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 — The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education discussed its impending superintendent transition behind closed doors with its attorney on Tuesday. The board spoke for ...
SALISBURY — The parking lots at Salisbury Community Park were filled with bike racks on Sunday for an event that drew young people from across ...
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools is looking for more volunteers in the wake of the pandemic. When the COVID-19 pandemic began and schools were ordered to ...
SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man was arrested on multiple felony charges including theft of firearm on Friday. Joshua Hunter Finney, 22, of Kannapolis, was charged ...
SALISBURY — Salisbury High School’s girls basketball team got the star treatment on Saturday. Team members were loaded onto F&M Bank trolleys and paraded down ...
SALISBURY — Isenberg Elementary School approaches language a bit differently than other schools in the county. Some students go about their days learning primarily in ...
SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education now has to start the process of finding a new leader for the district for the second ...
SALISBURY – The School District of Philadelphia on Friday announced it has hired Rowan-Salisbury Schools Superintendent Tony Watlington to take the same job for one of ...
SALISBURY — Local education institutions have begun to ramp down COVID-19 precautions as cases and hospitalizations have continued to gradually decline. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College will ...
SALISBURY – Salisbury Academy students took to the stage last week to perform plays that debuted a few hundred years ago. English teacher Megan Smith ...
SALISBURY — Students who were paying for meals at school before the COVID-19 pandemic began will likely have to do so again after a federal ...
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools has designated a firm to manage a series of projects to upgrade heating and air systems in all of its schools. ...
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools made significant gains relative to the rest of the state during the 2020-2021 school year. The district was recently sent the ...
SPENCER — The Town of Spencer has a female officer on staff for the first time in six years. The town has hired Faith Ryoti, ...
There is some disagreement between sources on how many Rosenwald schools were built in Rowan County, but the best answer appears to be five. The ...
Eagle Point Nature Preserve has been fulfilling its mission for more than 20 years. The park, about 180 acres, is a passive preserve that keeps ...
High Rock lake is an iconic part of Rowan and Davidson counties for recreation, economic development and manufacturing. The reservoir was created in 1929 as ...
Spencer was an important place more than 120 years ago, before the town even existed. “The new shops near Salisbury, N.C., will furnish long-needed and ...
SALISBURY — Did you know Rowan County used to stretch to the Pacific Ocean? In theory, at least, Rowan County was a slice of frontier ...
SALISBURY – A Salisbury man was arrested on multiple assault charges Tuesday. Luke Alexander Morgan, 32, of Salisbury was charged with felony assault by strangulation, ...
SALISBURY – The School District of Philadelphia Board of Education announced it will not make a decision on its next superintendent this week, not answering ...
SALISBURY — Some of the most significant criminal justice reformers descended upon Livingstone College on Wednesday to talk about criminal justice reform and a partnership ...
SALISBURY — The halls of Horizons Unlimited were filled this week with students from throughout the region for a competition that could take them to ...
SALISBURY — Partners in Learning has raised funds faster than expected and beyond the original goal for a new center, but the cost to build ...
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CHINA GROVE — A local group dedicated to preserving the Confederate monument removed from downtown Salisbury in 2020 held its first fundraiser on March 12. ...
SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was charged with felony drug possession and carrying a concealed weapon after a strange interaction on South Main Street. Early ...
CLEVELAND — A Rowan County Sheriff deputy used a stun gun on a 65-year-old man and charged him after an altercation involving a rifle. A ...
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