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 — Rowan-Salisbury Schools administration on Monday will recommend the Board of Education adopt a calendar with a Saturday graduation date because of survey results. ...
MT. ULLA – Most high schools couldn’t easily rally students to bring tractors to school, but West Rowan High is different. In the middle of ...
KANNAPOLIS — Juan Irby first picked up baking from his grandmother His granny did spectacular things with food. She baked for beauty pageants, and she ...
SALISBURY — The developer behind a major project in Kannapolis says it wants to build a similar facility in Salisbury. Trammell Crow Company is building ...
SALISBURY — The Salisbury Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously voted against a proposal to rezone a piece of property to accommodate a new Dollar General ...
SALISBURY — Author and activist Winona LaDuke will visit Catawba on Tuesday to talk indigeneity, intersectionality and inspiration. LaDuke has worn a number of hats ...
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SALISBURY — Alan King was surprised Sunday morning when he was asked to come to the pulpit. King was called to the front of St. ...
SALISBURY — Walter Ronald Pruitt, 71, of Spencer, was charged Sunday with misdemeanor breaking and entering, misdemeanor cyber stalking and misdemeanor injury t0 real property ...
SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was arrested Saturday for inflicting serious injuries on his 4-month-old infant. Brandon Douglas Calloway, 33 was charged on Saturday for ...
SALISBURY — Catawba College received its first three-year average for how many of its nursing students passed the national licensure exam on their first attempt, ...
SALISBURY — In 2019, Gary Freeze began a dive into the legacy of slavery in Rowan County and found some surprising results. St. Luke’s Episcopal ...
SALISBURY — The front entrance of Hurley Elementary came alive Wednesday morning with excited kids and the colors red, white and blue. Wednesday was Hurley’s ...
SPENCER — Eighth Street Ballpark has spent 82 years as northern Rowan County’s baseball hub, and now it’s getting some special treatment. Earlier this month, ...
GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen on Tuesday renewed a policy that will help town employees if they have to miss work ...
GRANITE QUARRY — The future of Granite Quarry’s park spaces was on the table on Monday. The Granite Quarry Board of Alderman received a presentation ...
SPENCER — The amount of good things happening in Spencer are exciting and a bit scary, too, Steve Blount says. “Great things, amazing things,” the ...
SPENCER — Rowan-Salisbury Schools Superintendent Tony Watlington says he supports students who demonstrated at North Rowan High School Friday morning and collected some of their ...
CHINA GROVE — A piece of local civil rights history buried in the woods off a small road in Rowan County for more than 60 ...
SPENCER – North Rowan High School students held a protest on their school campus Friday morning. About 200 students walked out in front of the ...
SALISBURY – Renovations to the Wrenn House have been on the agenda for Bell Tower Green for months and on Thursday, Salisbury’s Historic Preservation Commission ...
SALISBURY – A former N.C. Supreme Court Justice and current U.S. Senate candidate participated in festivities Thursday for Livingstone College’s annual Founder’s Day celebration. The ...
SPENCER — The town has set a new limit on how big temporary signs such as political advertisements can be and how long they can ...
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools has started collecting notes of appreciation for its employees and plans to share some of them with the community. The district ...
SALISBURY — The Salisbury Planning Board on Tuesday signed off on rezoning a parcel to accommodate a new Dollar General location with a twist. The ...
SALISBURY — Local teachers may soon receive compensation when they have to cover a class because of an absence. During Monday’s meeting of the Rowan-Salisbury ...
SALISBURY – Some parents and staff reported not receiving a message from Rowan-Salisbury Schools about a two-hour delay on Tuesday. The district posted a message ...
SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education faces uncertainty over the cost of a combined elementary and middle school project in Salisbury. The Kn0x-Overton ...
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