Author: Scott D. Yost

The Greensboro Fire Department has just begun a two-month testing program to make sure that all of the city’s fire hydrants are in good working order and will be able to pump out an adequate amount of water if they have to be used in a fire fight…

The City of High Point announced this week that it will be switching back to chloramines for water disinfection on April 18, 2024, though it will take about 14 days to complete the full conversion for the water distribution system…

The Town of Summerfield has been going through something of a leadership upheaval lately: Last year Summerfield residents elected a largely new Town Council, and, earlier this…

One doesn’t have to read many local headlines or watch much local television news to feel very unsafe in what was once the relatively not scary city of Greensboro. 

The history of the Lumbee Indians is fascinating, so an event coming up at the Greensboro History Museum may be a little more intriguing than some…

Former Guilford County Commissioner Ray Trapp, a Democrat, and former Guilford County Commissioner Hank Henning, a Republican, used to work together on the county’s Board of Commissioners…

It’s that time of year again, when people in Guilford County are getting back outdoors and hiking the trails and enjoying getting back to nature and watching the wildlife.  That’s all very copacetic; however..

For the entire month of April, Guilford County government is planning a lot of “fun and engaging” free activities for county residents – many geared toward helping make the county a better and safer place…

City of Greensboro work crews have had quite a few roads and streets shut down lately, but when it’s unexpected and involves a major road, it’s even more of a problem. On Thursday, April 4…

A program started by Guilford County Animal Services is calling on Guilford County residents to put their detective skills to work to help reunite lost animals with their owners…

Earth Day – a day meant to raise awareness of the importance of environmental protection – technically falls on April 22 this year and every year; but the City of Greensboro is celebrating it a little early in 2024 – on Saturday, April 20 – by holding…

It’s a very exciting time for city residents who’ve been confused about the City of Greensboro leaf collection policies for decades. The city has apparently decided on the next new policy that hopefully will be in existence for years…

Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston said this week that the board is in sort of a holding pattern at this time of year…

On Wednesday, April 3, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) sent out a warning of a statewide increase in mpox cases: Over the past six months, 45 cases have been reported in 12 counties across North Carolina…

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department is one of several local law enforcement agencies that’s receiving the US Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance federal funding grants; and the department is using the funds – nearly $80,000 – to…

On Tuesday, April 2, US Congresswoman Kathy Manning had a very pleasant announcement regarding the City of Greensboro: The city has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration’s “Transit-Oriented Development Planning Pilot Program….

If you want to become very familiar with the warm weather resources being offered by the City of High Point and other groups in the area, you’ll probably want to set aside some extra …

Now that summer is just around the corner, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human...

Now that Guilford County Schools is set for years with a credit line of $2 billion thanks to two...

There’s a State of the Union Address a State of the State Address and a State of the County...

April has been deemed Child Abuse Prevention Month and state health and human services officials – along with elected leaders – would like to see a lot of people across North Carolina do what they can to advance the cause and call attention to it….

According to information sent from Guilford County Emergency Services Director Jim Albright to the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, the Emergency Services Department has been unable to get all the auto chassis it needs…

The City of Greensboro’s International Advisory Committee is especially welcoming area education leaders to its Thursday, April 18 online meeting, which will be held at 5 p.m….

In 1983, Al Pacino was on the silver screen screaming, “Say hello to my little friend!” the musical group The Police was dominating the radio waves with “Every Breath You Take,”…

Anyone who’s been driving around Greensboro lately knows how disruptive to traffic flow sewer line work and related work can be.

The Guilford County Planning Board is holding a meeting on Wednesday, April 10 at which the board will consider rezoning requests for two lots currently zoned Agricultural and consider allowing more types of development on a third lot already zoned Limited Business.

For the past 75 years, the National Civic League’s All-America City Award judges have selected and celebrated cities that the organization says offer “the finest examples of American civic innovation.”

When Guilford County Animal Services opened a new animal shelter in October of 2021, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners sounded strongly like the county would sell the property that’s in the heart of one of the busiest commerce sections of the region – just south of the intersection of I-40 and West Wendover in Greensboro.

Guilford County Animal Services and Guilford County Parks are once again coming together to hose the “Must Love Dogs Spring Festival” on Sunday, April 14th.  This year, the event will be held at Northeast Park.

This May there will be a special Memorial Day ceremony celebrating the 10th Anniversary of a site that means a great deal to many local veterans. 

If you’re like many Americans who have no idea how the game of rugby is played or what the rules are, you might want to brush up on your knowledge because Truist Point Stadium is hosting a major league rugby match next month.

In October of 2023, then Guilford County Commissioner James Upchurch suddenly resigned from his District 6 seat.

It’s about time for people to start saying, “Take me out to the ballpark!” but now there’s a chance for some to say, “Take me out to the ballpark and pay me to come out.”

The Carolina Core Football Club –  a team in Major League Soccer’s NEXT Pro league, has signed a multi-year partnership with Skyla Credit Union, serving as Carolina Core FC’s exclusive credit union. 

At the end of the month, the city of High Point will have a new top dog when it comes to fighting fires in the city.

Late last year, the State of North Carolina expanded its Medicaid program – adding a large number of newly eligible North Carolinians – and now it’s making sure that eligible veterans don’t get left out of the mix for benefits they may be entitled to.

Despite a lot of talk during the season that the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball teams were weak this year, it’s late March and four conference teams are still in action, thank you very much.  

Usually, people enjoy getting a little notoriety in the newspaper or on an online website.

In an effort to battle drug addiction and homelessness, Guilford County government is converting the former St. Gales Nursing Home at 1400 Lees Chapel Road in Greensboro into a facility that will help addicts kick the habit.

Before Guilford County opened up its Behavioral Health Center (BHC) on Third Street in Greensboro in 2021– with Cone Health as the mental health service provider for children, adolescents and adults – there was a whole lot of tough back and forth on those contract negotiations.

For the third year in a row, the High Point Rockers baseball team is offering quite a deal – the team will have individual game tickets, that will go on sale on Monday, April 1, with the largest discount of the year.

As if there weren’t enough interesting things happening in the town of Summerfield, this week a citizen’s public records request revealed the specifics of a complaint that the Greensboro NAACP has filed against the town. 

The North Carolina Court of Appeals doesn’t always do its adjudicating in Raleigh.

Guilford County began the process of selling the former Monticello Community Center’s land and structures at 5009 NC 150 East in the summer of 2022. 

Whenever Guilford County hands out incentives or grants to companies that are promising to bring jobs or pump capital into a project, the county commissioners usually point out that those claims will be checked later to make sure the company does what it promised. 

The Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health has in recent years had a big focus on reducing infant mortality.

The high price of prescription drugs has gotten a lot of press lately – especially in this world where the price of just about everything is going up.