A thriving business in Thomasville is expanding once again, this time reopening a pre-existing facility.
Unilin Flooring is adding 30 jobs to an extensive workforce with the announcement of its return to a site on Denton Road that had been vacant for more than four years.

Thomasvile City Council received a positive update on the status of the former Thomasville Furniture Industries Plant B building at its monthly meeting Monday night.

Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina (PCANC) presented Sen. Stan Bingham of Davidson County with its Legislative Leadership Award at its statewide Learning & Leadership Summit in Raleigh on March 6.

Hundreds of jobs could soon provide Thomasville an economic boon if an unidentified manufacturing and logistics company agrees to bring its business to Thomasville.

Victims of the Zeek Rewards pyramid scheme may know in the coming weeks when they can begin filing with a court for restitution of some of their money, more than seven months after federal authorities shut down the swindle with a global scope.

Thomasville Medical Center to become Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center.

Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill into law this month designed to prepare more high school students for life after graduation.

Thomasville City Council approved a rezoning request from a property owner who hopes to develop a section of Julian Avenue.

TFI, a company that has spent more than 100 years in the Chair City, listed its former headquarters with Cassidy Turley Commercial Real Estate Services in Charlotte for $2.25 million. Built in 1958, the 225,000-square-foot facility sits on 7.24 acres and once was home to hundreds of jobs.

Thomasville City Council is revisiting the possibility of bringing Wi-Fi service to the downtown area.
Council discussed the idea of free wireless Internet to downtown a few years ago, but backed away when cost estimates exceeded $20,000. Talks resurfaced at council's annual retreat on Feb. 2 as the service has become more affordable.

Thomasville Police Department has been a Chair City landmark for nearly a century. Built in 1937, the building once served as the hub of Thomasville operations, housing the fire and police departments, City Hall and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

A state-designed foreclosure prevention program made its 10,000th foreclosure prevention loan last month, providing workers who have lost jobs during the downturn a way to save their homes. 

Wright Global Graphics Solutions, a packaging and marketing solutions industry, has been named WithIt’s Mentoring Award recipient. WithIt, a women’s leadership development network, is the only organization to champion the advancement of women in the home furnishings industries.

Thomasville-based Old Dominion was named the best national freight carrier for a third consecutive year.

Thomasville City Council is holding its annual retreat Saturday (Feb.2)  at the Thomasville City Schools Administration Building, 400 Turner Street.

The co-owner of a former investment firm that was a front for financial fraud and bilked local people for upward of $2 million recently was sentenced to five years in prison.

The Senior Dynamics program at the Davidson County Department of Senior Services — in cooperation with the Davidson County Tax Coalition —  offers free tax advice and tax form preparation for older, low-income Davidson County residents.

Thomasville Medical Center is harvesting accolades for its efforts to ensure patient safety.

Now that a plan is in place for the former Thomasville Furniture Industries Plant B facility, City Council members hope the eyesore will soon become a thing of the past.

In the four years President Barack Obama has spent in the White House, gun sales have skyrocketed.
Not since the Brady Bill in 1994, however, has the nation — or the state of North Carolina — seen such a dramatic shift in gun culture as in the last year.

The City of Thomasville reported a wastewater spill of more than 100,000 gallons Thursday, Jan. 17.

A room full of Chair City leaders were on hand Jan. 10 to recognize a pair of prestigious award winners at Colonial Country Club as part of the 64th annual meeting of the Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Business leaders in Davidson County will gather next month to discuss economic development, education, government and human services as the Lexington and Thomasville chambers of commerce partner to host their 23rd Leadership Davidson County program.

Entering their third year of the former Thomasville Furniture Industries Plant B saga, Chair City officials are tired of playing Thimblerig with property owner Jeff Schwarz and have formulated a course of action that may finally end the issue of the 100-year-old eyesore.

The mission for Thomasville Medical Center is to give rest to the weary through a new program, "Feel Good Friday," which will begin Jan. 18.