Winston-Salem News
The latest Winston-Salem news: city council, schools, police and fire, development and business, each story linked to the record it came from.
Top story
Winston-Salem rents up 4.8% in a year, home values flat
Typical Winston-Salem rent hit $1,478 in September, up $68 a month in a year and the fastest rise of eight NC cities we checked. Home values did not move.
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Jobs
Winston-Salem jobless rate falls to 4.1% in August
Winston-Salem's unemployment rate was 4.1% in August, down from 4.7% a year earlier. Fewer people were out of work, but fewer had jobs too. Forsyth County: 3.9%.
Homelessness
Weston Park to get 15 shelter units for homeless people
The city plans up to 15 insulated modular shelters for homeless people at Weston Park this fall, paid for with $800,000 in federal money. Comments are due Oct. 23.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
School board renames Special Children's School
The Special Children's School becomes Pathways Academy at Ward when it moves to Ward Elementary in 2027. The district also asked for $1.3 million for 14.5 support jobs.
Reagan High School
Reagan High athletes raise $5,615 for Team IMPACT
Two Reagan High juniors organized a lifting contest that raised $5,615 to cover travel and lodging for children with serious illness or disability in Team IMPACT.
Winston-Salem State University
WSSU wins $749,700 to restore founder's 1893 house
A $749,700 National Park Service grant will pay for a new roof, window repairs and new HVAC at the S.G. Atkins House, the last historic home left in Columbia Heights.
Trash and recycling
Winston-Salem yard cart stickers: free swap by Nov. 2
Some red 2026-27 yard-waste stickers would not stay on carts. The city is mailing free replacements, and from Nov. 2 a yard cart needs a valid sticker to be picked up.
Elections
Forsyth ballot: 75 candidates, 31 races, 7 unopposed
Every race on the Nov. 3 ballot in Forsyth County, from U.S. Senate to sheriff and school board, with all 75 candidates. Early voting opens Thursday, Oct. 15.