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City Council Approves Over $10 Million in Bonds for Local Improvements

Staff Report Winston-Salem Chronicle During its regular meeting on Monday, April 6, the Winston-Salem City Council ...
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Winston-Salem Council Approves Major Transit Overhaul: Faster Buses and New “Microtransit” on the Horizon

Staff Report Winston-Salem Chronicle In a move to modernize how residents move through the Twin City, the Winston-Salem City ...
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Leadership Winston-Salem Invites Community to “Leaders & Lunch” A Conversation on Housing Solutions and a Framework for the Future

Winston-Salem leaders are set to take a deeper dive into one of the city’s most pressing challenges—how to create housing that is both affordable and equitable—as a new community conversation moves ...
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Cooper Highlights Health Care Affordability Plan During Greensboro Stop of “Make Stuff Cost Less” Tour

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper brought his statewide “Make Stuff Cost Less” tour to the Triad this week, outlining a new plan aimed at lowering health care costs for families and challenging ...
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Audit Exposes $15M Hidden Spending in WS/FCS Budget Crisis

WINSTON-SALEM — For months, parents, teachers, and taxpayers across Forsyth County have been asking how a school district already facing a $46 million budget deficit reached such a severe financial ...
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Why Restaurants Are Closing — And What It Means for Our Cities

Since the beginning, food and beverage establishments have brought communities together. The nation’s founders sat around tavern tables discussing their vision for a new country called America. In ...
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Winston-Salem Gears Up for Annual Bulky Item Pick-Up: What Residents Need to Know

This year’s bulky item collection begins on March 2, 2026, and is scheduled to run city-wide through September 4, 2026, weather and routing permitting. Crews travel through the city street by street, ...
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Roy Cooper Announces “Make Stuff Cost Less” Campaign

Framing affordability as the defining issue for working families, former Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced a new statewide effort he calls the “Make Stuff Cost Less” campaign, pledging to confront ...
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Patterson Avenue, formerly Depot Street, was once known as W-S’s Black Wall Street ( From The Archives )

Long before there was a Bailey Park or Innovation Quarter, the area of downtown Winston-Salem surrounding the old R.J. Reynolds Tobacco manufacturing facilities and Bailey Power Plant was known as ...
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Historic Nor’easter Bomb Cyclone Pummels Winston-Salem, Triad With Heavy Snow, Dangerous Travel and Widespread Disruption

A powerful nor’easter that underwent rapid intensification into a bomb cyclone off the North Carolina coast this weekend left a blanket of white across Winston-Salem and the Piedmont Triad, triggering ...
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Winston-Salem Streets Still Slippery After Weekend Winter Storm, Statewide Ice and Snow Bring Travel Chaos and Costs

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Snow-covered streets and icy bridges greeted commuters this week as remnants of a strong winter storm that began over the weekend continued to affect travel, services and public ...
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Reynolds to Add 200 Manufacturing Jobs in Tobaccoville as Company Expands Smokeless Product Line

Winston-Salem families could see another wave of job opportunities next year as Reynolds American announced plans to add 200 manufacturing positions at its Tobaccoville Operations Center—marking more ...