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Winston-Salem State University’s Fredrick “Fred” O’Neal named to 2026 CIAA Hall of Fame Class

For generations of Black college athletes whose stories were too often ignored or erased, Fredrick “Fred” O’Neal Whitted made ...
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As we start out the year and plan for 2026, North Carolina occupies an enviable space in the national economic landscape.

By Algenon Cash Job announcements continue. Consumers are still spending. Markets remain elevated. On the surface, the state ...
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Winston-Salem Streets Still Slippery After Weekend Winter Storm, Statewide Ice and Snow Bring Travel Chaos and Costs

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 ...
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PBS genealogy series, featuring NBA superstar Chris Paul

Winston-Salem residents will have a rare opportunity this weekend to see a national television moment before the rest of the ...
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Near capacity MLK Prayer Breakfast Calls Winston-Salem to Action Beyond Symbolic Progress

Salem Chronicle A near capacity crowd filled the room for The Chronicle’s 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast, gathering faith leaders, elected officials, educators, advocates, and ...
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City, county outline progress — and growing gaps — in Winston-Salem’s homeless response

Staff Report The Winston-Salem Chronicle Winston-Salem officials say expanded shelter operations, stronger city-county coordination, and a revamped intake system have helped stabilize hundreds of peop ...
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Forsyth County Jail Commissary Expected to Bring Nearly $1 Million in Sales; Vendor Commission Rate at 43.5%

Forsyth County’s law enforcement detention center is poised to generate nearly $1 million in annual commissary sales — a captive market that ...
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Save the Date: Festival of African-American Arts and Culture

The doors of the Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness will open to the sound of drums, voices, and stories that stretch across centuries from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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New reading program uses volunteers to help struggling kids

Only about half of the third-grade students in WS/FCS are reading on grade level. To help combat this issue, Project Impact’s Reading Warrior initiative is here to help. Project Impact was founded in ...
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Patterson Avenue, formerly Depot Street, was once known as W-S’s Black Wall Street

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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Family Services receives funding to revamp shelter

Family Services, Inc. (FSI) is asking the City of Winston-Salem for $1.5 million to help replace its aging emergency shelter that serves victims and survivors of domestic violence. Representatives ...
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Ride-Along with the Winston-Salem Fire Department: A Day Inside the Life of First Responders

I pulled into the parking lot for Station 1 on Marshall Street at 8 a.m., the giant crimson trucks gleamed in the sunlight as they awaited the emergency calls that would put them into immediate ...