Greensboro implements 5-year community safety plan
The plan includes starting an interdisciplinary coalition to address public safety issues among other things.
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Forsyth County organizations, law enforcement launch youth violence prevention pilot program
The program is called STARS, which stands for Students Taking Action & Reaching Success.
Carolina Curious: How are North Carolina's sea turtles affected by climate change?
A brutal cold snap in January left hundreds of the state’s turtles cold-stunned. And a gender imbalance among new hatchlings has sparked concern among researchers. All this had WFDD’s April Laissle wondering: How is climate change affecting the state’s sea turtle population? For this edition of Carolina Curious, she traveled to a sea turtle hospital in Surf City to find the answer.
8 now arrested in North Carolina house party shootings and more attempted-murder charges are filed
Eight people have now been arrested and charged in connection with last weekend's shootings at a western North Carolina house party where a barrage of gunfire ended with one person dead and 11 others injured, authorities said.
Guilford educators, residents call for more support for schools in county budget
The recommended $842 million budget would keep the property tax rate flat, but is at odds with the school district's funding request.
Forsyth County Commissioners reject school district's $32M request to cover shortfall
Commissioners did say they were willing to establish a payment plan for the school district to meet its more than $5 million in unpaid obligations to the county for school resource officers, nurses, fuel and lease payments.
Greensboro approves deals with developers for downtown parking deck properties
The move is expected to result in around $62 million in investments in future projects at the sites.
North Carolina governor forms council to recommend cannabis regulations
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says a panel he's tasked with recommending cannabis sale regulations — including potential legalization of adult use of marijuana — should aim to provide a structure in a state where products now from otherwise lawful hemp are unregulated and leave young people unprotected.
Family seeks $20K, apology in Davidson County Schools suspension lawsuit
According to the lawsuit filed by Leah and Chad McGhee, their 16-year-old son was suspended for three days after asking a question in class about whether a reference to the word “aliens” had to do with “space aliens or illegal aliens who need green cards.”
AmeriCorps must restore grant funding and members to states that sued over cuts, federal judge rules
The federal lawsuit, filed by Democratic state officials across the country, including those in North Carolina, accused President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency of reneging on grants funded through the AmeriCorps State and National program, which was budgeted $557 million in congressionally approved funding this year.