Scott D. Yost

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, Creative Greensboro announced that it had awarded $285,000 to 15 local arts and culture nonprofit organizations through its “Sustaining Creativity: Community Partnership Grants Program.”

While, recently, many people – including Donald Trump’s own campaign team – thought Trump was taking the wrong tack by going way off topic at rallies, swaying to music for nearly 40 minutes on stage, and traveling to states in the final days that weren’t battleground states, Trump – as he has so many times in the past – proved each and every one of his critics wrong and demonstrated that there was a method to his madness.

Professional hockey is coming back to Greensboro in the fall of 2025, and one of the steps in the process needed to make that happen was for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners to vote to approve money to upfit the Greensboro Coliseum so that it will be a fitting place for the coming hockey team to play their games in the East Coast League.

As if Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston doesn’t have enough irons in the fire – between running his several businesses, running Guilford County, overseeing the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, helping put on a charity golf tournament and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade each year – Alston now has been dubbed with a new duty: being a member of NC Governor-Elect Josh Stein’s transition team.

Action Greensboro – a part of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce that acts as a “catalyst for public-private partnerships” meant to help the city grow – has been awarded the top honor for “Best Communications Strategy in Economic Development” at the very high-profile 2024 City Nation Place Awards.

Some racist comments, allegedly made by Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden, have caused a reaction from Sheriffs’ Offices across the state; and the association that represents all of the sheriffs in North Carolina counties has now joined the chorus of those weighing in on the controversy.

You’ll probably want to think twice about driving drunk or impaired in Guilford County over the holidays since there’s a special task force set up in the county just to catch you and get you off the road.

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, soon-to-be President Donald Trump, who’s been announcing this week his nominees for various positions in his new administration, said he has chosen Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense for the United States.

Piedmont Triad International Airport is adding a little something special over the next couple of months for people flying in and out of the central North Carolina airport that often plays second fiddle to airports in Charlotte and Raleigh – which often offer more flight choices and lower fares.

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, many Greensboro residents were very alarmed to find in their mail a letter from the city that created the impression the water coming into their homes was contaminated.