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Ask downtown: all politics is local

On Election Day, a young woman walks into her polling place at Malloy East Winston…

 Posted in Fall 2022

A morning with Richard Allen: a poll greeter who has volunteered for 52 years.

By Yushuo Wang and Bella Ortley-Guthrie It is 10:36 a.m. on a brisk October morning…

 Posted in Fall 2022

Voter Turnout in the Forsyth County 2022 Midterm Elections.

The voter turnout in Forsyth County remained slightly below the statewide average, but local voters…

 Posted in Fall 2022

Young voters share why they voted in the midterms

While the data is not yet available to know how many young voters turned out…

 Posted in Spring 2021

The Arts Based School and Happy Hill: A Story of Arts, Innovation and Miscommunication 

By Bella Ortley-Guthrie and Aine Pierre The Arts Based School still looks to expand into…

 Posted in Fall 2022

Worries of political parties drive increase in poll observers

As Election Day nears, Republicans in Forsyth County are heavily recruiting poll observers through social…

 Posted in Spring 2021

A One-Man Show

Whoosh, clatter, jingle. The minute hand of the wall clock ticked past 11:30 a.m. Diners…

 Posted in Fall 2022

One year after a shooting, the Silver Moon Saloon still seeks to light up Winston-Salem nightlife

By Bella Ortley-Guthrie Kimberly Varnadoe stands beside a barstool, adorned in a painting smock with…

 Posted in Fall 2022

Bookmarks returns downtown for 17th annual book festival

By Christa Dutton Andrea Greene, 58, arrived downtown Winston-Salem early on Saturday, Sept. 24 to…

 Posted in Fall 2022

“They Don’t Deserve to Die:” The downtown naloxone vending machine and harm reduction in Winston-Salem

By Aine Pierre and Yushuo Wang Amanda Clark walked into the Forsyth County Law Enforcement…

 Posted in Fall 2022