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Editorials

Editorial: Give to United Way

The United Way of Rowan County is nearing the end of its 2015 fundraising campaign, having reached only 77 percent of its $1.99 million goal. ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:10 am

Local

All rise: Court of Appeals to hold session in Salisbury

Consider it a community lesson in the judiciary. The N.C. Court of Appeals will hold a special session Nov. 18 at the Rowan County Courthouse. The court ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, November 8, 2015 12:00 am

Business

Job fair Tuesday, hundreds of positions open

Jobs are out there. Debbie Davis, leader of the NCWorks Career Center-Rowan, says her office is currently trying to help area employers fill some 400 positions. ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, November 8, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Christmas Bureau starts taking applications Friday

The year’s first call about Christmas help came in at the Rowan County United Way office back in September. “A single mother of three called and ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:00 am

News

Harwood: Put these two on your list of favorites

By Whitey Harwood Special to the Salisbury Post If you live in Rowan County there are two things you got to love — the Salisbury ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Jarring criticism

Can it with the multipurposed Mason jars, says Raleigh food writer Debbie Moose. Moose, a long-ago Salisbury Post staff writer and now a cookbook author, recently ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Not the hero he appeared

The ongoing debate about police officers’ use of lethal force — and the fear that officers are  being targeted as a result — took a ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:00 am

Opinion

Is this the debate Republicans want?

By Gary Jacobs Los Angeles Times The Republican presidential candidates were infuriated by last week’s CNBC debate. They felt the tone was hostile, the questions ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, November 4, 2015 6:06 pm

Editorials

Editorial: New energy for Salisbury

Salisbury voters on Tuesday chose three incumbents, as well as two newcomers known for independent thinking. This could set the stage for conflict, or it ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, November 4, 2015 12:08 am

Kannapolis

Kannapolis incumbents sweep back in

KANNAPOLIS — Voters gave City Council’s plan to buy and redevelop downtown Kannapolis a thumbs up Tuesday by handing three incumbents convincing re-election victories. Mayor ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 9:47 pm

Editorials

Editorial: Vote today

If you’re a registered voter in Salisbury or one of the county’s nine other municipalities, today is your last chance to vote in this year’s ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Three women challenge Rockwell’s five incumbents

By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — Two years ago, Rockwell didn’t have enough candidates file to fill the town board and a write-in candidate won ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, October 26, 2015 12:00 am

Local

AskUs: What’s up with City Lake?

Q: Why hasn’t the fountain in City Park Lake worked for months?  They have milk jugs where the fountain was and the island is overgrown ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, October 26, 2015 12:00 am

Faith

Begging for Bibles: Drive continues through Nov. 2

Sterling Weaver of Rowan County has collected more than 250 new and used Bibles to send to missionaries overseas, and he’s hoping to get many ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 25, 2015 12:05 am

Editorials

Editorial: Town voters, down’t miss this

Early voting starts today. If you’re a registered voter in a North Carolina town or city, you have 10 possible voting days from which to ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:00 am

Kannapolis

Golf4Hospice set Monday at Irish Creek

  KANNAPOLIS — Carolinas HealthCare System Hospice of Cabarrus is hosting its annual Golf4Hospice Tournament at The Club at Irish Creek  Monday, with registration at ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:00 am

News

Christmas Bureau volunteers needed

By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com Barry Hill signed up to help the Rowan County Christmas Bureau because he wanted to give back to the community in ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:00 am

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: City election defies predicting

We head into the home stretch of this election season with almost too many choices in the city of Salisbury. More viable candidates have entered ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Meet the candidates for Salisbury City Council tonight

This editorial has been edited to correct the call letters for WSAT/WSTP.  You’ve read the news stories. You may even have met several candidates. But ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:00 am

News

John Hood: Teacher exits misstated

RALEIGH — Did you hear that 15 percent of North Carolina’s public schoolteachers left the profession last year, and that conditions are so bad that ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, October 14, 2015 8:49 pm

Kannapolis

Kannapolis may need more than one ‘game changer’

KANNAPOLIS — The “game changer” that could bring prosperity to downtown Kannapolis would probably involve more than one project, if other cities’ experiences are any guide. And ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:00 am

Opinion

Elizabeth Cook: Restoration and remembrance

You don’t have to be a preservationist be in awe of the Blackmer House at 112 S. Fulton St. Officially, the house is called the ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:35 am

Business

From beautiful to sad to beautiful again: Fesperman Agency to share new office during open house today 

By Elizabeth Cook Elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — Mike Fesperman likes to say he and his family turned a lemon into lemonade when they remodeled the house ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Quotes of the week

“(A book) is weight lifting for your brain and weight lifting for your soul.” — Tim Green, author, lawyer and former NFL player, addressing fifth-graders ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, October 10, 2015 8:23 pm

Editorials

Editorial: Kannapolis’ bold vision

Someone recently asked Darrell Hinnant, mayor of Kannapolis, where he and his City Council got the grit to buy 46 acres of downtown Kannapolis property ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, October 8, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Shooters aim for notoriety

Don’t give it to them The names to talk about from last week’s mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon do not include the ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, October 7, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Peter Kern House has stories to tell

By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com At one point, Jim and Kathy Carlton thought they might make the restoration of Jim’s old homeplace a family affair. The ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:03 am

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: A wedding that money cannot buy

Bethany Davidson and Caleb Hanby won a $100,000 wedding from a Nashville radio station in August. They planned to be married a week from today. ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 4, 2015 12:00 am

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