With less than two weeks until the primary election on May 17, last week some of the candidates vying for seats in the U.S. Senate and N.C. General Assembly came together to discuss their views on the future of the state during a nonpartisan forum held at the Winston-Salem Urban League.
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At-large seats and seats in District A on the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners are up for grabs this year, and last week some of the candidates came together to discuss their platforms, while taking questions from voters during an open forum.
Christa Smith has been promoted to deputy director of the Forsyth County Department of Social Services, effective May 2022.
The first forum was held last Thursday at the Central Library. And candidates for Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court, incumbent Debra Hines (D), Tina Flowers (D), and John Snow (D), took center stage. Although the race for Clerk of Court hasn’t been the most talked about race, tensions were high.
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Three months after it began, the filing period for the 2022 primary election ended statewide last Friday and the campaign season is officially underway.
The Forsyth County Democratic Women met on Dec. 10 to reactivate the group after being sidelined for many months by the pandemic.
The City of Winston-Salem is considering a new initiative called the Positive Path Program which is designed to give young adults an opportunity to re-shape their lives through STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Math) exposure, mentors, hands-on training and life skills.
