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PIEDMONT TRIAD (WGHP) — Get Ready for 30s. After record warm temperatures this week, we expect to see our first round of widespread 30s this weekend on Sunday morning. Normal temperatures don’t reach the 30s until Nov. 13, but most days are not exactly normal. This year, we expect the cold 30s to arrive a […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Volvo Trucks North America debuted its new Volvo VNX truck at a launch event outside its Greensboro headquarters on Wednesday.  Volvo says the VNX is built tough to handle the most demanding construction and off-road environments. The vocational, heavy-haul truck is engineered for industries such as construction, logging, municipal plow, agriculture and concrete, […]

LIBERTY, N.C. (WGHP) — October is National Fire Prevention Month and Toyota is marking it by giving an inside look at its battery plant. Lithium-ion batteries are highly flammable, so fire safety at the plant is focused on being proactive, not reactive. “We know where our hazards exist,” said Security and Emergency Management Operations Manager […]

BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — A Burlington woman is facing a misdemeanor charge after allegedly pointing a gun at a pair of people out of road rage, according to the Burlington Police Department. On Saturday, officers came to the area of Maple Avenue after getting a report of someone brandishing a gun in a road rage […]

CLIMAX, N.C. (WGHP) — “I’m sad really because I think a lot of people can benefit from this and I know we did,” said the wife of a former hospital-at-home patient, Mary Mowery. Mowery, 85, from Climax shared her reaction Wednesday after learning a medical program her husband once used will soon be dissolved. It […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein inducted 15 outstanding North Carolinians into The Order of the Long Leaf Pine for their community contributions at the Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro on Wednesday. Among the honorees were two leaders from the Triad. Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines and Executive Director of Piedmont Triad International […]

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Unseasonably hot temperatures stay put through the end of the work week, until a potent cold front barrels through the state late Friday. Sunny weather returns to the Piedmont today, and high temperatures will be carried into record territory. The standing record high is 85 degrees, set in both 1940 and […]

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — More than 90% of North Carolina is at minimum abnormally dry with parts of the Piedmont Triad even seeing “exceptional drought” conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Multiple cities in the Piedmont Triad, including Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Burlington and Reidsville, have enacted water conservation measures, a precaution to avoid any […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — “Next time, somebody could just be dead, laying on the ground so something needs to be done,” Leonard Griffin, a neighbor said.  While FOX 8 was interviewing people in a Greensboro neighborhood about what they are calling a problem intersection, a crash happened in the middle of that interview. Neighbors who […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Cone Health is shelving its “Hospital at Home” healthcare program. Cone Health says it is deciding to “sunset” the program following a “comprehensive review of organizational priorities and the sustainability of the model.” The program provided healthcare delivery to people still considered to be hospital patients in the comfort of their […]