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Novant Health to cut 289 jobs, with largest impact on Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem will absorb the largest blow from Novant Health Inc.'s decision to eliminate 289 positions systemwide, effective immediately, the medical group said Tuesday.
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Child-care center contribution comes before county board
A request for nearly $400,000 to help build a new child-care center downtown was the single largest bid for new spending to come before the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday during its public hearing on the 2012-13 budget.
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JROTC: 'We're small, but we're tough to tangle with'
For high school students looking for direction and a possible career, the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps offers them a chance to see what the military is all about and teach them leadership skills and discipline.
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Kalvin Michael Smith should get new trial, former FBI agent says
A former FBI agent concluded in a report released Tuesday that Kalvin Michael Smith, the Winston-Salem man convicted in 1997 of beating Jill Marker, should get a new trial due to a heavily flawed and incomplete police investigation.
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Wilkes County board of education candidate files election protest
A Wilkes County Board of Education member who appeared to lose her seat by one vote in the May 8 election filed an election protest Tuesday saying she believed that a person younger than 18 was given a ballot for the race.
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DNC launches 'I'm there' campaign
The Democratic National Convention, 100 days from being the center of Barack Obama's nomination as the party's presidential candidate, will be the launching pad for a ground game necessary for delivering a victory for Obama in North Carolina, party leaders said Tuesday in Charlotte.
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Holmes Food Bank, Kimberley Park gardens featured in Obama book
Two local garden projects, the Betty and Jim Holmes Food Bank Garden and a community garden at Kimberley Park Elementary School, are mentioned in a new book by first lady Michelle Obama.
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Doc Watson, master flatpicker guitar player, dies at 89
Arthel "Doc" Watson, the master flatpicker guitar player who influenced generations of musicians with his command of traditional music and embrace of bluegrass, blues and other styles, died today at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, his manager and a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Grandfather Mountain named "green" travel destination
Grandfather Mountain has become the first tourist attraction to be certified as a member of the NC GreenTravel Initiative, a program that recognizes travel-related businesses.
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About 60 attend Winston-Salem Memorial Day service to honor fallen service members
A few minutes before Winston-Salem's annual Memorial Day service was to start, Gray Templeton — commander of the area's VFW Memorial Honor Guard — watched the color guard practice.
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Stranded man in wheelchair found help was slow in coming
Bill Dowe wasn't far from home, a quarter-mile tops, when his motorized wheelchair conked out on him not too long ago in a McDonald's on Reynolda Road.
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State / Local Briefs: Watson's condition remains critical
Doc Watson, Wilkes County's legendary flat-picker, was still in critical condition at Wake Baptist Medical Center, a hospital representative said Monday.
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Latinos maintain growth in Forsyth
The number of Hispanics in Forsyth County grew at a faster rate than the numbers of white or black residents one year after the 2010 census, new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show.
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Executive pay at Novant and Wake Forest Baptist mirrors corporate world
When it comes to comparing how corporations and large nonprofit health care systems operate, a clear example of the blurring of the lines has become executive compensation.
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Book chronicles a career, life spent fighting cancer
"The Humanity of Medicine" tells the story of a young cancer patient who became an oncologist — only to spend his final days as a cancer patient again.
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Hospitals low-key on charity
Second in a series of three
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Letters from children warm veterans' hearts
The letters all started anonymously enough.
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Art as a graduation requisite proposed
A proposal backed by state Sen. Pete Brunstetter, R-Forsyth, would add a new arts component to high school graduation requirements and potentially provide state money for more arts teachers around the state.
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State / Local Briefs: Ex-FBI agent to discuss Smith case
Ex-FBI agent to discuss Smith case
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Stroke clinic aims at prevention
A stroke two months ago nearly cost Keith Auman his life.
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Wine-tasters brave heat to try N.C. wines
Inside a shaded tent, in front of a growing crowd of thirsty wine-tasters at the North Carolina Wine Festival, winemaker Robert Wurz held up a bottle of dry red wine.
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Nonprofit exemptions for hospitals worry local leaders facing tax increases
The cost of local government is pressing more heavily than ever on Winston-Salem homeowners as taxpaying tobacco and textile companies give way to the city's new economic drivers — tax-exempt medical groups.
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Moore's bid for House on hold
David Wayne Moore, the Democrat running for N.C. House District 74, announced Saturday that he is suspending his campaign, after the Winston-Salem Journal questioned him about his background.
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Parkland's Class of 2012 is money
Parkland High School's senior class shattered a school record this year, raking in millions more in scholarship offers than the school had seen in previous years.
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Attorney: Appointment to Surry Community College board legal
Pat Widdowson is assistant superintendent of Surry County Schools, but she'll soon take on a new role as a member of the board of trustees of Surry Community College.
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