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Proposal goes before city council to rezone the area between Third and Fifth Streets east of U.S. 52 Walt Unks A unanimous rezoning vote on the Winston-Salem City Council Monday night cleared the way for a major redevelopment project in East Winston that is expected to bring 325 new housing units east of U.S. 52 near the downtown Innovation Quarter. Apartments, townhouses and retail and office development are now approved for a seven-acre site just east of United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church and stretching from Third to Fifth Street. Mayor Allen Joines is cal...

  Update your browser or Flash plugin A ceremony Monday marked 70 years since eight African American firefighters reported for duty in Winston-Salem. It was the first fire department in North Carolina to integrate, and only the second city south of the Mason-Dixon Line to do so following the Jim Crow era. After the hires, the sounds of sirens signaled not only alarm, but also conjured up feelings of pride within the Black community. City Councilwoman Annette Scippio grew up near the station and said these men were respected. “There was a reverence about walking in front of the fire sta...

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Winston-Salem City Council member receives first vaccination more than 7 months after she tested positive for COVID-19.

Winston-Salem police officials say the interval between the time a gun is fired and when the police find out about it can spell the difference between life and death for