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Winston-Salem Journal senior business, healthcare and N.C. General Assembly reporter since January 2003.
Joined February 2010
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing Thursday on a rezoning request that would allow a for-profit K-8 charter school to operate off Lewisville-Clemmons Road with a projected 2026-27 school year debut.
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Petitioner Impulse Energy LLX for the proposed tuition-free Legacy Traditional School submitted plans for a 19.4-acre undeveloped parcel at the intersection of Lewisville-Clemmons and Holder roads —...
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Give-and-take nature of Trump administration's tariffs and international relations were reflected in RTX Corp.'s 2ndQ earnings report. RTX’s Collins Aerospace has about 1,500 employees and is one of W-S’ largest private employers.
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RTX Corp. said "higher tariffs across the business" during the second quarter, as well as prospects of new tariffs over the rest of 2025, has led it to reduce its
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The Lego Store has opened its first Triad location at Greensboro's Friendly Center with grand-opening offers continuing through Friday. The store opened July 18 in a 4,114-square-foot store at 3334 W. Friendly Ave, Suite 101.
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The 4,114-square-foot store is at 3334 W. Friendly Ave, Suite 101.
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Greensboro furniture company has spent $1.83 million to buy 186.33 acres of undeveloped land in Davidson County, according to a county Register of Deeds filing Monday.
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The largest of the two tracts is 115.78 acres off Linwood-Southmont Road. The other tract is 71.55 acres at 857 Fisher Farm Road.
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Nearly 13,000 voters in Forsyth and Guilford counties are listed by the State Board of Elections as needing to add their driver’s license number and/or the last four digits of their Social Security number to their registration.
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"The Registration Repair Project aims to ensure that North Carolina’s voter rolls are as accurate and complete as possible, bring them into compliance with recent state court rulings, and settle
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GOP-controlled General Assembly will begin July 29 1st of 6 planned extra sessions with potential veto override votes on cultural-war bills on House, Senate agendas. Meanwhile, Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, said 2 chambers “are way apart” on budget talks.
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"The legislature wants to distract us by stoking culture wars that further divide us," Stein said. "These mean-spirited bills would marginalize vulnerable people and also undermine the quality of...
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Forsyth commissioners addressed eliminating use of private-security detention officers at the county jail at the end of fiscal 2025-26.
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Forsyth County Board of Commissioners Chairman Don Martin said, "But I am glad to see us weaning ourselves from that, and we've been able to recruit and train our own
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Traditional cigarette prices are going up for 3ird time in 2025, though slightly less than the previous increase in April. List price hike for Philip Morris USA was set to go into effect Sunday, according to report by Goldman Sachs analyst Bonnie Herzog.
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In recent years, Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. have increased their list prices between three to four times annually, but not necessarily on a quarterly basis.
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An industrial campus in the Davidson County section of High Point has been sold for $4.8 million, according to a county Register of Deeds filing. The 3.53-acre property at 920 W. Fairfield Road contains a 26,900-square-foot building.
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The seller is Wilderness N.C. Inc. of Lexington.
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The parent company of Food Lion, Ahold Delhaize USA, is facing potential class-action lawsuits related to its November disclosure of a data breach within its U.S. network.
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The state’s jobless rate remained stagnant at 3.7% for the 11th consecutive month during June even with another decline in the overall workforce, the N.C. Commerce Department reported Friday.
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Novant Health Inc. has introduced a new pancreatic cancer screening option for Triad patients in collaboration with Gastroenterology Associates of the Piedmont, P.A. and Digestive Health Specialists, P.A.
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Eligible Triad patients include those with a family history of pancreatic cancer or an increased risk based on genetic testing.
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Property owner Brookberry Farms LLC — also identified as Brookberry Land Bay VII — has submitted a final development plan for an undeveloped 89.23-acre tract to the City-County Planning Board.
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A final development plan for an undeveloped 89.23-acre tract within Brookberry Farm would off 118 single-family residences at 2,750 square feet, and 86 townhomes at 2,000 square feet.
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Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s debut this month of a long-desired Charlotte medical school campus will be strategically complemented in 2027 by a graduate educational initiative from its Winston-Salem healthcare competitor.
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Novant Health Inc. is laying the groundwork for recruiting its class of 2027 that initially will feature four new residency programs – general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology,...
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The newly partisan Lewisville Town Council has drawn the most candidates among Forsyth County’s suburban municipalities for the 2025 election cycle as the filing period ended Friday. There also will be race for Kernersville mayor.
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Not surprisingly given the conservative-leaning voting patterns in the Forsyth County suburbs, the majority of the declared candidates registered as Republicans.
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The controversial Juul electronic-cigarette products have been authorized to remain on U.S. retail shelves by the Food and Drug Administration.
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"Following rigorous evaluation of the data, FDA decided that a marketing granted order for the Juul System was 'appropriate for the protection of public health' — the standard required by
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Insteel Industries Inc. reported Thursday a decidedly mixed third-quarter report as a sharp uptick in demand for its concrete reinforcement products offset raw material sourcing challenges.
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Insteel provides perhaps the most direct, firsthand impact of Trump administration tariffs of any publicly traded corporation based in the Triad or with major manufacturing operations in the region.
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Truist Financial just missed analysts’ earnings projections for 2ndQ as bank continues to settle into its trimmer fee-income strategy. Net income of $1.18 billion, up 42.2% from a year ago, but an increase of just 1.7% from the first quarter.
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Truist chairman and chief executive Bill Rogers has expressed confidence that the bank will be able to recapture much, if not all, of the insurance subsidiary’s income over time through
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22nd Century Group Inc.'s latest Hail Mary attempt to attract smokers with its very-low-nicotine traditional cigarettes involves manufacturing a longer cigarette stick. The cigarettes contain 95% less nicotine than traditional cigarettes.
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22nd Century Group plans to submit an application for a 100-millimeter cigarette style to the Food and Drug Administration durng the fourth quarter. 22nd Century's longest FDA-approved cigarette...
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Ted Ortiviz, the new top official of ASPIRE, took over his new duties July 8 with what he calls “an eyes wide open” approach to the challenges and opportunities facing the formerly named Housing Authority of Winston-Salem.
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Ted Ortiviz said he stepped into the executive director job aware of the many issues facing ASPIRE, particularly as it relates to vocal criticism and pushback from several public housing
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