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Education
SALISBURY — Salisbury-Rowan PFLAG has announced plans for $1,000 scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year that are available to Rowan County students who identify as ...
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by Charlie Drape, Friday, March 3, 2023 12:01 am
Local
RALEIGH — North Carolina state senators passed a bill, 36-10, that would legalize medical marijuana Wednesday in the bill’s third and final reading before it ...
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by Charlie Drape, Thursday, March 2, 2023 12:08 am
News
SALISBURY — Nominations are open for the 40 Under 40 Awards Class of 2023, which recognizes young professionals of the greater Charlotte region — including ...
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by Charlie Drape, Thursday, March 2, 2023 12:00 am
Local
(Update: A previous version of this story mistitled Angela Alford’s role within the Rowan-Salisbury school system. Her title within RSS system is director of equity ...
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by Charlie Drape, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:01 am
Local
SPENCER — The projected regional economic impact of the North Carolina Transportation Museum reached an all-time high at almost $24 million in 2022, according to ...
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by Charlie Drape, Tuesday, February 28, 2023 12:10 am
Local
SALISBURY — The Rowan Public Library recently applied for a grant that, if awarded, would fund a “podcast production studio and instructional space,” where people ...
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by Charlie Drape, Sunday, February 26, 2023 12:06 am
Lifestyle
SALISBURY — Too often in the history books, women don’t get the credit deserved for contributions they’ve made to the world we live in. But ...
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by Charlie Drape, Saturday, February 25, 2023 12:02 am
Business
SALISBURY — New jobs and additional investments were among the highlights as local leaders gathered at the F&M Trolley Barn for the annual meeting of ...
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by Charlie Drape, Friday, February 24, 2023 12:04 am
Local
SALISBURY — February will be the last month that families enrolled in Rowan County’s food and nutrition services will receive extra benefits due to a ...
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by Charlie Drape, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 12:01 am
Local
SALISBURY — Farming is always a gamble. Local farmer Bobby Waller has decided to take a gamble and lease approximately 30 acres of land located ...
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by Charlie Drape, Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:05 am
Local
ROCKWELL — The town of Rockwell could consider changing its name to the “Town of Murals.” The town is asking residents to submit designs for ...
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by Charlie Drape, Sunday, February 19, 2023 12:02 am
Local
SALISBURY — The Rowan County Board of Commissioners is expected to vote on the final draft of the Rowan County Working Ag Lands Plan at ...
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by Charlie Drape, Sunday, February 19, 2023 12:00 am
Local
RALEIGH — The state is expected to see a good-sized anticipated bump in tax revenues this year — in fact, 10.7 percent more will be ...
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by Charlie Drape, Friday, February 17, 2023 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — Rowan County residents can check NCCash.com, a free website run by the North Carolina State Treasurer’s office, to see if they have any ...
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by Charlie Drape, Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:07 am
Local
RALEIGH — Students from across North Carolina’s HBCUs held a press conference Wednesday with the North Carolina General Assembly and demanded legislators do more to ...
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by Charlie Drape, Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:05 am
Local
SALISBURY — The Salisbury VA Health Care System is seeking applicants for the Medical Foster Home program, which identifies caregivers in the community who are ...
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by Charlie Drape, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:06 am
Local
SALISBURY — The controversial Senate Bill 49, commonly known as the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” was passed by North Carolina Republicans — who hold a ...
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by Charlie Drape, Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:07 am
Health
SALISBURY — Even though the number of opioid overdoses in Rowan County over the past several years are up, fatalities are down, according to the ...
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by Charlie Drape, Sunday, February 12, 2023 12:08 am
Local
SALISBURY — Child protective services, a unit within the county’s Department of Social Services, assessed 1,773 reports of abuse, neglect or dependency of a child ...
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by Charlie Drape, Sunday, February 12, 2023 12:06 am
Local
SALISBURY — Local officials heard details on Rowan County’s $15 million share of the national $26 billion opioid settlement from the country’s three largest drug ...
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by Charlie Drape, Friday, February 10, 2023 12:04 am
Local
SALISBURY — All incoming Rowan County sheriff’s deputies must take a Crisis Intervention Team Training class before putting on the badge, a new requirement that ...
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by Charlie Drape, Friday, February 10, 2023 12:01 am
Education
RALEIGH — The state legislature has put itself on the map by launching the North Carolina State Legislative Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus, the ...
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by Charlie Drape, Thursday, February 9, 2023 12:10 am
Local
SALISBURY — The Rowan County Department of Social Services issued almost $283 million in benefits and programs to county residents during the fiscal year of ...
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by Charlie Drape, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 12:10 am
Local
SALISBURY — Around 100 people attended the Lincoln Reagan Dinner Saturday evening, a fundraiser hosted by the Rowan County Republican Party. The annual dinner was ...
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by Charlie Drape, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 12:06 am
Local
ROCKWELL — Every father dreams of his son growing up and finding the job of his dreams. For Todd Taylor and his son, Alex, that ...
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by Charlie Drape, Sunday, February 5, 2023 12:05 am
Lifestyle
SPENCER — During the Jim Crow era, African Americans who wanted to take a vacation throughout the country were faced with legal segregation and racial ...
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by Charlie Drape, Saturday, February 4, 2023 12:05 am
Granite Quarry
By Charlie Drape charles.drape@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY —The Granite Quarry Police Department and more than 40 members of the community met Wednesday evening at the Granite ...
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by Charlie Drape, Friday, February 3, 2023 12:01 am
Local
SALISBURY — In November, the Rowan County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a new pilot program designed to help county employees across all departments ...
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by Charlie Drape, Wednesday, February 1, 2023 12:02 am
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