Editorials
Editorial: Will K-9 incident be like viral Rockwell case?
Two years ago, Scottie Lee Lewis went viral. Lewis was pictured in a 2019 photo spread widely on Facebook walking a small dog through a ...
Two years ago, Scottie Lee Lewis went viral. Lewis was pictured in a 2019 photo spread widely on Facebook walking a small dog through a ...
Now is the time for school districts to help students struggling with mixed methods of attendance or virtual-only learning make up as much ground as ...
Dart to the lack of transparency surrounding a viral video showing a Salisbury Police officers pulling a K-9 up by a leash, slamming it into ...
John Ketner is right. At least partially. The commercial real estate owner was one of many to speak during a public comment period Saturday about ...
That the color of a Jewish person’s skin is white has no bearing on the fact that he or she is a minority in America. ...
The public is owed more answers about a training incident involving a police department K-9. A video that appeared to be filmed with a smartphone ...
What’s the next big thing in Salisbury? What new project will generate a large amount of community excitement along with new jobs, living spaces or ...
Laurel to local legislators’ stances in support of broadband expansion into more rural areas such as the far southeastern corner of Rowan County. It shouldn’t ...
One year ago today, the headline in the Salisbury Post stated in bold letters, “Infections climb in South Korea as world fights virus.” The story, ...
In North Carolina, it’s time to refine or lift some COVID-19-prompted restrictions. Case numbers have plummeted from their peak at the start of the year. ...
With COVID-19 vaccines, there’s a lot easily said. But it’s hard to translate words into action. The miracle of safe, effective vaccines being available to ...
The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education may end up spending money rather than making a few bucks on Faith Elementary School. Following the necessary, slow-moving path ...
Perhaps the biggest surprise in Saturday’s impeachment vote was a split between North Carolina’s two U.S. senators. Donald Trump’s removal from office and/or conviction on ...
Things may get a little unruly when North Carolina moves into vaccination phases that aren’t age-limited. Making sure people don’t skip the vaccine line is ...
For now, data maintained by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services provides a more accurate picture of COVID-19 than Rowan County government data. ...
The coronavirus pandemic shows people with a support system and resources — particularly a tank of gas, a car and a reliable internet connection — ...
It all seems like a little bit much today. Both in 2009 and in 2015, eminent domain became a significant concern among county commissioners opposed ...
When Gov. Roy Cooper made an announcement Tuesday about students needing to return to classrooms, he wasn’t talking to Rowan-Salisbury Schools. In both a letter ...
For much of the previous year, North Carolina’s directives on court operations placed many cases in a state of limbo. There’s been some progress made in civil ...
Rep. Harry Warren just doesn’t get it. When he personally resumed Republican legislators’ crusade against local newspapers and the public’s right to know last week, ...
Laurel to the news that Novant Health has set up a vaccine clinic at the J.F. Hurley Family YMCA. Its creation is because the clinic ...
In 2021, the story about community events may end up being more of the same rather than a return to pre-pandemic times. The rescheduling of ...
Nearly one month ago, the first people in Rowan County received part one of the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine. But fewer than 4,000 people have been ...
Last week marked the first major test of the Rowan County Health Department’s vaccination plans. Including those who arrived too late, as many as 1,000 ...
The calculations are different this time around. Even as COVID-19 has produced new records locally and across North Carolina, there has not been a return ...
The statement does not square with reality. “Going through the Constitutional process of debate was never about overturning an election. It was about standing up ...
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 will forever be a stain on American democracy. During a joint session of Congress that’s almost always a routine step in ...
With the start of the new year, here are some questions about what’s to come in Salisbury and Rowan County in 2021: • Who will ...
The Carolina Panthers (3-7) host the Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday, November…
Sun Belt teams will be in action across six games on Friday in college basketball play. That includes…
The Friday college basketball schedule includes seven games with a A-10 team in play. Among those games is…
A pair of the NBA’s best players will be squaring off when Jalen Brunson (25.2 points per game,…
The VCU Rams versus the Nevada Wolf Pack is one of many solid options on Friday in A-10…