On Thursday, April 17, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners will adopt a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Nelson Napoleon Johnson, a major figure in Greensboro known for his efforts in the struggle for social justice and civil rights.

The resolution, which will be read by Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners  Skip Alston, celebrates the life of a man whose faith and determination had a transformational impact on Guilford County and the city of Greensboro….

A medical biotech company that not all that long ago was promising to bring a giant production facility and hundreds of new jobs to Greensboro abandoned those plans and, this week, ProKidney stock – which was selling at $13 a share in August of 2023 – closed on Tuesday, April 15, at under a dollar a share, 71 cents a share to be exact.

The spectacular fall of the stock price is indicative of what happened to the once huge project plan that had Greensboro leaders very excited and had the city…

Though the Guilford County voters have, time after time, voted down a quarter-cent sales tax increase, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners has refused to take no for an answer and they plan to put the measure on the ballot again when countywide elections resume in early 2026. 

And the sales pitch for the sales tax hike has already begun….

Property owners in the county – who are already paying out the nose for their tax bills after the 2022 revaluation – can breathe a sigh of relief about one thing: The Guilford County Board of Commissioners will not increase the property tax rate in the coming 2025-2026 fiscal county budget, which will be adopted in June and go into effect on July 1 of this year.

However, and this is a very big however, while there will be no tax increase in the coming budget, everyone should expect to see another major increase in their tax bills next year when the 2026-2027…

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office and other area law enforcement agencies are looking for Xavier Scott Williams, who sheriff’s officials say is “linked” to a recent major drug seizure in Greensboro – something this area has seen a lot of in the first part of 2025.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, during a narcotics investigation, a traffic stop led to the execution of a search warrant at 1600 Sir Galahad Road in Greensboro on Wednesday, April 9. That road is just north of Huffine Mill Road near where Huffine Mill joins with Phillips Avenue in Greensboro….