Unaffiliated candidates speak on controversial decision made by Forsyth County Board of Elections
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Despite calls from the community to use the funding for other needs, the local board of education has approved $2.5 million security contracts with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO), Kernersville Police Department (KPD), and North State Company Police.
The City of Winston-Salem is looking to pump new life into the Liberty Street Farmers Market. The market officially opened in 2014 but hasn’t been open consistently since 2016, until now. Last week the Urban Food Advisory Council held a grand re-opening for the market located in the heart of a food desert.
Last week the Forsyth County Adult Drug Treatment Court held a graduation ceremony to celebrate individuals who have recently completed the course.
Community activist and grassroots organizer Kellie Easton has put her name in the running to become the next president of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the NAACP.
The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Achovia Denise Jones of Winston-Salem for the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program for Addictions Counselors (MFP-AC).
I’m not sure what I was expecting when I watched the body camera footage, but I do know after watching John Neville tell sworn officers of the law and a registered nurse nearly 30 times “I can’t breathe,” I have more questions now then I had before.
In less than two weeks students will return to their virtual classrooms for the start of the 2020 school year. To help shed some light on what learning will look like here in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, last week Superintendent Angela Hairston participated in a virtual town hall where she discussed ‘Plan C’ and answered questions from the community.
BOE urged to include Sundays in One-Stop Early Voting Plan
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, tax revenues continue to decline in cities and towns across the state. And last week a group of mayors held a conference call to persuade lawmakers to pass the latest pandemic aid bill.
