Melissa Painter

2 weeks ago | myfox8.com | Melissa Painter

RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — FOX8 has told you about the long lines and lack of appointments at the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles offices. DMV Commissioner Paul Tine acknowledges the problems and says changes are needed. “We need to change our operations. We need to change our systems. We need to change our culture,” Tine told FOX8.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Melissa Painter

RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — FOX8 has told you about the long lines and lack of appointments at the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles offices. DMV Commissioner Paul Tine acknowledges the problems and says changes are needed. “We need to change our operations. We need to change our systems. We need to change our culture,” Tine told FOX8.

Feb 12, 2025 | yahoo.com | Melissa Painter

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — In 2018, Five young children died after a fire broke out overnight in their apartment in Greensboro. Investigators say the smoke alarm was not working. Since then, the Greensboro Fire Department tells us there have many other apartment complex fires that have taken people’s homes from them where there were no smoke alarms. Matt Groseclose with GFD said, “We’ve taken a look at the data over the last four years.

Jan 29, 2025 | myfox8.com | Melissa Painter

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — In Part I of this series, we discussed the nature of the growing issue of homelessness in the Piedmont Triad. Now in Part II, we discuss what is being done to help the homeless. Dr. Latonya Agard is the director of the North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness. She told FOX8, “the homelessness problem is a housing problem. We just don’t have enough affordable housing.”Our largest cities are trying to provide that housing.

Jan 29, 2025 | yahoo.com | Melissa Painter

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — In Part I of this series, we discussed the nature of the growing issue of homelessness in the Piedmont Triad. Now in Part II, we discuss what is being done to help the homeless. Dr. Latonya Agard is the director of the North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness. She told FOX8, “the homelessness problem is a housing problem.