Close
 
 
 
 
Home  Dirt
 
Wednesday, March 17,2010

Some question whether SBI should evaluate materials in Silk Plant Forest review

By Keith Barber
Based on personal experience, Christine Mumma said she has grave concerns about the reliability and objectivity of the State Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in Raleigh.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 17,2010

campaign trail

By
Thursday: Republican US House District 12 candidate William Gillenwater.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 17,2010

Four-term incumbent emphasizes technology and practical solutions to revenue crunch

By Jordan Green
Seated in a sleek but modestly sized conference room on the second floor of the International Civil Rights Museum that bears portraits of himself and cofounder Skip Alston, Earl Jones admitted that civil rights is a secondary passion - promoted to the forefront by historical necessity - to his true love: science and technology.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 17,2010

City of Greensboro files discrimination suit against JT Hairston Memorial Apartments

By Jordan Green
The city of Greensboro has filed suit against a public housing community and a property management company, alleging that it has discriminated against a resident on the basis of familial status.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 10,2010

Private companies propose to reopen White Street Landfill

By Jordan Green
Seven proposals submitted by private companies for handling Greensboros municipal solid waste disposal leave the city with a bewildering array of options ranging from traditional landfilling to alternative technologies such as plasma gasification and pyrolysis, but most of which involve reopening the White Street Landfill.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 10,2010

LGBT student leaders enjoy signing moment with president

By Keith Barber
Michael Evans said he will never for get the moment that he stood before Barack Obama, and shook the presidents hand. Evans, a junior psychology major at Winston-Salem State University, attended the recent White House event where President Obama signed an executive order authorizing federal funding of nearly $100 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, in the 2011 Congressional budget and $850 million over the next 10 years.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 10,2010

Republican candidate for sheriff charged with assaulting deputy

By Jordan Green
Voters in the Republican primary for Guilford County sheriff have a choice between a 16-year incumbent who has become a virtual GOP institution in the county and... a guy with pending charges for assaulting a government official and making a threatening phone call?.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 3,2010

High-speed rail hits a hurdle in Guilford

By Jordan Green
Greensboro has been known as the Gate City ever since native son John Motley Morehead maneuvered to have the railroad run through the heart of Guilford County instead of its more direct path through Asheboro. High Point was so named reputedly because it was at the highest point on the North Carolina Railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 3,2010

Lewis looks to make history with US Senate run

By Keith Barber
A humble, soft-spoken Ken Lewis had to speak a bit louder to be heard above the music wafting through the dining area of the Summit Station Eatery during a campaign stop in Greensboro on in late February.
Read more   Read it in print
Wednesday, March 3,2010

Widening project sends High Point Road business owners scrambling

By Jordan Green
Business owners on High Point Road between Greensboro and Jamestown have long known of plans to widen and realign the thoroughfare. What they didnt know is how quickly the state of North Carolina would allocate the money and get the project underway..
Read more   Read it in print
 
 
 
YES! Weekly © 2009
5500 Adams Farm Lane, Suite 204 Greensboro, NC 27407 336.316.1231.
All Rights Reserved.