Piedmont Triad International Airport Grounds Its Name Change Plans
The people who have been up in arms since Christmas of last year about Piedmont Triad...
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Author: Scott D. Yost
Yost Column Trumps All Others
“There is an old political adage which says, If you can’t lick ‘em, jine [join] ‘em.” – Quentin...
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Airport Officials Try to Keep FedEx Expansion Quiet
Area leaders were thrilled earlier this month when FedEx announced a significant expansion at...
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GCEDA Putting Good Spin on VF Departure
Often, people save the best for last. However, at the Thursday, August 23 meeting of the Guilford...
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Summerfield Town Councilmembers Make Up, Charges Against Dena Barnes Dismissed
On Tuesday, August 28, many people in courtroom 1-C of the Guilford County Courthouse in downtown...
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It’s Official: Publix Says Yes to Greensboro
Proving that August can provide good news, Publix made it official Wednesday, August 29 that it...
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New Guilford County Facilities Director Daniel Durham Has A Lot To Do If Not To Say
Guilford County has just filled one of its most important top-level positions – facilities...
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Yost to Greensboro: I Love You But We Need To Talk
Before I wrote this column, I read over the best practices and guidelines for conducting an...
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Commissioners to County Staff: We Don’t Think Volunteer Means What You Think It Means
The Bible says everyone should help out their fellow human beings, however, at a Thursday, August...
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News & Record Won’t Run Guilford County Ad to End All Ads
In a move that Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Alan Branson called...
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Kittens Exploding, Movie Pass Imploding
Mr. Trump had just returned from Finland, where he sided against his own intelligence agencies’...
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High Point High on Baseball Stadium Progress
The new downtown High Point baseball stadium faced a lot of hurdles in 2017 – but now, well into...
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Todd Rotruck Case Sent Back to Elections Board
The case of former Summerfield Town Councilmember Todd Rotruck will be heading back to the...
Read MoreGuilford County Trying to Find Best Solution to Cure Gang Violence
Guilford County Commissioner Skip Alston is making it his mission this summer to convince the Guilford County Board of Commissioners to approve county funding for a new Cure Violence initiative meant to reduce gang violence in...
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Here Comes the Judge. Quick, Hide the Court Records
There was a very interesting moment at the end of a Monday, Aug. 6 hearing in the courthouse in...
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Yost Ready for iShoes, iSocks and iGlasses
Well, I went to the beach for a vacation last week and, while I was gone, Apple magically became...
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Todd Rotruck Summerfield Case In Court – Again
In the local news cycle, summer 2018 is turning out to be the Summer of Summerfield. And the case...
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Love Means Never Having to Keep Your Promises
Scott Yost is taking a well deserved break from column writing this week. We bring to you a...
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Summerfield Case Smouldering on Facebook
Even when the case of former Summerfield Town Councilmember Todd Rotruck is technically on hold,...
Read MoreYost Says Raising Kids Not a Day in the Park
Scott Yost is taking a well deserved break from column writing this week. We bring to you a classic from May 8, 2014. Silence is maad in heuen. [Silence is made in Heaven.] – Inscription in Wyclif’s Bible,...
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Old Court House To Get Armed Guard, Bullet Proof Dais For Commissioners
The Old Guilford County Court House in downtown Greensboro – the nerve center of Guilford County...
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Popcorn: It’s Not Just for the Moving Picture Show
Popcorn isn’t just for snacking anymore. – The popcorn people in the popcorn promotional...
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Republican Commissioners Doing Right By Schools Despite Perception Of Some
After holding a majority on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners for nearly six years, the...
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Kirk Perkins Seeks to be the First Kirk Perkins Since 2008 to Win Soil and Water Race
In a bizarre case of life imitating life, former Guilford County Commissioner Kirk Perkins is...
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Northeast Park Kiddie Train Back From California, Not Ready For Track Yet
After being in California for nearly a year, Guilford County’s much maligned kiddie train is...
