High Point Area News

Trinity company eyes expansion
High Point Enterprise
Building renovation and expansion cost is estimated to be $800,000, with equipment investment of $2.6 million. Construction is expected to take two years. Additional building construction in the amount of $900,000 is planned at some point in the future.

Foreign and Unfamiliar: 'Maymesters' Send Students Across the Globe
High Point University (press release) (blog)
Six hours ahead of American time, textbook theories and knowledge acquired in the classroom are coming to life for sophomore Elizabeth Gambel through encounters with giraffes, hyenas and African elephants. Gambel is one of 161 High Point University ...

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Fayetteville Observer
HIGH POINT - Theo Pinson walked into his father's bedroom late last week, took a seat and said he wanted to talk. It was after 10 p.m., and Pinson's half-awake dad, Theo Sr., had been struggling to keep his eyes open for the start of another NBA ...
Theo Pinson: A reporter's take247Sports (subscription)
Pinson chooses UNCHigh Point Enterprise
Theo Pinson chooses North CarolinaGreensboro News & Record
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Local rabies case reported
High Point Enterprise
The case is the second animal rabies case in High Point this month and the seventh for the year in Guilford County. Earlier, two boys were attacked and bitten by a rabid fox at their home on Guyer Street. The boys started rabies treatments. The best ...

Repairing road to somewhere
High Point Enterprise
Patching and upgrading the surface could allow the airport to get another five to 10 years of use out of the roadway, Baker told The High Point Enterprise. “Basically, the whole concrete portion of the upper level roadway is deteriorating pretty badly ...

No. 7 Longwood Eliminates No. 3 High Point 11-3
Longwood Athletics
3 High Point University in an elimination game at the 2013 Big South Baseball Championship on Wednesday morning at the Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg. Sophomore Brandon Vick /Newport News gained the complete-game pitching win for the ...
Longwood eliminates High Point from Big South baseball tourneyLynchburg News and Advance

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High Point public pools open with new features for disabled
Greensboro News & Record
The High Point Parks and Recreation Department wants to ensure that the city of High Point is in compliance with the new law, which carries civil penalties for noncompliance. All three of High Point's city pools — City Lake Park, Washington Terrace ...

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High Point beats Rowan in Legion opener
Salisbury Post
White and Myers, a five-game winner for Salisbury, held High Point to one run in the last four innings. That gave Rowan a reasonable chance to come back. “I just got ahead a lot and threw a lot of strikes,” said White, a three-game winner for North ...

NASCAR Hall of Fame set to make call
High Point Enterprise
Roberts won two Southern 500s, one Daytona 500 and four of the first July races on Daytona's high banks before his death in 1964. Lorenzen was a ... He probably didn't earn any brownie points this week with his statement that there is a 70 percent ...

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Taylor Blakely
HPU Panthers
Taylor Blakely joined the High Point University Athletic Department as Director of Marketing in 2013. He is in charge of generating interest and awareness for all of HPU's 16 teams and maximizing attendance at HPU's home events. Moving forward, Blakely ...

New fees, utility rate increase in proposed High Point budget
Greensboro News & Record
HIGH POINT — There is no tax increase in High Point City Manager Strib Boynton's proposed budget, but residents face new fees and utility rate increases under the draft spending plan. Boynton presented his suggested budget to the City Council Monday.

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4 Buyers Win Tiffany Bracelets from Capel
Home Furnishings Business
"We had a tremendous market in High Point and wanted to do something special to thank everyone for coming in," said Allen Robertson, vice president of sales for Capel Rugs, about the giveaway. "All of our introductions were very well received ...

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High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU Career Expert Writes Book on Transitioning from Campus to Career
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University HIGH POINT, N.C., DATE, 2013 – This time of year, many new college graduates are thrust into a new reality far different than life on a college campus; students often find the transition to the real world confusing and unfamiliar.

HPU enters Big South tourney on emotional upswing
High Point Enterprise
High Point University goes into the Big South baseball tournament today in better position than any of its previous teams. The Panthers enter play at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., as the No. 3 seed, their best slotting ever as a Big South ...

Former custodian sues High Point school district
New Jersey Herald
WANTAGE — A former custodian at High Point Regional High School whose contract was not renewed after 11 years on the job is suing the school district, alleging that her reports in late 2011 about former Superintendent John Hannum's repeated improper ...

Casual Living
Four students win Groovystuff by Design contest at High Point Market
Casual Living
Students produced miniature models and product display boards for market attendees to vote on during the High Point Market. The four student designs were voted Most Marketable and Most Likely to Show a Profit by retailers, interior designers and trade ...

High Point Market funding survives in Senate budget
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO — State funding for the High Point Market, the massive twice-annual furniture and furnishing extravaganza, is poised to survive the latest round of budget talks in Raleigh. The state Senate's version of the budget leaves the roughly $1.65 ...

Carolina Blues Coffee opens in High Point
Greensboro News & Record
The Greensboro shop opened three years ago and caught the attention of High Point officials who approached owner Jeelan Jones about opening the High Point shop. “It's a beautiful room with a wooden floor and exposed brick walls,” Jones says of the High ...

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Arizona Republic
1992-93 Phoenix Suns players talk about the high point of that season
Arizona Republic
Suns players from the 1992-93 season talk about the high point of that season. — Danny Ainge: I don't remember any one. I just remember it being as fun a time as I've ever had playing basketball. I thought Coach Westphal did an amazing job of coaching ...

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"Honoring Our Heroes" At High Point Public Library
WFMY News 2
We are honoring our local veterans all week on The Good Morning Show leading up to Memorial Day next Monday. There is a great event happening this Thursday at the High Point Public Library where veterans can get together and share their stories.

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