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Sports
Area Sports Briefs: Salisbury soccer rolls in CCC opener
From staff reports Salisbury’s boys soccer team improved to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in the Central Carolina Conference with a 9-0 win over Thomasville ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Wednesday, September 7, 2022 11:21 pm
Editorials
Editorial: Candidates skip quickly past pleasantries
Rowan County could be in for one or more bitter primary elections among local Republicans. Already, 2022 elections have started with Republican County commission candidate ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:10 am
Editorials
Editorial: Make candidates run where they live
The ability for candidates to shop around for their favorite congressional district is bad for the democratic process. Instead of voters choosing their candidates, the ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, March 6, 2022 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Avoid partisanship, embrace common solutions around Ukraine invasion
To hear Rowan County’s congressman, Rep. Ted Budd, tell it, President Joe Biden may be solely responsible for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Some of ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:01 am
Editorials
Editorial: Public events can finally return safely
It’s time to start thinking about the impact of the virus differently for public gatherings. Whether people have listened or not, we’ve collectively learned in ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, February 27, 2022 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Finally, 2022 election can begin
Let the elections begin. After delayed Census results, later-than-usual redistricting, gerrymandering allegations and lawsuits upending the election process, it’s finally time for candidates to write ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:01 am
Editorials
Editorial: Increased costs shouldn’t change Knox-Overton K-8 project
Like most things, the price of Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ combined Knox-Overton K-8 school project increased from an initial estimate years ago to one that’s eye-popping today. ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, February 20, 2022 12:01 am
Editorials
Laurels: North Rowan students protest peacefully
Laurel to North Rowan High School students for peacefully protesting inaction by Rowan-Salisbury Schools administrators. Students walked out of the building and remained near the ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:01 am
Editorials
Editorial: Back again, Dollar General picks new site
The year is 2022. The world is still in the middle of a global pandemic that has claimed hundreds of local lives and emerged as ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 8:59 am
Editorials
Editorial: RSS’ cyberattack still plaguing systems
A cyberattack against Rowan-Salisbury Schools is turning out to be more serious than the district initially let on. More than a month after the attack ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, February 13, 2022 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Community responds to Dixonville vandalism
The community responded forcefully and generously following the discovery of vandalized graves at Dixonville Cemetery last week. At the time of the vandalism last week, ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, February 8, 2022 12:55 am
Editorials
Editorial: Keep party politics off of RSS Board of Education
The proposed conversion of all local elections in the county to partisan will further tear at frayed threads that hold the Salisbury-Rowan community together. Rowan ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, February 6, 2022 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Two is a coincidence — three is a trend
China Grove is close to developing a fraught relationship with major housing developments. In October 2020, the China Grove Town Council turned away plans for ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Thursday, February 3, 2022 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Salisbury considering following in Wilson’s footsteps again
The Salisbury City Council’s discussion Friday about switching to a ride-hailing model for public transit is an idea worth trying. During its retreat, members heard ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, January 30, 2022 12:00 am
Opinion
Darts and Laurels: Two better than one for Empire Hotel
Laurel to the news that two former competitors are joining forces to make the Empire Hotel redevelopment possible. Brett Krueger, a Charlotte developer who was ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Make an emergency kit before it’s needed
Winter storms this month have spared Salisbury and Rowan County from prolonged power outages, but they should serve as a reminder about the importance of ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:10 am
Editorials
Editorial: Clues about COVID-19’s future can be found in 1918 flu
As the Salisbury-Rowan community, North Carolina and the nation learn to live with a continuing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s worth considering whether the coronavirus could follow ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, January 23, 2022 12:01 am
Editorials
Laurels: An ode to snow days in a digital era
Laurel to the persistence of snow days in an increasingly digital world. Knowing they don’t have school, kids across Rowan County look out of their ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Thursday, January 20, 2022 12:01 am
Editorials
Editorial: Who would you like to work for?
Court-mandated delays to filing periods and elections have brought confusion to a process that never seems to be free from it in North Carolina. North ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:01 am
Editorials
Darts and Laurels: Social district good idea for downtown Salisbury
Laurels to Downtown Salisbury, Inc. for pursuing the creation of a social district in the downtown area. The district would allow people to consume alcohol ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Monday, January 10, 2022 11:09 pm
Editorials
Editorial: Good first steps for Rowan-Salisbury Schools
Rowan-Salisbury Schools implemented some commonsense security measures last week in the wake of the Sam Moir Christmas Classic shooting. The school system canceled or moved ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, January 9, 2022 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Securing the save for Rowan County
The Charlotte region is on the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning and the coach is nursing a one-run lead. The coach turns ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:01 am
Editorials
Editorial: In-person participation remains pandemic casualty
In-person participation in Salisbury City Council meetings is one of the casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the better part of the previous two years, ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Wednesday, January 5, 2022 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Pages from community’s history can serve as guide
Four or five years ago, shortly after a new group of commissioners took office, Rowan County began a series of initiatives to create a sense ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, January 2, 2022 12:10 am
Editorials
Laurels: Keep pushing Postal Service
Laurel to local residents for speaking up about problems at the East Spencer and Gold Hill post offices and former City Councilman Kenny Hardin for ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Sunday, December 26, 2021 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: End the roller coaster ride
There was reason for celebration at Rowan Medical Center on Dec. 22, 2020. Roughly nine months after COVID-19 made its appearance in the county, the ...
by Salisbury Post Editorial Board, Wednesday, December 22, 2021 10:49 pm
Editorials
Editorial: Federal funding can have major impact on public education
The sum of grant and federal relief money is sort of mind-boggling. Rowan-Salisbury Schools expects to receive a total of $70 million in federal relief ...