Welcome to the latest edition of our Triad Business Spotlight, a regular series where we focus on local business success stories. Our last Spotlight focused on J. Parris Gray Realtors, a company that has benefited from an improved housing market. This week we’ll take a closer look at Express Employment Services, a company that is [...]
By now you’ve heard that North State offers the fastest residential Internet service in the Triad: Plex Blitz. Blitz is more than fast – it’s a blistering 80Mbps up and 30 Mbps down. Compare this to what others offer and you’ll see that Blitz is by far the winner. Turns out, it’s a [...]
Fast Company recently wrote about the growth of online video games.
The article begins: “Games are sneaking into every part of our lives — at home, school, and work. It goes on to say: There is reliable evidence… that playing video games can be beneficial. Studies indicate that [they]improve decision making, vision, and hand-eye [...]
Today we are featuring another company in our Triad Business Spotlight, a series that focuses on local business success stories.
Just last month I wrote on this blog about positive growth in the local economy. We thought it might be good to follow this up with a post about J. Parris Gray Realtors, [...]
It was great to see some lower national unemployment numbers recently, and many are saying that this is a clear sign that the economy is improving. The business climate is also on the rise here in the Triad, and I’d like to share some of the positive news that we’ve seen recently.
E.g., the Triad [...]
Today has been a pretty exciting day around here at North State and for our friends at DataChambers; the Winston-Salem information technology company that offers managed services and secure co-location facilities for mission-critical IT infrastructure.
It is exciting because today we formally announced our agreement to acquire DataChambers, making [...]
You’re likely most accustomed to finding news about what’s going on at North State in this blog, which frankly is a big reason for its existence. Well, today we’re going to turn the tables a bit with the launch of new series in this space, Triad Business Spotlight, a series that focuses on local business [...]
Wasn’t Sunday a beautiful day for a parade? The weather was made to order, with sunshine and balmy temps in the 70′s, making watching from the sidelines on Main Street almost a Spring-like treat.
This year, we had extra fun kicking off the NorthState Communications High Point Holiday Festival Parade with [...]
For the past 16 years, North State Communications has been proud to sponsor the FOX8 Gifts for Kids program. We’ve collected children’s gifts in good times and in difficult times, and I have to say this year is one of the most difficult economic times for many families in our community.
When FOX8 and the [...]
First Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System Wednesday November 9th
Plex Advanced TV will be participating in the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System this Wednesday, November 9th at 2:00 p.m, Eastern time. The test will be conducted on television and radio broadcasts nationwide and may [...]
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