In a Winston-Salem Journal op-ed, Mayor Allen Joines and the City Council plea for federal funds to help the city get through the coronavirus pandemic: In March, the federal government…
Winston-Salem Journal reports six of the eight Winston-Salem City Council members are self-isolating after possible exposure to the coronavirus at a conference in Washington D.C. conference. Mayor Allen Joines is…
Winston-Salem’s Dixie Classic Fair will no longer go by that name, the City Council and Mayor Allen Joines have unilaterally decided: City officials say the question is no longer whether…
In case you’ve missed, there has been yet another controversy brewing over a Confederate statue, this one in Winston-Salem. On Dec. 31, the city–represented by Mayor Allen Joines, called for…
Greensboro News & Record reports the Piedmont Triad International Airport Authority voted temporarily shelve the new name—Central North Carolina International Airport—until a study has been completed with adequate public input.…
When I clicked on the Winston-Salem Journal story the first thing that greeted me was the activist holding up a “Free Dan Besse” T-shirt. Free Dan Besse? From what? Getting…
At a Monday press conference, Mayor Allen Joines released the findings of the so-called Winston-Salem Thought Force, which was formed in 2015 to help tackle poverty in the Camel City.…
I was listening to my right-wing nut-job talk radio yesterday when a familiar name popped up at the top-of-the-hour national news broadcast—none other than Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines, who—with a…
At last night’s Winston-Salem City Council meeting, a group calling itself the Winston-Salem Sanctuary Coalition made an appeal for W-S to become a sanctuary city: The council also heard complaints…
Earlier this week the Greensboro City Council approved $2.5 million in infrastructure and site readiness improvements at Piedmont Triad International Airport. The original vote approving the funds was 7-1—with council member Marikay…
The first question is who will run on the Democratic side. The issue Democrats face is that they have no obvious candidate. That said, John Wynne of Carolina Strategic Analysis…
Winston-Salem Journal reports: Smile pretty if you see a police officer in Winston-Salem today: You may be on camera. Some 90 additional patrol officers will be wearing body cameras starting…