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UNC Health Blue Ridge employee has special reason for donating to AMOREM
HIGH COUNTRY — UNC Health Blue Ridge recently held a donation drive for AMOREM, a nonprofit community-owned, hospice and palliative care organization serving 12 counties in Western North Carolina. Debra Waddell, administrative director in the UNC Health Blue Ridge laboratory, had a special reason for participating in the donation drive and encouraging her peers to do the same. “This was an opportunity for me to give back to the wonderful...
Women's Basketball announces Hannah Clark as Assistant Coach
HICKORY, NC - Lenoir-Rhyne University Head Women's Basketball Coach Grahm Smith has announced the hiring of Hannah Clark as an assistant coach for the Lenoir-Rhyne University Women's Basketball program. Clark joins LR following a highly impressive playing career at Wingate University. She began her role as an assistant coach on August 1st, 2024.
Statesville woman arrested, cocaine seized from motel room: Sheriff
IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A Statesville woman is under arrest after cocaine was seized from a motel room that she was in, the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. Deputies began conducting surveillance at the Hallmark Inn Motel on Davie Ave. following tips regarding suspicious behavior in the area. Members of […]
Greensboro to start leasing new affordable housing units
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — 84 families will soon have a new place to call home. Yanceyville Place Apartments in Greensboro will start leasing the new affordable housing units in a few weeks. Hundreds of people are already interested. The process is first come, first served. There is an income requirement based on the size of your […]
Mystery Russian-made helicopter landing in NC community causes a stir; deployed troops were ‘not terrorists’
A gray MI-17 helicopter variant with several troops aboard landed in a North Carolina field near the intersection of N.C. 109 and Old Thayer Mill Road, about six miles northwest of Troy.
Director of Black Stories Black Voices relishes his first IBTF experience
Terrance Jackson, a first-time attendee to the International Black Theatre Festival, didn’t know quite what to expect when he arrived in Winston-Salem from Abingdon, Virginia. Terrance is the director of outreach and Black Stories Black Voices at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon. It didn’t take him long to scan...
Firefighter sues High Point Fire Department, alleges anti-union behavior
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — A High Point firefighter has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that his fire department has mistreated him due to his involvement in a union and his comments about working conditions in the city. The lawsuit, filed by Robert Templeton on Aug. 9, claims that High Point Fire Department […]
District ranger: Rocky Bluff Campground's future 'comes down to poop and pee'
HOT SPRINGS - Madison County residents who expressed their dismay about the U.S. Forest Service's decision to temporarily close Rocky Bluff Campground in Hot Springs received some clarity from the Forest Service Aug. 13. In late July, the U.S. Forest Service announced it would temporarily close Rocky Bluff Campground and its picnic...
New Dollar Tree store opens in Rockingham
ROCKINGHAM — A new 14,163 square-foot Dollar Tree store opened on July 4 at 1210 Rockingham Road. Lash Hairston of Carolina Commercial represented the landlord, Cocca Development, in the transaction and Cole McQuilken of CM Commercial Realty represented Dollar Tree. “We are thrilled to have been able to get...
Wawa to host groundbreaking event for new Hope Mills location
HOPE MILLS, N.C. (WNCN) — Wawa is continuing to spread across North Carolina. After opening its first store in Kill Devil Hills in May, the chain is planning a groundbreaking event in Hope Mills for a new unique travel center store. The projected size of the center is expected...
Tavern in Old Salem sold; to be renovated and reopened
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — There has been a major development in the future of an iconic landmark restaurant in Winston-Salem. The Tavern in Old Salem restaurant property is being sold by Old Salem, Inc. to a subsidiary of RSJ Properties. The restaurant has been vacant since Dec. 31, 2019, when it closed its doors. Old […]
HCA chased Mission doctors away and made a ‘debacle’ of emergency department, draft academic report says
A new working draft study out of Wake Forest University is the most comprehensive analysis of the personnel crisis at Mission Hospital to date, using hundreds of interviews, documents and media reports to tell the story of a mass exodus of doctors, a poor working environment for nurses and a dangerous situation for patients, all brought on by profit-centered management.
Busta’s Organization of the Week: Carson’s women’s organizations are community focused and community driven
Millions of Americans are extremely excited about the possibility of our first woman president. I’m equally excited for all women on the rise in leadership positions – whether it’s political, religious or in corporate America. More importantly, we must support our powerful women in our local cities and states.
In Bryson City homecoming, Olympian Evy Leibfarth is still living her 'far out dreams'
BRYSON CITY – Since she was 6, Evy Leibfarth’s goal has always been to win an Olympic medal. Fourteen years later, following a third-place finish in the canoe slalom at the Paris Games, Leibfarth is living her wildest dreams. ...
Pilot creates new rules for tobacco shops, pain clinics
The Town of Pilot Mountain Board of Commissioners on Monday approved a set of rules for new tobacco/hemp/vape stores and pain management clinics that seek to set up shop in the town. “The purpose of these zoning amendments is to provide guidelines for the establishment and operation of new tobacco/vape/hemp stores and pain management clinics. The proposed amendments aim to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of residents and ensure the orderly development of the Town,” the proposal stated. ...
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