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King residents angry over possible disbanding of police department
Some King residents expressed disbelief Thursday about what they say is the King City Council's secretive move to possibly have the Stokes County Sheriff's Office provide police service in the city — and effectively disband the King Police Department.
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Joe "Snuffy" Smith of King fixed banjos and guitars for top musicians in the country
When some of the top country and bluegrass musicians in the country needed emergency repairs made to their instruments, they paid a visit to Joe "Snuffy" Smith's workshop in King in the shadow of the Sauratown Mountains.
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Food bank expands program
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina will begin two programs that deliver food to hungry families in more personal ways, including the expansion of a pilot program that delivers 65 pounds of food, per person, at drive-by distribution points such as high schools.
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CenterPoint begins hiring for 89 new jobs
CenterPoint Human Services has started hiring an additional 89 employees in a pivotal workforce expansion as it transitions to a new status overseeing behavioral health services.
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South Stokes High School dismissing at noon because of water main break
Students at South Stokes High School in Walnut Cove will be getting out of school at noon today because of a nearby water main break, school officials said today.
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Sexton: Defendant can't seem to stay out of jail
It was hard not to notice that something extraordinary was about to happen in first-appearances court.
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Golden LEAF board member's firm works on projects funded by board's grants
A firm owned by a member of the board that oversees the state's Golden LEAF Foundation has received more than $129,000 so far for two projects funded largely by the foundation for work in Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties, according to local and foundation records.
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Elizabeth's Journey Part Six: 'Everything kept getting in my way'
Elizabeth's Journey: Wheelchair obstacles, thoughtless people create frustrations
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PART board complains about not getting info
Board members of the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation complained Wednesday that they are not getting enough information about a federal audit of the agency's finances and what's being done to fix the problems raised in the audit.
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Stokes musicians rally to help music store owner
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New ruling provides more protection to chicken farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration issued a ruling Friday that increases certain protections for poultry and hog farmers.
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Stokes County Habitat moving into new office
After more than two years of renovations, Habitat Humanity of Stokes County is moving into its new office at 117 Dalton Road in downtown King.
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Student's design wins $100,000 grant
A Lawsonville native's design idea has resulted in a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for N.C. State University's environmental engineering department.
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Former Stokes County Sheriff Mike Joyce dies after battle with cancer
Colleagues and friends of former Stokes County Sheriff Mike Joyce, who died Thursday after battling cancer for nearly two years, remembered him as an effective and popular sheriff. He was 63.
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Authorities: Two charged in Stokes County murder-for-hire scheme
A man and a woman are in the Stokes County jail after authorities charged them in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire scheme.
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West Stokes high school student, partially blind, bowls perfect game
Ryan Howard can be forgiven for racking up some fairly pedestrian bowling scores last Saturday afternoon at Northside Lanes.
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James withdraws from King council race; will challenge Warren
Stephen James has officially withdrawn from the King City Council race and is now running as a write-in candidate in the mayoral race, said Jason Perry, the director of the Stokes County Board of Elections.
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Mountains first snow was earliest ever, and Forsyth no longer abnormally dry
The snow that fell in the North Carolina mountains last weekend was the earliest measurable snowfall ever recorded in North Carolina, and less frosty precipitation — rain — in Forsyth County has moved it out of abnormally dry conditions.
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Stokes urges buying local
Alan Wood wants to put a bug in the ear of Stokes County consumers who drive into Winston-Salem or Stuart, Va., for hardware, groceries and other goods and services.
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Walnut Cove commissioners move closer to naming new manager
Walnut Cove commissioners are sorting through résumés in hopes of hiring an interim manager by early October.
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Walnut Cove man charged with murder in fatal shooting of wife
A Walnut Cove man with a history of domestic violence is accused of fatally shooting his possibly pregnant wife Saturday while the victim's 11-year-old son was in the house, Stokes County Sheriff Mike Marshall said.
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Stokes leaders address trash situation on the Dan
The growing popularity of tubing along the Dan River has brought more tourists to Stokes County.
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Tourism spending up 9.2 percent in Forsyth in 2010
The combination of more visitors to Forsyth County and higher fuel and food costs contributed to a 9.2 percent jump in spending last year to $622.9 million.
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Municipal election candidates in Davie, Stokes and Surry counties
Below is Part 2 of a three-part series listing who has filed for municipal races in northwest North Carolina. Today's listing is for Davie, Stokes and Surry counties. For more filings listings, go to JournalNow.com.
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Search continues for man believed drowned in southern Stokes County lake
PINNACLE -- Emergency workers plan to resume searching Tuesday for the body of a King man believed to have drowned when his kayak overturned on a private lake in southern Stokes County, authorities said.
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