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Woody Marshall, News & Record Woodbury joined Alex Bohannon, Andrea Bramer, Deanna Kaplan, Elisabeth Motsinger and Marilyn Parker in voting for the recommendation, while Leah Crowley, Dana Caudill Jones and Lida Calvert-Hayes opposed it. The universal masking policy will be evaluated after nine weeks. It applies to students, staff members and visitors inside the school district’s buildings and vehicles, including buses. Masks can come off as soon as someone is outside. Asked by Crowley how schools will enforce the masking mandate, McManus said she did not think it would be an...

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board is expected to take an important vote this evening. The members will consider whether students in grades K-8 should be required to wear masks when they return to school on Aug. 23, after a year spent largely at home, thanks to COVID-19. For some, this may be a heated topic. But for all, it’s one that should be approached with a degree of humility. We should all want what’s best for the children — the policy that will best protect their health, even if it carries some inconvenience — and even if it’s politically disagreeabl...

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Martin Faced with an arena-sized public-relations gaffe, Forsyth County officials quickly decided Thursday to postpone action on plans to build a 50,000-square-foot event center at Tanglewood Park. People who live in Clemmons West near the park are complaining that they knew nothing of the event center plans until reading about it in Monday’s Journal, and say an event center that close to their homes will disrupt their lives and spoil their use of the park. “It will be very obtrusive and very detrimental to the peace and tranquility we enjoy,” said Robyn Williams, who lives on ...

As key COVID-19 metrics continue to rise in North Carolina — particularly new cases, the positive test rate and hospitalizations — Gov. Roy Cooper has scheduled an update for Wednesday likely to focus on statewide masking policies. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Tuesday a three-month high in the statewide positive test rate to 7.3%, and a six-week high on COVID-19 related hospitalizations at 672. New cases were reported at 871 for Monday, while there were six additional COVID-19 related deaths. The state reached a near two-month high for new cases at 1,163...