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Yost Refuses to Call Attention to His July 21 Birthday
An aide to scandal-scarred EPA chief Scott Pruitt told House investigators that she ran personal...
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Meet the New Say Yes Guilford, Not the Same as the Old Say Yes
Now that Say Yes Guilford and the national organization Say Yes to Education have made a big...
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Battle Over Summerfield Town Council Seat Racking Up Attorneys Fees
Mounting legal bills for the Town of Summerfield over a disputed Town Council seat once held by...
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Old Guilford County Jail About to Get Upgrades – Equipment Up for Cell
Guilford County’s old jail at 401 W. Sycamore St. in downtown Greensboro may be as quiet as a...
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Yost Not Long For This World, In Fact, He’s Already Left
Oh my Goodness. Oh my. Holy… Do you know how I watch movies now? I watch them on a giant screen...
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Guilford Turns from Alamance County Line Dispute to Rockingham County Line Problem
They say a woman’s work is never done but another group of people whose work is never done is the...
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New Numbers, New Airline Raise the Spirit of Piedmont Triad International Airport
Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTIA) is starting to see a nice trend developing. Newly...
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National Say Yes Cuts Ties With Guilford
Say Yes to Education, the national Philadelphia-based organization that helps provide college...
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County Commissioners Hope Second Time’s a Charm for MWBE Director Position
In a surprise move at the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Thursday, June 21 meeting, the...
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Guilford County Violates State Law with 500 Percent Hike for Copies of Public Records
Guilford County is quintupling the price it charges citizens for copies of public records – from 3...
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Guilford County Agrees to Spend $10 Million for School Security, Holds on to Purse Strings
In a highly surprising move that virtually no one saw coming, the Guilford County Board of...
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$18 Million Guilford County Animal Shelter Price Tag Leaves Commissioners Cat-a-tonic
Right after the Guilford County commissioners heard that the proposed new Animal Shelter – which...
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A Preview of the Commissioners 2018-2019 Guilford County Budget Expected to Pass on Thursday
On Wednesday night, June 20, the nine members of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners were...
Read MoreGuilford County Opens Jail Hotel for Visitors: Only $73 a Night, But You Aren’t Allowed to Leave
The Statue of Liberty welcomes the poor and the huddled masses at no cost, but right now the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department is welcoming state prisoners and federal inmates for a price. A big new jail, proximity to a...
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Yost Unable to Find Remote for Entire Decade
Years ago, when I was a teenager, I was driving back from Washington, DC, coming down I-95, and I...
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Rendering of Proposed New Guilford County Animal Shelter
A rendering of the proposed new Guilford County Animal Shelter. At 44,000 square feet, it is...
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Summerfield Town Council Finally Meets Without Todd Rotruck But It Still Isn’t Pretty
It only took about two minutes from the start of the Tuesday, June 12 Summerfield Town Council...
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Guilford County Schools are Squeaky Wheels that Hope Their Palms Get Greased
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners’ Thursday, June 7 meeting at times looked more like an...
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Yost Just Writes for the Rhino, He Doesn’t Deliver It
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the summit of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Wednesday, sending a...
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Judge Throws Out Former Councilmember’s Lawsuit Against Town of Summerfield
On Monday, June 4, Superior Court Judge Susan Bray dismissed a lawsuit that former Summerfield...
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$600 Million Only Goes So Far
The Guilford County commissioners make about $1,700 a month for their service as elected...
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Nonprofits Get In Line For Guilford County Money
Nonprofit’s might not make profits, but they do need to get money from somewhere – and, for many...
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Credit Yost For This Week’s Excellent Advice
So, the other night I’m checking a few things on the iPad Pro and I opened my Wells Fargo app to...
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Judge Tells Board of Elections to Stay, Summerfield Refuses to Roll Over
On Thursday, May 24, Superior Court Judge Andy Cromer ordered, for a second time, a stay of the...
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Summerfield Town Council Becomes Town Cancel
“Sorry… We’re closed.” Don Wendelken, a former Guilford County Board of Elections member who runs...
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