Greensboro NC

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A local black-owned business is stepping up to feed families affected by the ongoing government shutdown. Sweet’s Turkey BBQ, owned by husband-and-wife team Alex and Kassinda White, is offering free meals Wednesday to anyone who shows an EBT card or valid federal ID. The giveaway runs from 4 to 6...

ASHEBORO — The former Acme-McCrary Mill is set to be refurbished, adding more than 100 multi-family apartment units within the building. At the Asheboro City Council’s Nov. 6 meeting, the council approved a rezoning request for just less than three acres of property located at 113, 114 and 159 North St. and 151 North...

Winston-Salem officials are weighing updates to the city’s noise ordinance ahead of the construction of a controversial downtown music venue. The city approved the 5,000-seat amphitheater near the Benton Convention Center in September. Since then, Assistant City Manager Ben Rowe says the venue’s developers have...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As Toyota expands its footprint in our state, another breakthrough right here in the Triad is putting our area on the national map for battery innovation. A new discovery by UNCG researchers could change the way lithium batteries are made. Lithium batteries power almost everything these...

North Carolina could toughen its rules for allowing new charter schools to open following the abrupt closure of a school that left families scrambling for alternatives. N.C. Charter Schools Review Board members said Wednesday they want to avoid a repeat of what happened with Triad International Studies Academy, which...

Massive dozers and trucks were busy leveling the site last week for the state’s first Buc-ee’s travel center in Alamance County, tentatively expected to open in May 2027. Mebane spokeswoman Kelly Hunter said the 74,000-square-foot Buc-ee’s travel center on Trollingwood-Hawfields Road has most of its site development...

Police departments across North Carolina are putting eyes in the sky, using drones as first responders. Cities like Winston-Salem, which first deployed drones for on-scene patrols seven years ago, launched their Drones as First Responder program last year. From tracking suspects to locating missing people, the drones...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — What started as an ordinary afternoon lunch turned into a homeowner’s worst nightmare for Clare Olthoff. “I was having lunch, and my phone rang,” Olthoff said. “My neighbor said his place was absolutely flooded.”. When Olthoff stepped into her own condo, the damage...

LIBERTY, N.C. — Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has officially opened a battery plant facility here in the Piedmont Triad. The car giant held its grand opening in Liberty Wednesday morning to celebrate its all-new $13.9 billion facility. It's Toyota's eleventh U.S. plant and the company's first and only battery...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson plans to retire in 2026, according to a press release from the Greensboro Police Department. Thompson will become eligible for retirement in February. He said the difficulty in finding a balance between work and family is attributed to his retirement....