/tags/wfdd WFDD en-US Copyright Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:29:15 GMT /health/2025-01-21/forsyth-county-organizations-naloxone-wall-units-wfdd Forsyth County has begun installing naloxone wall units, offering free life-saving medication access. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:29:15 GMT /health/2025-01-21/forsyth-county-organizations-naloxone-wall-units-wfdd Neal Charnoff / WFDD /news/2024-09-23/greensboro-settle-claims-unwanted-touching-city-manager-wfdd A month after former Greensboro City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba abruptly resigned, the city agreed to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle “claims of unwanted touching” made against him by one of his direct reports. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:04:38 GMT /news/2024-09-23/greensboro-settle-claims-unwanted-touching-city-manager-wfdd April Laissle / WFDD /news/2023-02-14/investigation-costs-fertilizer-plant-fire-relief-questions-winston-salem One year later, a WFDD investigation has revealed that only $241,000 was distributed to just 656 residents. And ESR was paid $100,000 to do it. Tue, 14 Feb 2023 12:40:10 GMT /news/2023-02-14/investigation-costs-fertilizer-plant-fire-relief-questions-winston-salem April Laissle / WFDD /science-technology/2022-10-28/growing-industrial-region-long-workers-found-wfdd Several high-tech companies have announced they’re expanding in the region known as the Carolina Core, which stretches from the Triad southeast through the middle of the state to Fayetteville. Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:07:10 GMT /science-technology/2022-10-28/growing-industrial-region-long-workers-found-wfdd Paul Garber / WFDD /law/2022-02-02/greensboro-reaches-2-57m-settlement-with-family-of-marcus-smith The city of Greensboro announced the settlement with the family of Marcus Smith amounts to nearly $2.6 million dollars. Body camera footage from 2018 shows Smith appeared to be in the midst of a mental health crisis when officers restrained him face down with his hands tied to his feet behind his back. Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:30:54 GMT /law/2022-02-02/greensboro-reaches-2-57m-settlement-with-family-of-marcus-smith Neal Charnoff | WFDD /sports/2022-01-06/greensboro-grasshoppers-sold-temerity-baseball-milb The High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Grasshoppers have played in Greensboro since 1979. Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:07:32 GMT /sports/2022-01-06/greensboro-grasshoppers-sold-temerity-baseball-milb Keri Brown / WFDD /health/2021-03-01/corralling-covid-19-in-meatpacking-and-poultry-processing-plants Across the country, more than 250 employees at meatpacking plants have died of the coronavirus. Congress has opened an investigation into the outbreaks as… Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:27:33 GMT /health/2021-03-01/corralling-covid-19-in-meatpacking-and-poultry-processing-plants WFDD /race-demographics/2020-09-04/protester-demands-largely-met-by-forsyth-county-sheriffs-office Protesters in Winston-Salem ended their 49-day occupation of downtown's Bailey Park this week.Their demands were met following weeks of coordinated… Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:04:37 GMT /race-demographics/2020-09-04/protester-demands-largely-met-by-forsyth-county-sheriffs-office David Ford /education/2020-08-05/nc-school-districts-grapple-with-reopening-plans-as-pandemic-costs-mount As schools decide whether or not to hold class in person or online, one big question is at the root of it all — how much is it going to cost? The funding… Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:42:30 GMT /education/2020-08-05/nc-school-districts-grapple-with-reopening-plans-as-pandemic-costs-mount Keri Brown / WFDD /politics/2020-04-15/from-mountains-to-beaches-a-statewide-update-on-covid-19 In a statewide special, public radio stations from across North Carolina join together to examine the impact of Coronavirus on our health, schools and… Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:35:12 GMT /politics/2020-04-15/from-mountains-to-beaches-a-statewide-update-on-covid-19 Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio