Dec 8, 2021
About Fleming Fleming El-Amin was first appointed as Forsyth County Commissioner for District A when Commissioner Walter Marshall passed away in 2017. El-Amin won his first election for the seat in 2018. El-Amin, a Winston-Salem native, is well-known locally for his...
Dec 5, 2021
Filing for local, state and federal offices begins at noon on Monday, as the 2022 campaign season officially gets under way. Some candidates have already announced their candidacy, while other office holders have announced that they are not running for re-election....
Oct 8, 2021
he sound of a drum echoed through Blum Park Sunday as kids scampered on playground equipment and music spilled from a nearby home. One drumbeat for Michael Brian Westerberg, 40, killed on Jan. 18; another for Hubert Alexander Rivers, 28, gunned down a week later. On...
Oct 8, 2021
‘We, the people’ Since Sept. 17, 1787, a relatively new idea of government has been evolving predicated on the generous idea of “we, the people.” For over 200 years, this free concept of government has been moving forward against many odds. One of...
Jun 19, 2021
rly 4,000 people attended Winston-Salem’s Juneteenth Festival Saturday in Bailey Park and the Biotech Place in the city’s Innovation Quarter. Organizers staged an in-person event, and the festival was livestreamed virtually on the Triad Cultural Arts Facebook page and...
Jun 10, 2021
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners quickly approved the 2021-22 county budget on Thursday afternoon, voting unanimously to set the tax rate at 67.78 cents for every $100 of taxable property. The approved budget totals $500 million and includes $149.5 million...
