Water/sewer billing and payment changes due to COVID-19
April 16, 2020The Water Resources Department has instituted several options to assist during the COVID-19 pandemic. Payment plans are available and can be arranged by calling the City’s Contact Center at (336) 373-CITY (2489) on Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. If water service was cut off for nonpayment prior to mid-March, and is […]
Old Women’s Hospital and Wesley Long to treat COVID-19 patients
April 16, 2020As of April 15, the Guilford County Department of Public Health (GCDPH) reported 137 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and ten related deaths in the county. In order to treat the rising number of positive COVID-19 cases, Cone Health has moved to treat patients out of the old Women’s Hospital on Green Valley Road. Wesley Long […]
Helping Hands During a Time of Crisis
April 9, 2020Community members lined up along Alamance Church Road to pick up much needed groceries and supplies at Mount Zion Baptist Church’s food giveaway on April 7. The church partnered with Out of the Garden Project to provide 450 CHICK-FIL-A sandwiches and food to anyone in need. Church officials tallied 1,031 people who will benefit from […]
Camryn Brown’s senior season: From preseason snub to Player of the Year
April 8, 2020There was only one thing that Camryn Brown wanted to win when she came to High Point University (HPU) from Revere High School in Copley, Ohio. She wanted to be a part of the first Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship in program history. While her final shot at that dream was abruptly cut short […]
Book Review: “Turn It Up!”
April 8, 2020It starts with tapping toes. It’s followed by shaking shoulders, waving arms, and swaying hips: you hear music and pretty soon, you’re dancing to a beat, and maybe even singing along with an artist you really love to listen to. Can you imagine your great-grandma dancing? Or her grandma? In “Turn It Up!” by Joel […]
Pandemic exacerbates the inequalities of health care
April 8, 2020In this evolving COVID-19 pandemic, medical experts have indicated that we may see many more deaths in the next two weeks than we have seen before. As the number of deaths rise to more than 13,000, it is difficult to comprehend. But we are finally beginning to see the wisdom of social distancing as we […]
COVID-19 Cases Mount Among Blacks in N.C.
April 8, 2020In Louisiana Monday, Gov. John Bell Edwards had stark news for his state – more than 70 percent of its confirmed 15,000 COVID-19 cases are African Americans. “Slightly more than 70 percent of all deaths in Louisiana (from the virus) are of African Americans, who make up about 32 percent of the overall population of […]
Need a loan? Local nonprofit and NC SBA are here to help
April 3, 2020A nonprofit is offering some relief to local small businesses directly impacted by COVID- 19 and executive orders put in place by the state of North Carolina and the United States. With stay-at-home orders in effect through April 29, 2020, a lot of businesses are hoping they have a business to come back to and […]
IN MEMORIAM: African Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19
April 3, 2020The inaccurate internet memes and false online conspiracies that “Blacks can’t get coronavirus” are contrary to reality. African Americans are not immune to COVID-19. On April 2, the Pentagon was looking to provide civilian institutions with more body bags after it was reported that over 1,000 people were reported to have died of COVID-19 in […]
National Civil Rights Museum commemorates King’s life and legacy
April 3, 2020MEMPHIS, TN — The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel will present a virtual commemoration in honor of Dr. King’s life and legacy on April 4, the 52nd anniversary of his death. Since the pandemic surge, the museum has retooled its original event to produce digital content and a virtual broadcast entitled, “Remembering […]
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