Post office launches consumer awareness campaign HIGH POINT – With consumer complaints about scams and fraud on the rise, one government enterprise is spearheading an education campaign aimed at helping people protect themselves. National Co...
Teachers want more time to improve school GUILFORD COUNTY – Several Oak Hill Elementary teachers urged district leaders Tuesday to give them more time to improve student performance at the low-performing school. While Principal Sara R...
Local eatery goes high-tech to compete with larger chains HIGH POINT – Mark Basile, director of operations at Mamma Mia’s Italian Restaurant, had a crazy idea once. For several years, he wanted to implement an advance ordering service that would allo...
Potter House faces uncertain future JAMESTOWN – Town officials will take their first official look this week at a rezoning needed to build a fast-food restaurant on the site of the 200-year-old Potter House. Developers want to put...
Summer travel, other economic factors usher in gas price hike HIGH POINT – The gas price increase that’s taking place at the pump matters to Justin Kirk, who fixed up his son’s 1995 Honda Civic to drive so he could afford such increases. “I didn’t go any...
Festival’s financial future is brightening HIGH POINT – Pedro Silva’s vision for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival’s immediate future seems rosy and to fit comfortably with plans for use of a contribution by Jim and Debbie Millis...
GOP candidates make pitches HIGH POINT – For two sets of candidates appearing before voters Monday night, the election D-Day isn’t eight months from now. It’s seven weeks from now in the Republican primary. A candidates ...
United Way misses goal, still thankful HIGH POINT – The United Way of Greater High Point may not have reached its goal for its 2009 campaign, but the organization’s officials decided to count their blessings in a strapped economy r...
School layoff policy to get review GUILFORD COUNTY – School district leaders will take another look Tuesday at a revised layoff policy that some teachers don’t like. The superintendent and principals could get more control o...