Oak Ridge News

News from around the region lands in the Xpress inbox via various routes each week, from old-fashioned e-mail to TweetDeck to a message from a BlackBerry-toting concerned citizen.

Rich Achor likes every home he builds through his Yadkinville-based firm Arena Builders .

At their recent Halloween party, Mrs. Susan LaPierre's 4th grade class at Oak Ridge Elementary School decorated and filled over 70 goody bags to be donated to local hospitals.

Remember how odd it struck many that Guilford County Schools would win an award from the EPA considering the issues being reported at Oak Ridge Elementary? Here's the link to the original post.

The saga over that mysterious illness at Oak Ridge Elementary just took on another twist.

The Oak Ridge Elementary family has been faced with many obstacles this school year, but Assistant Principal Jackie Burney has remained a positive team player throughout it all.

Let the commenting commence. Guilford County Schools received an EPA award for improving indoor air quality Thursday night.

The cleanup at Oak Ridge Elementary will take longer than expected and students will not be allowed back inside until at least December.

President Barack Obama's Tennessee Valley Authority board nominee Neil G. McBride said he was surprised about how little had changed at the nation's largest public utility since the 1970s.

Soft eyes, warm heart, gentle spirit. Sweet, calm, loving. In a nutshell, that's a greyhound.

Guilford County School Board members heard an update on Oak Ridge Elementary Tuesday night.

To the students who will walk through the doors of Oak Ridge Elementary School next Monday, the school building will be as new as the fresh boxes of crayons and other unused school supplies they will carry in their backpacks.

Oak Ridge, NC -- Some Oak Ridge Elementary parents told WFMY News 2 their kids are getting nervous about going to school at a military academy while their school is cleaned up.

Health officials confirmed on Monday that mold was discovered at Colfax Elementary school, the school where the county planned to send Oak Ridge students this fall.

Oak Ridge, NC -- Some Oak Ridge Elementary parents told WFMY News 2 their kids are getting nervous about going to school at a military academy while their school is cleaned up.

An inspector checked Kowloon Restaurant on Cloverdale Avenue in Winston-Salem. He noticed several live roaches in the storage room.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health recommends not opening Oak Ridge Elementary until recommended work has been completed.

Some Oak Ridge Elementary School parents and Guilford County Schools employees are discussing the possibility of holding classes at Oak Ridge Military Academy.

Inspectors put away the red ink this week and handed out several high A's. Here is the "A" list: Doss Old Fashion Ice Cream on N. Main Street in Kernersville posted a 101.5 Sakura Express at Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro scored a 101 Wendy's on Oak Ridge Road in Oak Ridge posted a 101.

Oak Ridge Military Academy, facing budget problems, has replaced it's board of trustees.