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(Editor’s note: This story originally ran in the Winston-Salem Journal on Nov. 28, 1999.)

L.B. the Poet: Poetry Workshop: 4:30 p.m. today at the Lewisville Branch Library, 6490 Shallowford Road, Lewisville. Designed for teens and introduces the mechanics of writing, rhyming and presenting. Large groups should register. Free. The workshop is for rising sixth-12th…

Q: Over the past year I have become my mother’s full-time caregiver. Although I am glad that I can personally care for her, I feel stressed out and find myself making bad food choices, overeating and I’ve even started smoking…

A willingness to take a breather in the midst of years’ worth of intense and heated debate over the state’s Medicaid program has led to the legislature reaching an unexpected compromise.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools administrators and elected officials have been working to inform the community and parents about work planned for Ashley Academy for Cultural and Global Studies this summer, but concerned citizens are not satisfied with what’s being done.

GREENSBORO — A 56-year-old motorcyclist died from injuries he sustained in a crash on Saturday, Greensboro police said.

All southbound lanes of Interstate 85 south of Lexington are closed because of an accident Sunday afternoon, according to an alert from the N.C. Department of Transportation.

Air quality levels on Monday are expected to be in the code orange range in Forsyth County, which means conditions may be unhealthy for sensitive groups such as those with asthma or the elderly.

WILKESBORO — A rescue mission has now turned into a recovery search.

WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.