Scott D. Yost

President Donald Trump and Republican US Senate candidate Michael Whatley delivered a barrage of accusations against former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday night, Oct. 20, at a rally in Greenville – with both men portraying the Democratic Senate nominee as responsible for violent crime, rising living costs and failures in the state’s response […]

Early voting in Guilford County is off to a much faster start than it was four years ago, but perhaps the most striking change isn’t how many people are voting – It’s who’s showing up. Registered Democrats are accounting for a substantially larger share of early voters than they did during the 2022 midterm election, […]

The City of Greensboro announced this week that it’s already more than halfway toward its ambitious goal of adding 10,000 housing units by 2030 – reaching that milestone well ahead of schedule as city and county officials continue scrambling to meet the area’s growing demand for housing. The announcement, made on Wednesday, Oct. 21, marks […]

Guilford County voters who cast a provisional ballot without photo identification and choose to bring their ID to the elections office afterward have until noon Tuesday, Nov. 10, to do so – despite an outdated deadline appearing on the North Carolina State Board of Elections website. A check on Thursday, Oct. 22, found that the […]

North Carolina voters deciding three constitutional amendments this fall are being asked questions that sound straightforward: Should voters show photo identification? Should the state limit income taxes? Should local property tax increases face limits? However, the practical choices involve more than those broad principles. State law already requires voter ID – including for mail ballots. […]

Years ago, a Rhino Times reader criticized former Rhino Times owner and editor John Hammer for subscribing to and reading the Greensboro News & Record. Hammer responded with something to the effect of, “I’d be crazy not to read the News & Record. They’re the competition.” The current owner and editor of the Rhino Times […]

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who has done business with a Greensboro cemetery since January 2019 to contact investigators as a criminal investigation continues into the cemetery’s operations and its apparent failure to comply with state law. The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office announced that investigators are examining Piedmont Memorial Park Cemetery on […]

Airlines are cutting back on flights and available seats at Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI), and the reductions may continue through the winter as carriers deal with rising operating costs and changing schedules. Passenger traffic at PTI has declined for several consecutive months, with September traffic down about 7 percent from the same month in […]

Greensboro residents who have gotten used to putting old furniture, mattresses and other large items at the curb every other week will have to change their routine beginning in February 2027. The city’s Solid Waste and Recycling Department is eliminating regularly scheduled bulk trash collection and replacing it with an appointment-only system. The change was […]

The Rhino Times hopes you like lots of traffic, long lines for everything and having a lot of people around. A decade and a half ago city and county leaders were praying for growth and boy have they gotten it in spades. There’s so much traffic on Battleground at 2 p.m. on a random Tuesday […]