The City of Greensboro has rolled out its latest violence-prevention initiative: the Greensboro Collaborative Action Network – or GSO CAN – a new community-based effort that city officials say is designed to move beyond traditional law enforcement responses and focus on collaboration and prevention…

Rep. John Blust – and a lot of other people in Guilford County – have said recently that, with...

It was quite a year in Guilford County government and it seemed fitting at the end of the year to take a look back in time at the year that was…

The Board Starts The Year With A Retreat – And A Tax Bombshell. Guilford County’s commissioners opened 2025 with their annual retreat at NC A&T – an event billed as a chance to set priorities, but this year it was really more useful as an early warning system: County officials made it clear that property values in Guilford County were lagging far behind actual market prices, and that the 2026 revaluation could result in sharp increases for many property owners. On average, property owners were predicted to see a 48 percent increase in their property values and, for homeowners specifically, higher than that….

Property taxes are already a very sore subject in Guilford County; however next year’s countywide revaluation – with average housing values expected to increase right at 50 percent of 2022 values – threatens to turn simmering frustration into full-blown anger unless local governments move aggressively to offset higher values with lower tax rates…

The Rhino Times will be taking its annual Christmas break next week.

After working diligently throughout the year – covering county government, city halls, small towns, elections, budgets, zoning battles, development fights, investigations, and all the other things local officials would sometimes probably prefer we ignore – we’re going to step away for a few days, spend time with family, do some Christmas shopping, and recharge a bit.