Wake Forest Baptist Health cut the ribbon today on an occupational medicine practice at 2295 14th Street N.E., just off New Walkertown Road. Services provided at the 3,800-square-foot Wake Forest Baptist Health – Winston East Occupational Medicine include work injury evaluations, DOT physicals, pre-employment physicals, drug screenings and alcohol testing, vaccinations, respirator fit testing, and… Read More »
Author: Ethanie Good
Wake Forest Baptist Opens Occupational Medicine Practice
Pennybyrn Announces Expansion and New Rehab Center
Pennybyrn, a senior living and healthcare community located between High Point and Jamestown, NC will invest approximately $35 million in a major expansion and enhancement project. Construction is anticipated to begin sometime next year. “This investment will enhance the services currently provided to our residents, and will also offer additional new services to the broader… Read More »
Six Dash Players Named 2019 Carolina League All-Stars
Dash infielders Jameson Fisher, Nick Madrigal and Zach Remillard, left-hander John Parke and right-handers Luis Ledo and Will Kincanon have earned spots in the Carolina League All-Star Game, the league office announced Tuesday. With Madrigal having earned a promotion to Double-A Birmingham, it will be Fisher, Kincanon, Ledo, Parke and Remillard suiting up as members… Read More »
WFU Digital Health Researcher Named Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar
Wake Forest University digital health researcher Jason Fanning has been named the newest Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar, an honor that includes $120,000 in funding annually for three years. Wells Fargo established the $2.5 million endowment in 2011 to help recruit research faculty whose work could lead to intellectual property or business concepts that boost economic… Read More »
Wake Downtown grant will take STEM lessons into K-12 classrooms
With a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Wake Forest University will start a program this fall to provide free STEM educational activities to K-12 students in local Title 1 schools. The program, based at Wake Downtown, will train undergraduate students to conduct STEM-based lessons in schools. The aim is to introduce more K-12… Read More »
Forsyth County Commissioners Approve $458.7M Budget
Forsyth County commissioners approved a $458.7 million budget that includes investments in education, public safety and human services. The adopted budget includes a three cent tax increase, bringing the property tax rate to 75.35 cents per $100 of valuation. One cent of that will generate an estimated $3.7 million for teacher supplements in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth… Read More »