Author: Scott D. Yost

The City of Greensboro, the surrounding area and the state of North Carolina have been doing extremely well in recent years when it comes to catching the eyes of businesses looking to locate somewhere, and the area now has yet another feather in its cap…

Gibsonville has been growing at a steady rate for years and years, and longtime town Mayor Lenny Williams said this week that the town needs two things in a bad way: A police headquarters and a library. Williams said he and other town…

It’s never a good sign when the Guilford County Audit Committee calls a special meeting to go behind closed doors to discuss a personnel issue regarding the county’s finances with the county attorney.

Do you know someone in High Point who goes out of their way to help others? Who works hard to give back to the community? Who is a terrific person who cares about fellow human beings and goes out of their way to demonstrate that?…

Inflation may have cooled off some since its high in recent years, but a new poll by High Point University found that people across the state are still hurting from it and thinking about it…

In the Tuesday, Nov. 7 election, there were three open seats on the Summerfield Town Council and those seats went to Lynne Williams DeVaney, who got 1,516 votes, Jonathan Hamilton, who got 1,316 votes, and Heath Clay who got…

While some candidates across Guilford County were frantically watching the votes roll in on Tuesday night, Nov. 7 – Election Night, that is – there was one mayor up for reelection who didn’t even glance at the results in his race…

Greensboro Sports Performance – which offers a wide variety of healing and well-being services – is holding a grand opening celebration for its new location with a ribbon cutting ceremony that will be performed by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Nov. 17, at 1 p.m.

Both Guilford county leaders and area city leaders hoped to have more programs and solutions in place for addressing the problem of homelessness before winter weather sets in at the end of 2023…

Former Republican Guilford County Commissioner Alan Branson is getting back in the political arena – and this time he’s running at the state rather than county level.
“I have dedicated 8 years serving the people of Guilford County’s District 4 as their County Commissioner and now I am ready to step up and do the same as a public…

Nearly a dozen towns in Guilford County are holding elections on Tuesday, Nov. 7, but none of those are more important than the election of the mayor and three town councilmembers in Summerfield…

There are two candidates running for the job of Summerfield mayor – incumbent mayor Tim Sessoms...

As most people know by now, K-pop – Korean pop music – has been taking the world by storm, and, in recent years, top K-pop acts have started to tour the US, where the music’s popularity has been growing exponentially…

The next time the Guilford County Board of Commissioners holds a regular meeting will be in early December, and, as the first order of business, the board will elect current Chairman Skip Alston…

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department has just announced not one, but two, upcoming town hall meetings where area residents can do what people do at these events: listen, learn, ask questions, offer input and engage in dialogue

This week, Silver Airways suddenly stopped all passenger service in and out of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTIA).
For those who were paying attention to the airlines’ reviews and its news

These days, libraries are known for a whole lot more than books – and that’s particularly true of...

It ain’t over ‘till it’s over.
That’s true in football and basketball, but it’s also sort of true when it comes to the farmers market in High Point.

Well, that didn’t last long.
Silver Airways, which began its service for Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTIA)with great fanfare this summer – including a water cannon salute for the inaugural flight from Orlando – has now shut down operations and flights from the airport.

The 2023 legislative session has come to a close in North Carolina and a lot of law enforcement officers were very pleased with the changes to state law that took place this year.

Usually, the regular schedule of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners is pretty much clockwork.
The board meetings take place twice a month, on the first and third Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Meeting Room on the second floor of the Old Guilford County Court House in downtown Greensboro.

Now that it’s November, many people are starting to think a lot about Christmas.
However, when you’re one of the nine members of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, there’s something else to start thinking about right now.

Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic hit Guilford County in early 2020, the word “flu” got greatly upstaged and it’s been that way for years.

Everyone loves a good pageant and that’s especially true when it’s supporting a good cause.
At High Point University (HPU), one event – the Miss High Point University Pageant – brought together a wide variety of service groups for the united purpose of helping build a much-needed school thousands of miles away.

Ever since the pandemic there’s been a lot of money for health-related issues coming down the pipeline from the federal government and the State of North Carolina.

The NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is hosting a livestream – an event it’s calling a “fireside chat and tele-town hall” – on Thursday, Nov. 2, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in order to discuss how people can get help quitting smoking, vaping or using tobacco – as well as other ways they can care for their health and manage stress.

Starting the day after Halloween, those driving around in High Point may need to take an alternate route while work crews do their thing.

The NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is putting out the word that WanaBana Brand Apple Cinnamon Puree Fruit pouches may look and sound inviting, but the puree inside is not something you should be putting in your mouth or your baby’s mouth.

Spinning Dreams, a talent agency and production company based in Greensboro, announced this week that free movie screenings will be offered at its new theater at the Office Blue Event Center, 2 Centerview Drive in Greensboro.

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department has been operating a plane – or, in sheriff’s speak, an “Air Support Unit” – for about a decade and a half and would like to continue doing so by buying a newer plane that’s estimated to cost $450,000.

Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers is reporting that, on Friday, Oct. 27 at about 7:15  a.m., detention officers at the jail in downtown Greensboro found a 34-year-old white female inmate – Jennifer Renee Todd – unresponsive inside her cell, and that attempts to save Todd’s life were unsuccessful.
According to a statement from the Sheriff’s Department, “Life-saving measures were immediately rendered by detention staff and the Detention Center’s medical staff. Guilford County Emergency Medical Services were contacted and quickly responded to the Detention Center at approximately 7:26 a.m. Shortly thereafter, Ms. Todd was transported via EMS to a local hospital.”
Todd reportedly died while at the unnamed hospital on Friday, about two and a half hours after being found unconscious in her cell.

Usually when the Guilford County Board of Commissioners passes a resolution asking community members to act in a certain way or recognize some cause or issue, the commissioners declare a day, a week or a month, for that purpose.

Guilford County Child Welfare Services and the Division of Social Services as a whole are still reeling from the giant scandal earlier this year that caused the State of North Carolina to intervene and demand a corrective course of action.

Guilford County Animal Services is accustomed to getting donations, but recently staff were extremely pleased when the department received an unrestricted donation of $107,166. 

The Guilford County Animal Services Department must have a lot of confidence in the family- and pet-friendly Halloween celebration it’s putting on this year because the press release announcing it states, in the title, that it is the “Best Halloween Event in the Triad.” 

In December of last year, three children being overseen by the Guilford County Division of Social Services died in a house fire, which resulted in an investigation by the state of the county’s Child Welfare Services. 

Do you have plans to partake in an upcoming project that could help conserve water or reduce pollution?

The word fundraiser contains the word “fun,” and ideally, that’s what occurs when events are meant to raise money for a good cause – the people promoting a good cause have fun doing so. 

City of High Point is about to host another Household Hazardous Waste disposal event for High Point residents at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 1401 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to  2 p.m.

If you’ve ever wanted a one stop shop for your dog Spot – or any other dog or cat you have – you are in luck.

Guilford County has been hosting a number of statewide government-related conferences lately.

The High Point Public Library, in these times of high prices, has been trying to throw people a bone and make certain otherwise pricey events more affordable or free for low-income families.

The Carolina Core soccer team in High Point – officially Carolina Core Football Club – doesn’t start playing games until 2024, but 2023 is the year that club owners have been methodically putting the team together.

After the Guilford County Board of Commissioners voted to pay $100,000 to buy the old, tornado-damaged Erwin Montessori school on East Bessemer Avenue in Greensboro, the Rhino Times asked the commissioners how they planned to use it.

It’s already late October believe it or not, and Christmas and New Year’s will be here before you know it.

As they say, when it rains it pours and, when it comes to economic development and business recruitment, Guilford County and the surrounding area have been going gangbusters.

A Rhino Times article that simply announced that the Greensboro Children’s Museum was holding a Halloween fundraising party for adults got hundreds of Facebook readers up in arms and was shared over 300 times by mostly angry Facebook users.

Just before the Saturday night, Oct. 21 college football game between the North Carolina Tarheels and the University of Virginia Cavaliers, many UNC students and fans were dreaming of a potential bid for the national championship in January.

In the past three years, voters in Guilford County have approved a total of $2 billion for new school construction and old school repair, and Guilford County Schools is indeed starting to spend that money.