Northwest News

It appears that eastern North Carolina will see a colder than normal winter this year.

After shelves ran bare in July, community support helped the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina to rally.

Poverty levels appeared generally on the rise in Northwest North Carolina in 2008, and experts say that the numbers are likely to get still higher before they come back down.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina's Business Advisory Council serving Davidson County is selling North Carolina Frasier Firs as part of a community service project.

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Relentless rain drenched much of the Atlantic seaboard yesterday, pelting communities from North Carolina northward with gusty winds and heavy rains and inundating streets, stranding drivers and causing two deaths in North Carolina and three deaths in Virginia.

Heavy rain and high winds will keep pounding the Triad and Northwest North Carolina today for the third day in a row as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida move through the state.

Tanglewood will begin its holiday Festival of Lights show on Nov. 13. The event will start at 6:15 p.m., when members of the UNC School of the Arts' Nutcracker cast will turn on the lights, which will be near the front gate and will feature Tanglewood's newest display, the 110-foot LED Christmas Tree.

Lauren Burch recently sponsored a pink luau at the American Legion Post in Winston-Salem to help raise awareness of breast cancer.

Trish Johnson, Caldwell County Schools associate superintendent, speaks during the Backpack Program ribbon-cutting ceremony held at Whitnel Elementary School.

Arrival of truckloads of free food comes at the right time for agencies facing higher demand than ever October 31, 2009 3:43 PM Roselee Papandrea / Times-News Three trucks loaded with canned beef stew, corn and green beans pulled into the Loaves & Fishes Christian Food Ministry parking lot in Burlington Friday morning.

The announcement this week that Hanesbrands Inc. will end its manufacturing presence in Forsyth County was inevitable, but that doesn't make the news any easier to take for the 240 employees who will lose their jobs.

Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina and Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina making their locations available for drop-off of food donations for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, effective November 2.A Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina and Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina making ...

American Express, Greensboro, made $20,000 grant to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Winston-Salem, to support capacity-building for store donation programs.A Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County made organizational support grants totaling $1.6 million to 20 arts groups, up $120,610, or 8 percent, from 2008-09.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC has received $20,000 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation.

Here are some tips to help you safeguard your identity: Check your credit report at least once a year.

So you're headed west to the mountains, and the 32-ounce soda you downed in Winston-Salem has finally run its course.

The sharp increase in syphilis cases in Forsyth County this year is carrying over into other sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS.

Paul Brown makes himself heard. And people keep listening when he does. These are the constants in a rich and varied life that keeps him moving between two homes and two principal interests.

Asheville senior Ellie Johnston wonders what her world will be like in the year 2050.