Author: Scott D. Yost

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners weren’t giving out presents right before Christmas, but they did hand out some raises to the county employees who work directly for them or those whose salary they determine. This...

It’s hard to believe it’s almost 2017, but that fact is sinking in with Guilford County leaders and, with 2016 all but over, they are now turning their gaze to 2017. Many of the county’s elected officials and administrators say...

It would be fair to say that, in 2016, Guilford County government went to the dogs – but not in a bad way. It’s just that, in 2016, county officials ended up talking nearly as much about dogs – and cats and other animals at the...

After over a decade of repeated dead ends, it looks like Guilford County is finally on the brink of getting a new Emergency Services (ES) maintenance facility to repair and service that department’s vehicles. County officials...

If you live in Guilford County, you should feel pretty safe and secure right now. Guilford County Emergency Management, a division of the county’s Emergency Services Department (EMS), has just received the highest honor an...

Guilford County is trying to move up in the world, but it just moved down in one economic metric used by the state. Each year, North Carolina ranks its 100 counties on a “Tier” system that goes from 1 to 3 – with Tier 1 being...

Guilford County, Rockingham County and the towns of Oak Ridge, Summerfield and Stokesdale are in talks to explore the formation of a new regional water and sewer authority to implement a $14.5-million project to bring water...

Once is not enough for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. On Monday, Dec. 5, a majority of the commissioners voted to make Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Jeff Phillips chairman once again, and make Vice Chairman...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – and it’s also beginning to look a lot like Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Jeff Phillips will be serving a second term as chairman. Phillips is expected to be...

Anyone who wants to see his or her tax dollars hard at work needs to look somewhere other than the Historic Tobacco Farm Restoration project at Northeast Park. In that case, Guilford County put money into the preservation...

Guilford County Board of Elections Director Charlie Collicutt and his staff may be the hardest working people in Guilford County government right now. For weeks, they’ve been sifting through votes, identifying issues with...

The Guilford County Animal Shelter got its first inspection from the state since the shelter was taken over by Guilford County in August 2015. The shelter got an “Approved” rating, However, inspectors stated that that approval...

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners, which has had a Republican majority since 2012, kept that majority on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but not without a great deal of nail-biting excitement first. The Board of Commissioners, which...

Guilford County is sitting on nearly a quarter of a million dollars donated for the care of neglected, abused and injured animals – money that hasn’t been touched in years and that still isn’t getting to the animals that need...

If you look for Greensboro, High Point or Guilford County on a map, you can find them – but there’s a big difference between being on the map and being on the map. The Guilford County Economic Development Alliance (GCEDA) – a...

Guilford County and Forsyth County, with the help of Wake Forest University, are bringing back to life an unusual attraction at Triad Park – a ropes course, sometimes known as a “challenge course,” in which participants navigate...

In a closed session of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, Oct. 20, the board got its first look at renderings for the proposed new animal shelter – as well as some details on the shelter’s proposed design...

The Guilford County judicial system is getting a brand new court – one geared toward helping reduce what has become a giant backlog of driving while impaired (DWI) cases. The Guilford County DWI Trial Court, which will be...

Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes knows how to make a point and that’s exactly what he did recently when he invited several area reporters to walk a mile in his officers’ shoes. Barnes did so because of all the high-profile law...

At the Guilford County Board of Commissioners’ Thursday, Oct. 6 meeting, the board discussed the best ways to avoid Armageddon. At least, that’s how it sounded at times when the commissioners and social services staff discussed...

You might think that the Hydra – the multi-headed beast that grows two or more heads every time you cut one off – is limited to Greek mythology, but the Guilford County Tax Department and the county’s legal department know that,...

Nobody likes having their coworkers all up in their business – and that fact has lead to a kerfuffle with some employees of the Division of Social Services (DSS) of the Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services....

A kiddie train that Guilford County paid nearly $400,000 for, and took five years to get up and running, has jumped the tracks and now sits immobile once again in a shed at Northeast Park, where its fate is uncertain. Now county...

Greensboro Chamber of Commerce President Brent Christensen had an interesting introduction to the grand new strategic plan that consultants unveiled to representatives of the local economic development community on Friday...

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department held a fun and highly informative seminar on gun use, gun laws and self-defense tactics on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the department’s District 2 office at 5440 Millstream Road in eastern...

Usually, when the Guilford County Board of Commissioners spends money, it’s doling out taxpayer funds. However, at a Wednesday, Sept. 21 work session, the board, for a change, got to have some say over how other people’s money...

Move over Pokémon Go. Fly away Flappy Bird and Angry Birds. Kick Candy Crush to the curb. You won’t need those old exercise-killing apps for entertainment anymore, now that Guilford County government is getting into the phone...

An apple a day might be what’s keeping the doctor away, but at the Guilford County Board of Commissioners’ Thursday, Sept. 15 meeting, some county commissioners wanted to know what’s been keeping Guilford County away from having...

So far, when it comes to building a new Guilford County Animal Shelter, the discussions about the size, cost, location and all other aspects of the shelter have been between Guilford County commissioners, staff and county...