With the recent but temporary opening of the government on Friday, many local agencies are still figuring out how best to deal with shutdown and best serve their clients.
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Supporters and those in opposition to the removal of the Confederate statue from the corner of Fourth and Liberty Streets showed up in droves at City Hall earlier this week.
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners presented City-County Planning and Development Services with a plaque recognizing them for winning an international award for code innovation.
The petition filed by Tyler and Todd Leinbach will go back to the planning board.
Shortly after he was sworn in, Kimbrough appointed Tim Wooten as Deputy Sheriff and Dr. Tony Burton as Sr. Human Resource Officer.
Earlier this month the Winston-Salem City Council voted unanimously to rezone more than 20 acres of land to accommodate entertainment-related uses.
The N.C. House Democratic Caucus freshmen members have elected Ashton Clemmons and Derwin L. Montgomery as co-chairs of their freshmen caucus.
In their first meeting as a collective body, the new Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education made history when they voted to elect Malishai Woodbury as board chair, the first African-American to hold the position.
Forsyth County Tax Department’s John Allison was recently named the Appraiser of the Year by the N.C. Association of Assessing Officers.
Meetings and church services were canceled as well as events and school as an early winter storm dropped at least a foot of snow in Winston-Salem.
