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With ice and snow covering many Rowan County roads, home delivery of the Salisbury Post has been a challenge. Some Post subscribers may not get ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:34 am

Columnists

DG Martin: An African-American version of the ‘Great Gatsby’ plot

Sometimes fiction is a better teacher than history books or newspaper columns. A powerful new novel set in Pinewood, North Carolina, a fictional modern foothills ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, January 17, 2018 4:15 pm

Local

Congress to honor Bob Dole on Wednesday

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole has been known as a soldier, a legislator and a statesman. And, locally, he has been known as the husband of Salisbury native ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, January 16, 2018 4:32 pm

Letters

Letter: Denounce this racism

I am less than shocked that the Post failed to report the biggest story out of Washington Thursday. The racist in the White House left ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, January 15, 2018 8:56 pm

Columnists

Colin Campbell: GenX solutions require scarce commodity: cooperation

RALEIGH — The state legislature’s one-day session on Jan. 10 turned out to be a failure and a waste of the roughly $42,000 it costs ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, January 15, 2018 8:55 pm

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Our country depends on journalism

Tears welled up in my eyes as the credits rolled on “The Post” Saturday afternoon. The movie tells the story behind The Washington Post’s 1971 ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, January 14, 2018 12:10 am

Crime

Erica Parsons’ body showed signs of long-term physical violence, autopsy shows

SALISBURY — Bones will tell the story Erica Lynn Parsons’ killers thought they could silence. The Rowan County teenager, reported to have disappeared in 2011, ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 3:01 pm

Columnists

Don’t forget these 2017 stories

Here are some events and lessons of 2017 that don’t rank in the top 10 but still deserve note. • A bank disappears and a ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, December 31, 2017 12:00 am

News

Top stories of 2017: Elections bring change

By Elizabeth Cook editor@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Winds of change swept through Rowan County on Election Day 2017 and could shape what happens in 2018 and after. The ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, December 30, 2017 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: We thank you, Rowan

The season of giving is also a season of gratitude. There could be no better time to express heartfelt thanks to the people, businesses and ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, December 24, 2017 12:00 am

Editorials

Darts & Laurels: A Christmas to remember

Laurels to the generosity of Salisbury Post readers. For more than 50 years, readers have contributed to the Post’s Christmas Happiness Fund to help families ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, December 20, 2017 7:51 pm

Columnists

Making a grownup Christmas list

Want to get in the Christmas spirit? Find someone ringing a bell at a Salvation Army kettle and watch the people who drop money into ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, December 17, 2017 1:02 am

Editorials

Editorial: Tighten up prison security

Lawmakers who hold the purse strings should be paying close attention to the N.C. Department of Public Safety’s efforts to ramp up prison security. The ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, December 17, 2017 12:14 am

Local

Burgin: Mental health agency was moving toward privatization

By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisbury.com SALISBURY — The agency in charge of mental health services for Rowan and 19 other counties is in turmoil, with its CEO ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, December 11, 2017 12:00 am

Columnists

Flynn proves Russian investigation is not going away

It didn’t take long. Robert Mueller had only been on the job for five months when, on Oct. 30, he handed down the first indictments ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, December 8, 2017 7:51 pm

Letters

Letter: Spirit of giving is alive in schools and community

As the song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” There is something special in the air this holiday season as I move ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 8:17 pm

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Lights, cameras, cookie dough

It’s a wonder we’re all still alive. The Food and Drug Administration says raw flour can contain dangerous bacteria like E.coli and make people who ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, December 3, 2017 1:38 pm

Columnists

Colin Campbell: Fireworks fizzled, but NC cabinet battle rages on

RALEIGH — You might have already forgotten about 2017’s most over-hyped political drama between the state legislature and Gov. Roy Cooper, but the lawsuit is ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, November 27, 2017 11:08 pm

Guest columns

Rosemary Agner Wood: Mindfully thankful

Lying in bed Saturday morning, my mind took me back to 1992 and to Sandra, a former co-worker at Rowan Memorial Hospital, who had given ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:18 pm

Columnists

Larry Efird: Data, a four-letter word

One of the biggest changes I have seen in education over the past 30-something years is the over-emphasis educators must place on data. Unfortunately, some ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, November 19, 2017 12:03 am

Guest columns

Want a healthy holiday?

By Dr. Charles Rhodes NC Academy of Family Physicians It’s a holiday story we all live out — and often repeatedly. Holiday parties, stress, a ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, November 14, 2017 8:20 pm

Local

The 2017 City Council election, by the numbers

By Elizabeth Cook and Jessica Coates news@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Once again, only one black candidate — Al Heggins — was elected to the Salisbury City ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, November 12, 2017 12:10 am

Clyde

Clyde, Time Was: Surround yourself with exquisite pieces

Time was, we loved to buy antiques. Not to use, just to collect a few old flat irons or a pretty old dish. A collection ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, November 11, 2017 9:43 pm

Guest columns

Patty Messick: A day without Trinity Living Center

By Patty M. Messick Special to the Salisbury Post The alarm goes off. It’s 6 a.m. After sleeping with one eye open, Jane (not her ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, November 11, 2017 9:38 pm

Editorials

Editorial: An election with differences that count

The results of Tuesday’s municipal elections made history for Rowan County in several ways — ways that reflect our increasingly diverse population and the crumbling ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, November 8, 2017 10:40 pm

Columnists

John Hood: Federal tax reforms could boost state incomes

RALEIGH — North Carolinians would experience large gains in after-tax income under the tax-reform bill released last week in Washington, according to an initial analysis ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, November 8, 2017 12:40 am

Editorials

Darts & laurels: Are we so powerless?

Dart to the crimes that have come to be identified as a largely American phenomenon — mass shootings. Whether the culprit is too-easy access to ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 12:35 am

Letters

Letter: Are bus stops safe?

When parents send their children off to school, they expect the school will protect and keep the students safe. But what if one of the ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 12:35 am

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