Elon town council forced to untangle its own incomprehensible parking decision
Elon’s town council was trooped down memory lane earlier this week in order to reconstruct a convoluted decision that its members reached in September about parking along several municipal streets. Elon’s town clerk Kathleeen Patterson asked the town’s leaders to recall this welter on Tuesday so that she could...
ABSS to declare Sellars-Gunn surplus property and offer it for sale
Will county commissioners exercise their right to buy historic school building?. Alamance-Burlington school officials have decided to declare the former Sellars-Gunn Education Center along Apple Street in Burlington as surplus property. The proposed disposition of Sellars-Gunn will appear on the consent portion – which is typically reserved for noncontroversial items...
DOT proposes to close two travel lanes of S. Church Street near City Park,...
Median scrapped, but narrowing lanes from four to two still proposed for area near downtown. North Carolina’s state transportation department has unfurled a new version of a plan to eliminate some of the travel lanes from an accident-prone stretch of South Church Street in Burlington. Colin Mellor, a project...
Strong cold front brings a big temperature swing for the weekend in central NC
A strong cold front will sweep through central North Carolina Friday night, bringing a dramatic end to the summer-like warmth and ushering in a much colder air mass for the weekend. Rain chances have increased somewhat, especially Friday night into Saturday morning. A few showers are possible as the front...
Onesource Amusements Brings Arcade to Smitty & Pearls
Smitty & Pearls, a 35,000-sq.-ft. dining and entertainment venue that opened Sept. 29 in High Point, North Carolina, did so with the help of Onesource Amusements. That Texas-based operator provided more than 50 arcade games and attractions, including 10 lanes of boutique duckpin bowling from US Bowling, virtual reality, racing games and a variety of crane and prize games.
1 with life-threatening injuries in aggravated assault on Baker Avenue in Greensboro
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The Greensboro Police Department is investigating after an aggravated assault left one person with life-threatening injuries early Thursday morning. At around 12:23 a.m. on Thursday, officers came to the 4400 block of Baker Avenue after getting a report of an aggravated assault. At the scene, police found the victim suffering from […]
Country King makes High Point Market debut
HIGH POINT — Country King is making its High Point Market debut with an 8,000-square-foot showroom featuring new fabric and leather motion furniture. The collections combine generous scale, comfort and styling. Retailers will also have access to Houston and North Mississippi warehousing, plus direct container-ordering options. “We’ve have already...
Grand opening held in Greensboro for Innovation House
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro-based nonprofit is dedicating a new space for innovation and collaboration. On Thursday, Inventions for Good hosted the grand opening of the Innovation House. It’s a new initiative designed to provide a collaborative residential environment where people from around the world can live, work and develop ideas that will address […]
Largest COLA hike in years could still not be enough
The COLA means the average monthly payment will increase by $75. That may not be enough, some argue.
“Surely That Should Reduce It” — Dale Jr. Weighs In After Greensboro Police Shut...
How is that not a valid reason? I thought this was America… If you’re a NASCAR fan, then you’ve probably heard race fans throw out the phrase “Raise hell, praise Dale” a time or two. It’s a way to honor the late, great Dale Earnhardt who got his start racing his hometown of Kannapolis, North Carolina, first working on cars with his father, Ralph Earnhardt, who was also a pretty legendary race car driver. He went on to become the […] The post “Surely That Should Reduce It” — Dale Jr. Weighs In Af

















