Will GOP redraw fairer redistricting maps after 4-3 N.C. High Court ruling?
February 11, 2022Republican legislative leaders in the N.C. General Assembly have until Feb. 18 to redraw their “unconstitutional” GOP-leaning redistricting maps the N.C. Supreme Court knocked down February 4th or a lower court will do it for them. Two questions – will GOP lawmakers do it, or will they refuse? At stake – Republican ability to increase […]
Political drama surrounds N.C. Supreme Court Justice Earls
February 4, 2022N.C. Associate Justice Anita Earls, who will turn 62 later this month, finds herself the center of political attention and drama this week both here in North Carolina, and in the nation’s Capitol. Justice Earls is reportedly on a touted “short list” to become Pres. Joe Biden’s first Black female nominee to the U.S. Supreme […]
U.S. Senate’s failure in passing Voting Rights hurts N.C.
January 27, 2022Bishop William Barber doesn’t see the U.S. Senate’s filibuster just as a mechanism to thwart the passage of important voting rights legislation, as happened last week when two moderate Democratic senators joined with 50 Republicans to vote against changing the rules. He sees it as a tool against helping poor people of all colors achieve […]
MLK Day Celebration reinforces “Keeping the Dream Alive”
January 20, 2022Greensboro’s Human Rights Commission honored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy with a free video production that aired at 9 a.m. Monday, January 17 on the Greensboro Television Network (GTN), Facebook, and the city’s YouTube channel. This year marked the 35th year of the annual celebration. The first MLK Day was nationally observed in […]
Redistricting case to be heard by N.C. High Court
January 19, 2022The seven justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court will hear arguments in the recently appealed redistricting case that a three-judge Superior Court panel unanimously ruled in favor of Republican legislative leaders, despite claims of racial and partisan unconstitutionality. The four Democrat, three Republican-member High Court will hear virtual arguments on February 2nd. The plaintiffs […]
GCS and GTA partner to get high school students to school
January 14, 2022The Greensboro Transit Authority (GTA) counted 120 trips made by Guilford County Schools’ (GCS) high school students on the public city buses on January 10 and 85 trips on January 11. Monday, January 10, was the first day of a new partnership between GTA, the High Point Transit and GCS to allow high school students […]
GCS’s Brown named Piedmont-Triad Region Principal of the Year
January 13, 2022Jackson Middle School principal KaTrinka Brown was stunned when Guilford County School (GCS) district leaders presented her with the Piedmont-Triad Region Principal of the Year award during a surprise ceremony in the school library on June 7. In October 2021, Brown was named Principal of Year for the district. She is now one of nine […]
Ken Free, Hall of Fame member and MEAC Commissioner dies
January 7, 2022On Wednesday, December 29, 2021, heaven was commanded to attention as the angels began to shout and applaud the earthly life of Kenneth Allen Free Sr. as he transitioned from life in earth to eternal life in glory. Free was born on June 8, 1936, in Greensboro, N.C., the son of the late Lazelle Free […]
Bikes for Kids at Gate City Charter
January 6, 2022All third-grade students at Greensboro’s Gate City Charter Academy screamed and jumped for joy when they learned each would receive a new Jiffy bicycle and safety helmet. In a special school assembly to award bicycles only to three students recognized for their essays on confidence, responsibility, kindness and determination, the Bikes for Kids Foundation and […]
Top 5 stories in Guilford County in 2021
December 30, 2021COVID-19 Vaccinations 2021 opened up with a national push to get everyone vaccinated against COVID-19. The Guilford County Department of Public Health supported vaccination sites across the city, including the FEMA led mass vaccination site at Four Seasons Town Centre mall and one at the Greensboro Coliseum. The county also rolled out a mobile vaccination […]