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If Winston-Salem continues to grow slightly faster than the state average, the city looks almost certain to reach a population of more than 250,000 people before 2020, new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show.

A Forsyth County legislator is sponsoring a Senate bill that would make it legal to possess up to four ounces of marijuana for personal use.

Bipartisan bills have been submitted in the state House and Senate that aim to address two major socioeconomic issues facing rural community hospitals.

I went to a Willie Nelson show and a news event broke out.

Q: I heard that the first week of June is National Gardening Week. I do not have much experience gardening, but I’ve been told there are many health benefits associated with it. I’d like to give it a try, but…

Shag Dancing: 6-7 p.m. today at South Fork Community Center, 4403 Country Club Road. The cost is $25 per session/four-week sessions. For ages 18 years and older. Call 336-659-4305 for start dates.

Dramatic changes are coming to Peters Creek Parkway, but to get there, drivers may experience some dramatic inconveniences.

Investigators found more than 90 ATM withdrawals of between $100 and $800 each, and two debit card purchases from the account from a four-month period ending in November, while investigating the case of an elderly couple's missing retirement savings.

Firefighters were working to put out a fire at the landfill late Sunday, according to a tweet from the Winston-Salem Fire Department.

Authorities have identified a man who died after falling off a personal watercraft in the Buddle Creek area of High Rock Lake on Saturday.