Felon Mistakenly Gets Two Days of Freedom Thanks to Guilford Court Clerical Error
Normally, Get Out of Jail Free cards come from Monopoly game stacks. However, on Wednesday, Feb....
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Posted by Scott D. Yost | Mar 8, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Normally, Get Out of Jail Free cards come from Monopoly game stacks. However, on Wednesday, Feb....
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Mar 8, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
Venezuela announced Tuesday it is launching a new cryptocurrency, called the petro, which it says...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Mar 8, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News, Other
Those who follow politics know that North Carolina has been without a board of elections for nine...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Mar 1, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners is bringing a major civil lawsuit against opioid...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Mar 1, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
District 2 County Commissioner Seat Gets Competitive with Last Minute Candidate Filings On...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 22, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
The State of North Carolina’s lack of a State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement is...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 22, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
It’s about to get a lot easier to find notices of rezonings, public hearings, foreclosures and...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 22, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
This week I’m writing about the Academy Awards. I’ve chosen that topic because, as you know if you...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 22, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Retired patent attorney John Maier, who filed last week to run in the Republican primary against...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 22, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Move over Norman Mailer. Take a back seat Tony Robbins. There’s a new author in town and his name...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 22, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
The other day I came home and I was extremely startled because there was a City of Greensboro...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 15, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
There’s a lot going on in Guilford County government right now and that was clearly apparent at...
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Jurski also is accused of following Perry along her Witness tour, making stops in Orlando, Tampa,...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 15, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
And they’re off. No one knows exactly how many horses will end up in the race for seats on the...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 15, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
After nearly five months of not mentioning the downtown High Point stadium project in a meeting,...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 15, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Guilford County District Attorney Doug Henderson has decided to hang up his prosecutors’ hat at...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 8, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
As I’m sure you are aware by now, the powers that be want to change the name of Piedmont Triad...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 8, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Last year, only one of nine Guilford County commissioners was willing to vote to approve county...
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The Piedmont Triad Airport Authority (PTIA) has been in the spotlight lately because it briefly...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 8, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
One man’s trash may be another man’s treasure but no one is treasuring the trash that’s been left...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 8, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Usually, when people are thrilled, they’re thrilled by something that happened, but right now the...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 1, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
At the Guilford County Economic Development Alliance’s (GCEDA) Thursday, Jan. 25 meeting, the...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 1, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
For area leaders, Thursday, Jan. 25 was a day to come together and express a little collective...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 1, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes has been sheriff for 24 years now, and he’d like to make that at...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Feb 1, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
Well, it was interesting to see Amazon’s big announcement last week that it has started some sort...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 25, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
It’s good to be the king – and it’s also good to be a Guilford County commissioner. That must be...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 25, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
“Like night and day.” That’s the phrase some have been using to describe the fresh, new positive...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 25, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
The name “Central North Carolina International Airport” didn’t last long – 23 days to be exact....
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 25, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. – Hamlet A few months ago, late at night in my house – in my kitchen to be exact – I witnessed the most horrific thing I’ve...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 25, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
The City of High Point now has $35 million burning a hole in its pocket. That’s because the city...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 18, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
The Guilford County commissioners have found a place to hold perhaps their most important meeting...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 18, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
If you know me, then you know I’m something of a technology nerd. Or really, to be completely...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 18, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Everyone always says, “You have to spend money to make money,” but a joint initiative now underway...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 11, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
Wow, who knew people were so sensitive about the name of their airport? I, for one, had no idea....
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 11, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department is a county department, not an institution of high...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 11, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Protestors took over the City of Greensboro’s open house on two proposed parking decks downtown, demanding a public hearing – and got it.
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 11, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
The name of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTIA) changed at midnight on New Year’s Eve to...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 4, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
More than any year in memory – and perhaps more than any year in history – the series of events...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 4, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
The recent announcement by the former Piedmont Triad Airport Authority that it was changing the...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 4, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Tuesday, Jan. 2, Guilford County commissioners and administrators were all smiles as they welcomed...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Jan 4, 2018 | Archives, Yost Column
My methods of divination are highly secret and very mysterious, and I certainly cannot divulge...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 28, 2017 | Archives, Yost Column
Well, it’s the end of December once again (how in the world did that happen so fast?), and that...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 28, 2017 | Archives, Guilford, News
Much to the relief of thousands of residents in the Pleasant Garden area, the time and date of 5...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 21, 2017 | Archives, Guilford, News
All Guilford County wanted for Christmas was to have its kiddie train up and running at Northeast...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 21, 2017 | Archives, Guilford, News
Shakespeare said a rose would smell as sweet by any other name but, apparently, when it comes to...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 21, 2017 | Archives, Guilford, News
A human being can go about two days without water before major warning signs appear – and,...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 21, 2017 | Archives, Guilford, News
The Guilford County Economic Development Alliance (GCEDA) closed out its year with a very upbeat...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 21, 2017 | Archives, Yost Column
Well, it’s Christmas time once again and I have to say I’m getting a little annoyed at some area...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 14, 2017 | Archives, Guilford, News
When brand new Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Alan Branson cast his vote...
Read MorePosted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 14, 2017 | Archives, Guilford, News
In this age when people are very much supposed to understand that no means no, the City of High...
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