The other Sunday night, I was working hard to get some stories in so I could get to a bunch of other very pressing matters and my phone rang. It was my mother calling from Chapel Hill. When I picked up, I knew right away that...
Read MoreBy Scott D. Yost Tempers have been flaring in the heated back and forth between Guilford County commissioners and High Point officials over a proposed baseball stadium for downtown High Point. But this week there was a new...
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Just as many celebrities don’t appreciate what’s reported in unauthorized biographies about them,...
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The wheels of justice may turn slowly but, when it comes to elections, time marches on. A recent...
Read MoreWow, this year is really speeding by. It’s already getting cold outside. Already. And it was just spring like two days ago. There is clearly no time whatsoever to waste, so let’s get straight to it.… ***** I was at Atlantic...
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High Point officials call Guilford County’s coming decision whether or not to participate in a new...
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Clearly the Greensboro community has some image problems right now – and, for once, the 2017 State...
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On Tuesday, Sept. 5, the Guilford County Register of Deeds office opened the only no-appointment...
Read MoreI saw in the news that downtown Marion, North Carolina, is having a Bigfoot Festival in 2018 and I can promise you that, by doing so, they are going to draw in people from all over the place. It’s really going to be something....
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Before you get inundated with clever snarky tunes, may I remind you: There WILL come a time that...
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They say knowledge is power and, in some cases, a lack of knowledge about election procedures may...
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There has been a whirlwind of frantic activity behind the scenes this week as the Guilford County...
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At the Thursday morning, August 24 meeting of the Guilford County Economic Development Alliance...
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Last weekend, I decided on a whim that it might be fun to play a round of golf, so I grabbed my...
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If the proposed High Point baseball stadium and downtown rejuvenation project is as well backed...
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The Guilford County court system has a desperate need for more judges, is struggling hard to keep...
Read MoreNow that the Guilford County Board of Commissioners has selected a site for the county’s new animal shelter, the county still has to find a major piece of the puzzle – a new Animal Services director – in order to complete the...
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Last century, there were two trials of the century – the 1925 Scopes Trial and the 1995 O.J....
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The Greensboro City Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 15 was largely about the events in...
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The Greensboro City Council is working hard to find the best way to provide citizen oversight of...
Read MoreGuilford County has hired a big gun – one of the area’s most recognized attorneys – to help defend the Guilford County Board of Elections in a lawsuit filed against that board by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ)....
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In a textbook example of a catch-22, the Guilford County Board of Elections has until Monday,...
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The Guilford County Board of Commissioners has made its decision: The land at 979 Guilford College...
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Like you, I just got back from the beach and, for that reason, I have, of course, been thinking a...
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The Guilford County Planning Board hearing concerning a proposed new rock quarry mining project...
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The majority of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners are in favor of not being required to...
Read MoreCounty Editor Scott Yost is taking a well deserved break from column writing and will return next week. In the meantime, here is a classic Yost Column from 2007. The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy....
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When the Guilford County Tax Department got the property tax collection rate up over 99 percent in...
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It turns out there is more to Greensboro’s $95,000 settlement with Dejuan Yourse than was...
Read MoreCounty Editor Scott Yost is taking a well deserved break from column writing. In the meantime, here is a classic Yost Column from 2005. I got a call from former Rhino Times school coverer Lauren Slocum the other day....
Read MoreThe State of North Carolina has now joined the rest of the country in treating 16- and 17-year-olds in the criminal justice system as juveniles rather than adults – and that could mean big changes for Guilford County government...
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Guilford County Board of Elections Member Don Wendelken has resigned from that board and, by doing...
Read MoreEvery now and then, when my friends and I want a treat, we will grab something from China’s Best at Lawndale Shopping Center. Over here in my section of town, the place is legendary for its Chinese food, and I would put China’s...
Read MoreThe most complicated thing about building a new Guilford County Animal Shelter might be selling the old shelter property. Ever since the Guilford County Board of Commissioners decided to relocate the county’s animal shelter and...
Read MoreFor centuries, the news has been the news; but now, in 2017, we have a completely brand new phenomenon, the thing that’s suddenly all the rage – fake news. Unlike most people, who rail against it, I consider fake news to be a...
Read MoreThey say there’s no such thing as a free lunch but apparently there are free kiddie train repairs. In an amazing and unexplainable turn of events in the long-running saga of the dysfunctional Little Train that Couldn’t at...
Read MoreAfter the Guilford County Board of Commissioners meeting on Thursday, July 13, adult residents of unincorporated Guilford County who enjoy throwing back beers or Bloody Marys at public establishments on Sunday mornings will be...
Read MorePiedmont Triad International Airport (PTIA) has just adopted its new 2016-2017 budget totaling $29.7 million and, unlike a lot of area local governments that recently adopted budgets, the airport’s budget for the coming fiscal...
Read MoreLook at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? –...
Read MoreA kingdom was once lost for want of a nail, and now a big move planned by the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department may be lost – well, at least delayed – for want of a black architect. In fact, if you’re a black architect who...
Read MoreThe highest paid teacher on the Guilford County Schools (GCS) payroll, Mark Jewell, hasn’t worked for the school system since 2012, lives in Raleigh and currently heads up the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) – a...
Read MoreThe National Association of Counties (NACo) annual convention each summer is usually held in an exciting place such as Hawaii or Las Vegas, and taxpayers sometimes question whether the county commissioners who attend those...
Read MoreRingless voice mail drops are a non-nuisance form of messaging and are an alternative to robo-calls and it really does put the power in those consumers hands where they can listen to the message or not listen to the message....
Read MoreThe Guilford County Animal Shelter is moving to a new site very near the current site and closer to High Point than the existing shelter. Located in the I-40 corridor, Guilford County commissioners say the new site is convenient...
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Guilford County and the towns of Stokesdale, Oak Ridge and Summerfield have chosen...
Read MoreTwo big-name movers and shakers in Winston-Salem – including the mayor – have been named to the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority (PTAA), and airport officials hope that the men’s strong business connections can help bring more...
Read MoreMost people can’t pull money out of thin air. However, it turns out county budget directors do have that near magical ability – and that trick came in handy on Thursday, June 15, when the Guilford County Board of Commissioners...
Read MoreA school facilities and district line study sounds like the most boring thing in the world, so it’s a wonder that the new joint Guilford County Board of Education and Guilford County Board of Commissioners school study has...
Read MoreGuilford County officials always seek ways for the county to be a leader in the state – but no one wanted the county to be the leader in new gonorrhea cases. Guilford County is number one among major counties in the spread of...
Read MoreRingless voice mail drops are a non-nuisance form of messaging and are an alternative to robo-calls and it really does put the power in those consumers hands where they can listen to the message or not listen to the message....
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