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Local

In praise of probation

SALISBURY — The 17 people who stand before Chief District Court Judge Charlie Brown on May 3 have two things in common: Nearly all landed ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, May 16, 2016 12:01 pm

Local

Raptor Center attaches transmitter to Dan Nicholas eaglet

HUNTERSVILLE — Freedom, the eaglet hatched at Dan Nicholas Park, is getting ready to take off. Carolina Raptor Center, with the help of N.C. State’s Ted Simons, ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, May 13, 2016 8:17 pm

Editorials

Editorial: Child abusers and their accomplices

North Carolina law requires all adults who believe a child has been abused to report those suspicions to authorities. Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, May 5, 2016 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Why insist on GOP lease?

If the vote was a GOP loyalty test, the four who opposed Pierce passed with flying colors. Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, May 4, 2016 12:05 am

Editorials

Editorial: A legal victory for teachers

The North Carolina Supreme Court has given the rights of teachers the respect they deserve. The court ruled Friday that lawmakers violated veterans teachers’ rights ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, April 24, 2016 12:10 am

Guest columns

5 myths about Harriet Tubman

By Kate Clifford Larson The Washington Post We think we know Harriet Tubman: former slave, Underground Railroad conductor and abolitionist. But much of Tubman’s real ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, April 23, 2016 6:08 pm

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: People are passionate about schools

Now that the public has given the school board a taste of the fury school closings could bring, let’s all step back and take a ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, April 17, 2016 12:00 am

Columnists

Your assessment of the 2016 election is way off

By Megan McArdle Bloomberg View Call it “the big sort” or “demographic clusters” or whatever you like, it all comes down to the same thing: ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, April 17, 2016 12:00 am

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Branding is more than marketing

Have you ever seen a bunch of crabs in a basket? Crabs can be piled in a basket high enough to climb out if they ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, April 3, 2016 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Flat growth a passing trend?

The latest census report had encouraging news for Rowan County, relatively speaking. In a state where counties seem to be dividing into haves and have ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, March 31, 2016 12:00 am

Business

Spirit of Rowan: Who’s the biggest of them all?

Largest employers include Food Lion and Freightliner By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com When forecasters called for snow across the region back in January, one of Rowan County’s ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 12:02 pm

Spirit of Rowan

Spirit of Rowan: Food Lion strives to reflect community in employment

Food Lion’s huge workforce is diverse and inclusive, says Tracy Stone, Food Lion’s vice president of talent, diversity and organizational development. That’s especially important on the ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 11:58 am

Editorials

Editorial: ‘Stop beating yourself up’

So far the people putting together a branding campaign for Rowan County have yet to find an easily recognizable theme for the community. We won’t ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 12:00 am

Business

Branding research: Rowan is country setting with cultural heart

Rowan County is a country setting with a dynamic cultural heart, according to branding research. Steve Chandler of ChandlerThinks, the firm hired to lead Rowan’s ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, March 24, 2016 11:21 am

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Shining a light on officials’ travel

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants. — Louis Brandeis Sometimes people request public records because they’re looking for an exposé, a wrong ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 20, 2016 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Community grateful to and for Ketner

Perhaps you saw the item in Wednesday’s Salisbury Post. Ralph Ketner, co-founder of Food Lion, sent word to his Rotary Club that he was ill; ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 20, 2016 12:00 am

Editorials

Quotes of the week

“Our calling is to work for justice, to be kind, to show love, to welcome the stranger and include everyone.” — Bishop Tim Smith, N.C. Synod ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, March 18, 2016 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Last call to vote in 2016 primary

Wow. What an election year this is shaping up to be — part train wreck, part exciting exercise in citizen participation. After several days of ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 12:00 am

News

Nursing scholarship available

Novant Health Foundation Rowan Medical Center is awarding an annual scholarship that will go to Rowan County residents who are attending nursing school. The scholarship ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 13, 2016 12:01 am

Editorials

Quotes of the week

“They probably broke their foot.” — David Fitzgerald, Trump supporter, after someone tried to knock down the well-constructed pro-Trump sign in his yard “America has ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, March 10, 2016 10:02 pm

Editorials

Editorial: Educational Forum speaks well of Rowan

The Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ new central office could have been bigger, smaller, more expensive or cheaper. Many locations were considered — a church on Webb Road, ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, March 8, 2016 12:00 am

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Ken Hardin says he is no radical

If there’s an opposite of a honeymoon period — trial by fire, perhaps — Ken Hardin has been going through it as a new member ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 6, 2016 12:05 am

Editorials

Editorial: Help police solve this crime

Saturday morning’s double shooting behind the J.C. Price American Legion Post, killing one man and critically injuring his brother, brings attention again to the city’s ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 6, 2016 12:00 am

Editorials

Quotes of the week

“I’d rather wave and smile than have to duck.” — John Heilig, owner, Taylor Mattress Co., on running into customers and being proud of the mattresses he ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, February 26, 2016 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Obama and the court

Like the rest of the nation, Rowan County has a stake in who fills Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court — maybe ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:22 pm

Opinion

Dancing at 106 & making history

By Jim Mitchell The Dallas Morning News Consider how much civil rights history 106-year-old Virginia McLaurin has witnessed. The depths of violent segregation. The Harlem ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 4:33 pm

Business

Heilig ready to put Taylor Mattress to rest

By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com John Heilig has made custom mattresses of all shapes and specifications. He has made one with a corner cut off to fit in ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:00 am

Opinion

Republican Popepourri

From Gary Pearce, on the Talking About Politics blog: Today’s blog is written by my brother, Florida Man Fred: The Pope insinuated that Donald Trump ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, February 21, 2016 1:50 pm

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