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From Ground Zero to the dugout: How 9/11 shaped a Greensboro coach

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Michael Garvey remembers the sky that morning, clear, blue, "postcard" weather over New York City. He was a captain with the New York City Department of Corrections, working a normal shift on Rikers Island, when the radios started going off. A plane had hit the World...
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Greensboro homeowner left in limbo as storm-damaged trees hover above power line

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro homeowner said she’s caught in a frustrating cycle of phone calls after two storm-damaged trees were left dangerously close to a power line. Kristin Coia said the trees on her Forest Valley Road property in Greensboro were uprooted during Friday’s severe weather. The trees are ben
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Commissioners Have A Do Over For Money Giveaway

The Guilford County commissioners are getting ready to do something they thought they’d already done – decide how to give away nearly $1.8 million in taxpayer money to local nonprofit organizations. Now they have to do it all over again. Each year the ritual is the same: The...
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PTI Bond Plan Grows To $300 Million And Gets Commissioners’ Approval

Prices are getting crazy on some things these days and one thing Guilford County Register of Deeds Jeff Thigpen said to the Rhino Times this week was this: “Seven dollar mayonnaise! Mayonnaise is $7!”. And what’s true about mayonnaise is also true about airport terminal renovations: Piedmont Triad International...
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Stein Tells Greensboro Teachers-in-Training the Budget Fight Isn’t Over

Governor Josh Stein sat down with a roundtable of UNC Greensboro School of Education students and early-career teachers from Guilford County Schools on Tuesday, using the visit to talk up North Carolina's newly enacted teacher pay raises while listening to what classroom veterans still say is missing. The governor tour
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Town of Elon, Gibsonville, Elon Campus Police assist in robbery investigation

There was a heavy police presence at the Citgo gas station on West Haggard Avenue in Elon around 2:40 p.m. on Sept. 9. Nine police cars were on the scene, including Town of Elon Police, Elon Campus Police and Gibsonville police. Police surrounded one vehicle, which according to Town of...
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Triad 14-year-olds face 126 charges in High Point vehicle thefts, break-ins

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — A pair of Triad 14-year-olds are facing over 120 charges related to a series of break-ins and thefts, according to the High Point Police Department. Investigators took a 14-year-old suspect from Lexington and a 14-year-old suspect from Greensboro into custody in connection with dozens of vehic
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Liberty man wins $100,000 after buying scratch-off at convenience store

REIDSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — William Hunt II, of Liberty, won a $100,000 prize this week, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. Hunt bought his winning $50 ticket for the $8 Million Money Maker scratch-off game on Tuesday from Sam Store on U.S. 158 West in Reidsville. He came to the lottery headquarters on […
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FEMA grants $15.8 million to repair Graham-Mebane Spillway

ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The City of Graham is receiving $15.8 million from FEMA for the purpose of repairing the Graham-Mebane Spillway. The spillway was damaged due to the impacts of Tropical Storm Chantal, which devastated Alamance County in July 2025. Graham–Mebane Water Treatment Plant was submerged under si
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The Rare Jailing of an Attorney

Before he retired in 2023, John Nieman spent more than 30 years as a criminal defense attorney in Guilford County, including four years as the county’s chief public defender. In all that time, he had never seen an attorney jailed for criminal contempt—until now. On August 24, Guilford...

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