High Point News

I would like to write something about the Veterans Administration. I carry a veteran to the Salisbury VA office for doctor visits.

At the annual tea in 1957, Beulah C Bartlett was named executive director of the Mary McLeod Bethune branch.

The Rev. William Barber III, president of the North Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

During Thursday's Wilmington Public Safety Committee meeting, City Councilwoman Loretta Walsh welcomed back members of the city delegation who traveled to North "Well our merry men and one woman, welcome back and all that," said Walsh, who chairs the public safety committee.

Saturday is a big day for Panthers basketball as Charleston Southern plays host to High Point in a Big South free-for-all. Tip-off occurs at 5:30 EST.

International Market Centers has promoted Ryan Mahoney and Jared Worrall to leasing managers for its showroom complex in Las Vegas, and has hired Angie Nelson as a leasing manager in High Point.

The site selection app "Access NC" was commissioned by the North Carolina Department of Commerce and created through a partnership between Small Footprint Inc., a Winston-Salem-based Web developer, and Trone Inc.

Commercial growth in the city continued slowly trending upward for the third straight year, while residential development remained flat, according to an update the High Point City Council received at its annual retreat Thursday.

Making arrangements to start a child in kindergarten can take time. That's why Guilford County school district officials urge parents to start planning for the Aug.

John B. Gray, of High Point, N.C., passed away at 10:03 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, in High Point, after a hard fight with cancer.

A laboratory company that carries out and analyzes medical tests for doctors and hospitals will add 500 jobs at its High Point headquarters in the next five years.

About a month after Thomas Built Buses recalled more than 100 factory workers who were laid off last year, the school bus manufacturer announced that it added 50 new line positions in response to a "significant" increase in customer orders.

Songs of freedom rang through the air Wednesday as students from Penn-Griffin School of the Arts marched to High Point's February 11 Memorial to commemorate those who took a stand for civil rights.

A new shopping center for our city? Great. That is the best news I have heard lately for High Point.

County elections officials declined Wednesday to take a position in a federal redistricting lawsuit seeking to stop the opening of candidate filings for Board of Commissioners races.

Solstas, a medical and diagnostic laboratory, plans to invest $11.6 million over five years in the expansion.

The company has been advertising for several Triad positions in the last couple weeks.

Pasha Home Fashions has acquired a warehousing facility in High Point, N.C., which the company will convert into its first upholstery manufacturing location in the U.S., according to Sam Pasha, CEO of the home furnishings company.

The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources is designating High Point-based Thomas Built Buses as an " Environmental Steward ." Julie Woosley is the manager of the state's Environmental Assistance Center .

High Point police hope the acquisition of new crime lab equipment will help them solve more cases by giving them access to a wider array of evidence.