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Coronavirus
SALISBURY — While single-day increases can fluctuate, COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Rowan County, including in Piedmont Correctional Institute, which is now the ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, October 6, 2020 7:48 pm
Local
For the previous several days, volunteers have been working to strip peeling paint from a fence around the Utzman-Chambers house in downtown Salisbury and add ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, October 6, 2020 12:00 am
Columnists
By Gary Pearce Republicans this year might find alarming parallels with the three incumbent presidents to lose reelection in the last 100 years. All three ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, October 6, 2020 12:00 am
Ask Us
Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to answer your questions about items or ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, October 5, 2020 2:50 am
Columnists
In late 2016 and the first half of 2017, Rowan County Commissioners Chair Greg Edds and Vice Chair Jim Greene took on a countywide tour ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:00 am
Ask Us
Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to answer your questions about items or trends ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, September 28, 2020 3:14 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — Data maintained by Rowan County government on Sunday counted Piedmont Correctional Institution the site of a COVID-19 outbreak and listed more than two ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, September 28, 2020 12:18 am
Columnists
The widest and most competitive slate of local races for office usually comes in the midterms — even years between presidential elections. And while this ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, September 27, 2020 12:01 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — Rowan County hit a grim milestone on Saturday, as more than 100 COVID-19 deaths have been reported here. That total has been propelled ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, September 26, 2020 4:25 pm
Editorials
Gov. Roy Cooper may have meant well by telling schools last week they’re able return to a normal, in-person schedule for grades K-5, but logistical ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, September 24, 2020 12:00 am
Local
Donna Fayko, Rowan County’s Social Services director since 2012, will take a new position Oct. 6 as New Hanover County’s Health and Human Services Consolidated ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, September 21, 2020 10:29 am
Ask Us
Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to answer your questions about items or trends ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, September 21, 2020 8:03 am
Columnists
There’s something different about these educators, Stacey Gershkovich told a Rowan County Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday. “When I met Lynn (Moody) and I ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, September 20, 2020 12:01 am
Kannapolis
SPENCER — The sound that for decades dictated daily life around Cannon Mills and its subsequent iterations whistled back to life Friday at the N.C. ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, September 19, 2020 12:54 am
Editorials
Often, you pick the superintendent for the times you’re in, Jim Vining, chairman of the Rock Hill, South Carolina, Board of Education told the Salisbury ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, September 17, 2020 12:00 am
Coronavirus
After reaching a peak near the beginning of the month, the average of new daily COVID-19 positives has dropped continuously. The 14-day average of new ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, September 14, 2020 1:27 pm
Ask Us
Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to answer your questions about items or trends ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, September 14, 2020 4:14 am
Columnists
For at least one person in Salisbury, the loosening of state mandates that allowed gyms to reopen came with a painful lesson in moderation. That ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, September 13, 2020 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — Police Chief Jerry Stokes on Tuesday said officers will enforce regulations related to alcohol consumption, noise and racing after recent cruise-in events in ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 1:52 pm
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — The number of COVID-19 cases in Rowan County increased by 49 over the Labor Day holiday to reach a total of 2,931 total ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, September 7, 2020 6:14 pm
Local
Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to answer your questions about items or trends ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, September 7, 2020 1:46 am
Columnists
When the governor last week announced that gathering restrictions would be loosened as part of a series of changes, I began to wonder about events ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, September 6, 2020 12:00 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — The percent of people testing positive in Rowan County made a substantial improvement on Thursday, dipping below 9% after a weekly addition of ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, September 3, 2020 2:54 pm
Crime
LANDIS — A local man in August was among 19 people charged with voter fraud by the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 4:37 pm
Editorials
Global pandemics are complicated and do not easily boil down into single-sentence explanations. That’s particularly true in a state and country that’s deeply divided and ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, September 1, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
SALISBURY — Selfless acts may seem few and far between these days, but Cathy Shoaf has been busy doing good deeds thousands of times over. ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, August 30, 2020 12:00 am
Guest columns
Now the campaigning begins. After two conventions, Republicans and Democrats have nominated their candidates for president and divisive political fervor will soon reach unprecedented levels. ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, August 30, 2020 12:00 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — Rowan County ended the week on Saturday by recording its seventh COVID-19 death in as many days. The latest death came from someone ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, August 30, 2020 12:00 am
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