Triad News
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The Sylvia Méndez Newcomers School opened this week in High Point. The school is the second public school in Guilford County specifically designed to serve recent immigrants and refugees who are learning English.
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The Gate City is taking a page from some larger cities, developing a violence interruption program to help make neighborhoods safer.
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Nearly 25,000 schools were considered in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Early College at Guilford stood out from the rest.
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The nonprofit Moji Coffee Shop and More hosted its first-ever career fair for people with disabilities at Forsyth Technical Community College.
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If the results are certified, PhD students working as teaching assistants and researchers at Duke University will form the largest graduate student union at a private university in the South.
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, a North Carolina Democrat, was injured in a car accident Thursday in her district and was treated at a hospital, her office said. The second-term congresswoman was traveling in Greensboro in a car driven by a staff member when the accident occurred between 9 and 9:30 a.m., according to a news release and a spokesperson.
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Broccoli City hosted its 12th music festival in Washington, D.C.
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The EPA advises keeping outdoor activities light and short when air quality indexes reach above 150 on the agency’s map. On Monday afternoon, Greensboro, N.C. was included on that map.
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Gut microbes isolated in the feces of the “near threatened” southern white rhino species may hold the key to conservation efforts.
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The Demon Deacons are now in control of their bracket and a win away from the best-of-three finals. Their next game is Wednesday against the winner of a Tuesday elimination game between SEC rivals LSU and Tennessee.
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Brock Wilken hit three of Wake Forest’s record-tying nine home runs, and the Demon Deacons routed Alabama 22-5 to win the Winston-Salem Super Regional.
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Many delegates expect his endorsement will cement Robinson’s place as the front-runner in a competitive GOP primary.