The Triad-based health system hasn’t focused as aggressively on growth. Can it expand under a new owner without losing its identity?
Joe Killian
Joe Killian is The Assembly's Greensboro editor. He joined us from NC Newsline, where he was senior investigative reporter. He spent a decade at The News & Record covering cops and courts, higher education, and government.
Posted inPlace
A Community Remembers Yvonne Johnson, ‘The Conscience of the City’
Greensboro’s first Black mayor, fought segregation and built community in the city she loved.
Posted inElections
N.C. A&T Students Carefully Planned a Candidate Forum. Then Mark Robinson Crashed.
Mark Robinson contacted N.C. A&T organizers the day of the event to say he was coming—whether they wanted him or not.
Posted inHistory
Revisiting the Greensboro Massacre 45 Years Later
“The relevance is not just timely but timeless,” says the author of a new book about the Greensboro Massacre.
Posted inPlace
Postmark Greensboro: A Historic Transit Hub Could Be Key to Downtown’s Next Chapter
Greensboro’s Southern Railway Passenger Station was one of the grandest on the East Coast. Nearly 100 years later, it could play a pivotal role in the future.
Posted inPlace
Postmark Greensboro: A Tale of Two O. Henry Hotels
Two landmark hotels in Greensboro took their name from the city’s greatest storyteller. Separated by decades, each carried on his romantic Bohemian legacy.
Posted inElections, Politics & Government
Back in the Game
Former Mayor Robbie Perkins says Greensboro needs a strong leader. More than a decade after leaving council, Perkins says he’s the man for the job.
Posted inPlace
Postmark Greensboro: UNCG, Then and Now
Charles Duncan McIver founded what would become UNC-Greensboro in 1891, expanding access to higher education and changing the face of public education in North Carolina.
Posted inHousing
Downtown Development and A Center for the Unhoused Collide
Greensboro’s Interactive Resource Center has served people experiencing homelessness for 15 years. But increased demand and an expanding urban core have put the organization at the center of a fight.
Posted inElections
The Greensboro City Council Is About To Get A Lot of New Faces
Big changes could be in store with at least four, and possibly six, current members departing next year.