Carl Blankenship has covered education for the Post since December 2019. Before coming to Salisbury he was a staff writer for The Avery Journal-Times in Newland and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2017, where he was editor of The Appalachian.
SALISBURY — Two victims of a shooting during the Sam Moir Christmas Classic basketball tournament suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, Police Chief Jerry Stokes ...
GOLD HILL – Derek DiStefano has never doubted he is in the right profession. He says the hardest thing for him was surviving financially as ...
SPENCER — Kaya is a unique character for the American Girl collection. The doll is a historical composite of a society in a period before ...
SALISBURY — The J.F. Hurley Family YMCA plans to expand its pickleball offerings with courts that will let people enjoy the great outdoors and expand ...
Collegiate honors Mary Frances McCullough, of Salisbury, was named to the Dean’s List at Appalachian State University. McCullough is a senior criminal justice major. Corbin ...
GOLD HILL – Third graders at Morgan Elementary recently explored some of the cultures that can be found around the world as well as here ...
LANDIS – Zachary Lowensten went to a low-income school in a low-income area in New York. He grew up in the town of Monroe, New ...
SPENCER — There were two Santas at the town’s Winterfest this month. One of the Santas was a jolly man in a red suit posing ...
SPENCER — Spencer’s inaugural Winterfest went off almost without a hitch this year. Sherry Mason Brown, one of the organizers, was expecting some issues with ...
• Jerry Wayne Whisonant, 45, of Salisbury was charged Friday with felony obtaining property under false pretenses and misdemeanor second degree trespass. Whisonant is accused ...
SALISBURY — A Sunday fire at Lakewood Apartments off of Statesville Boulevard damaged two units damaged and killed a family pet. The fire started in ...
SALISBURY — The nationwide laying of wreathes on the headstones of veterans’ graves returned on Saturday after a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19. Locally, ...
WOODLEAF — Thanksgiving was always a big production for the Nettles household. Charles Nettles loved feeding people and for every Thanksgiving meal he cooked two ...
SPENCER – While the town now has applications to review for some of its police vacancies, Spencer’s police department was hit with new short-term staffing ...
CHINA GROVE – Paying taxes, taking advantage of home equity and what to bring when you move out of your parents’ house are a mystery ...
SPENCER — The Spencer Board of Alderman on Tuesday agreed to contract for design services for a new park and accepted a new donation for ...
SPENCER — The Spencer Board of Aldermen signed off Tuesday on a conditional zoning that will let a local vehicle restoration and modification shop to ...
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ strategic plan took another step toward completion on Monday after the Board of Education approved draft goals that district administrators created. ...
SALISBURY — Dean Hunter, a two-term member of the Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education, is the body’s newest chair. Hunter was appointed to the position ...
SALISBURY — North Hills Christian School has earned reaccreditation after the process was put on hold for more than a year due to the COVID-19 ...
SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education on Monday sorted through a set of new salary scales that will mean pay boosts for some ...
SALISBURY — Public schools across the country have come into an unprecedented amount of federal funding in the form of COVID-19 relief money. For Rowan-Salisbury ...
SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education on Monday will consider updating the district’s pay scales for hourly employees to account for increases and ...
SALISBURY – John Peterson did crunches for two hours straight on Thursday, and about five minutes after he was done, he jumped back in to ...
SALISBURY – Catawba College’s Equity, Diversity Justice and Inclusion Task Force has been selected to receive an international award out of a field of much ...
SALISBURY — Jasiah Lackey loves to draw and has been doing it constantly for most of his life. The Salisbury High School sophomore’s favorite subjects ...
SPENCER – Two local nonprofits are teaming up to bring people together, spread some holiday cheer and offer financial assistance this month. The event, dubbed ...
SALISBURY — Trent Phillips, a business administration student at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, has been named Outstanding Student of the Year by the N.C. Work-Based Learning ...
In one of the exciting matchups on the AAC college basketball slate on Wednesday, the Rice Owls and…
AAC teams will be in action in six games on Wednesday in college basketball play. That includes the…
The NBA’s eight-game menu today is not one to miss. The contests include the Dallas Mavericks against the…
The NBA schedule today, which includes the Orlando Magic squaring off against the Detroit Pistons, is sure to…
The Wednesday college basketball slate includes eight games featuring a ranked team in action. Among those games is…