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Council executive says local scouting won’t be affected by bankruptcy

SALISBURY — Central North Carolina Council Executive Stuart Williams has a simple message for local scouts and their families: local programming won’t be affected by ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, February 22, 2020 12:00 am

Business

Carr named Salisbury Post’s publisher; Anderson to manage special projects

SALISBURY — John Carr, publisher of the Suffolk News-Herald in Suffolk, Virginia, has been named publisher of the Salisbury Post, replacing Greg Anderson. Carr has ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, February 16, 2020 12:05 am

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: If Concord wants a break, developers should look to southern Rowan

Imagine living in a county where the board of education strains to keep up with the deluge of incoming students and families, the population of ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, February 16, 2020 12:01 am

Ask Us

Ask Us: Will DOT replace St. Matthews Church Road at High Rock Lake?

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 ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, February 10, 2020 12:01 am

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Once top priority, airport’s runway extension shelved for foreseeable future

First, they looked south. Then, they looked north. Then, they looked south again. Now, apparently, an extension of the Mid-Carolina Regional Airport’s runway is indefinitely ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, February 9, 2020 12:01 am

Letters

Letter: Catawba eliminating exceptional programs

Catawba college is justifying putting the musical theater major on hold due to lowering enrollment. This is actually due to lack of funds in the ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, February 4, 2020 12:00 am

Crime

Blotter: Gold Hill man faces felony assault charge

SALISBURY — A Gold Hill man was in jail Sunday after being charged with strangling a woman, nearly causing her to lose consciousness and allegedly ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, February 3, 2020 12:00 am

Local

2020 Rowan County Senior Games, SilverArts kick off in March

SALISBURY — The Salisbury-Rowan Senior Games and SilverArts have set the schedule for 2020. The Salisbury-Rowan Senior Games is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, February 3, 2020 12:00 am

Local

Scouting for Food collects tens of thousands of pounds for locals in need

WOODLEAF — Once a year, hundreds of scouts spread out across Rowan County to collect tens of thousands of pounds in donations for local food ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, February 2, 2020 12:10 am

Local

YMCA’s land donation adds more than 30 acres to Salisbury National Cemetery

SALISBURY — For years, the Salisbury National Cemetery has been the only one of its kind in North Carolina accepting new interments, and that fact ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, February 2, 2020 12:03 am

Lifestyle

Kiwanis Club honors 10 as part of centennial celebration

SALISBURY — To start its centennial celebration, the Salisbury Kiwanis Club on Friday presented 10 awards to people who exemplify its motto of being an ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, February 2, 2020 12:00 am

China Grove

China Grove police looking for robbery suspect

CHINA GROVE — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect in a Saturday robbery at Circle K on North Main Street. ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, February 1, 2020 11:52 am

Business

Rowan EDC will complement public funding with private money through new campaign

SALISBURY — New capital investment by private companies and job growth have long been the mission of the Rowan County Economic Development Commission, but it ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:00 am

Crime

UPDATED: County terminates lease with restaurant where mass shooting occurred

By Josh Bergeron and Liz Moomey news@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County government on Monday terminated a lease with Thelma’s Down Home Cooking at West End ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, January 27, 2020 12:23 pm

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Prioritize litter control in Rowan

Consider this incredible fact: the county’s Department of Environmental Management removed nearly 50 tons of litter and 157 tires from Rowan roadsides in 2019. Put ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 26, 2020 12:00 am

Local

Salisbury’s Scheid becomes city’s newest centenarian

SALISBURY — A lifetime ago and hundreds of miles away, Charles Scheid learned a lesson. If you wanted to find Native American arrowheads in central ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 26, 2020 12:00 am

Elections

Pierce says experience, record key in re-election bid

SALISBURY — This is the time when the Rowan County Board of Commissioners needs experience, says Craig Pierce, who is running for his third term, ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, January 23, 2020 12:00 am

Local

County picks April 1 to turn over land for shelter’s new dog wing

SALISBURY — Construction work on a new dog wing at the Rowan County Animal Shelter could start as soon as April. Rowan County Commissioners on ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:01 am

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: County Commissioners see role for themselves in school closure talks

Rowan-Salisbury School Board members aren’t the only ones thinking about consolidation in 2020. While commissioners have already promised funding, they made need to offer their ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 19, 2020 12:02 am

Education

‘Give everybody an opportunity’: Community college president pitches bond referendum to Salisbury Rotary Club

SALISBURY — There’s no need to for Rowan County to “stay poor” when opportunity is just a “yes” vote away, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College President Carol ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 15, 2020 12:00 am

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: 10 realistic predictions for 2040 in Salisbury-Rowan

Last week, the Salisbury City Council added nine more members to its Forward 2040 committee, which will be charged with envisioning what Salisbury could and ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 12, 2020 12:00 am

Local

County plans to transfer water line to city of Salisbury

SALISBURY — County commissioners agreed Friday to begin transferring ownership of a water line in the Dukeville area to Salisbury-Rowan Utilities, a city department. The ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, January 11, 2020 1:45 pm

News

Rowan County commissioners pass Second Amendment resolution

SALISBURY — It wasn’t a hard decision, according to Rowan County Commissioners Chairman Greg Edds. In a unanimous vote on Friday, Rowan became the latest ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, January 10, 2020 4:34 pm

Local

County commissioners to have annual retreat today

SALISBURY — From subdivision street standards to things local government can do to prevent recidivism, county commissioners today will have their annual planning retreat. The ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, January 10, 2020 12:00 am

Local

Audit shows financial improvement for city’s fiber-optic network

SALISBURY — There’s light at the end of the city’s decade-old, “dark tunnel,” said Mayor Karen Alexander on Tuesday. The city of Salisbury is inching ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, January 9, 2020 12:00 am

Local

City-county service will provide real-time alerts about incidents

SALISBURY — A city-county partnership unveiled Tuesday and called RoCo Alerts will provide real-time notifications to local residents about emergency and non-emergency events. Notifications could ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 8, 2020 12:00 am

China Grove

Commissioners rezone Price of Freedom Museum property, schedule no-wake zone public hearing

SALISBURY — Rowan County Commissioners on Monday gave their approval to a rezoning at the Price of Freedom Museum and scheduled a public hearing about ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, January 7, 2020 12:00 am

Crime

Blotter: Charlotte man charged with using stolen vehicle, fleeing police

SALISBURY — A Charlotte man faces charges of using a stolen vehicle, fleeing law enforcement officers and trying to hit an officer with a vehicle. ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, January 6, 2020 12:00 am

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