Northwest News

Often, those receiving emergency food assistance are working-poor families with children ... or older adults and disabled individuals living on fixed incomes.

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson, who died Tuesday at the age of 89, was a musical visionary.

No Baseball America feature is complete without a Top 10 Prospects list, so while gathering information about the job of scouting director, we also asked people where the next generation of scouting directors might come from.

Richard Overton , owner of Big O's Truck Parts, waited to be called at a N.C. Industrial Commission hearing in Raleigh.

A $900,000 federal grant will help 13 hospitals in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina better evaluate the care of children in emergency departments.

Yadkin Valley Bank & Trust Co., which has branches in East Bend, Jonesville and Yadkinville, reported last week a 26 percent decrease in its first quarter income, declining to $2.9 million.

A total of 39 post offices in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina will have their operating hours reduced as part of a cost-cutting initiative.

A total of 39 post offices in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina have been spared the budget ax by the U.S. Postal Service.

The jobs of up to 106 Hostess Brands Inc. employees in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina could be at stake if the company is not successful at emerging from bankruptcy.

Forsyth County lagged behind the state as a whole and its 2008 turnout in early-voting results, according to voting data from the N.C. State Board of Elections compiled by Democracy North Carolina, a nonprofit group.

The primary election is now just four days away, and we want to help you get to know the candidates.