford County – one that can either thwart or promote economic development in a huge way.

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Guilford County Republican Voters Are 69 Percent Trumpy

Former President Donald Trump showed on Tuesday, March 5 – Super Tuesday, that is – that he is highly popular among Republican voters across the country; and that proved to be the case in Guilford County as well, where Trump pulled in just over 69 percent of the votes cast for president in the Republican Primary.

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NC’s New ‘SUN Bucks’ Program Will Feed Kids Over The Summer

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is asking everyone who receives food benefits through various programs to keep their information current because it will let the state know who’s eligible for a new program that’s expected to provide food to almost one million school children across the state during the summer months when school is out.

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Sheriff’s Dept. Works With Feds To Catch Alleged Child Rapist

On Monday, March 4, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department reported that, on the last day of February, the US Marshals Service and Albuquerque Police Department – working with the Sheriff’s Department – arrested a 37-year-old man in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who was being sought for “Rape of a Child by an Adult Offender.”

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State Board of Elections Battles Misinformation

“Listen to Reality, Not Rumors.” That’s the slogan of North Carolina’s State Board of Elections, which has been using social media and the board’s webpage in an attempt to debunk popular myths regarding North Carolina elections as well as elections in general.

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Commissioners’ ‘Thursday Night Fights’ TV Show Is A Distant Memory

It’s hard for anyone who’s only seen the current Guilford County Board of Commissioners to believe, but the very genteel, never-raise-your-voice board that votes unanimously on almost every issue is a complete 180-degree bizzarro opposite version of the board two decades ago – which held meetings many county residents watched on TV for the drama, and which many called “The Thursday Night Fights.”

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Guilford County Gets Honor For Its Immense Employee Benefits

Guilford County government has been expanding pay and benefits for county employees like crazy for the last three years and now it has become the first county in North Carolina to be designated as a “Family Forward NC Certified Employer” – a certification established by the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation’s Family Forward NC initiative.

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How Does Your Commute Compare?

Information from a NC Department of Transportation study presented recently at a work session of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners presents quite a detailed look at traffic and commuting patterns in Guilford County.

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