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News

From Rowan to D.C.: Two different stories for locals at inauguration

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Dozens of locals traveled to Washington, D.C. this weekend, but Amy and Hannah McIntyre had an inauguration experience unlike any ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 22, 2017 12:10 am

News

Rowan residents sprinkled among massive crowd at D.C. women’s march

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Traveling by bus or any means necessary, local residents on Saturday joined hundreds of thousands of people in Washington, ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 22, 2017 12:05 am

Education

In a sign of unity, Livingstone, Catawba students gather for morning prayer walk

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — About a dozen students from Livingstone College and Catawba College on Saturday held a prayer walk in downtown Salisbury. Organized ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 22, 2017 12:05 am

News

Osborne adds to personal history with 2017 presidential inauguration

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As history is made in Washington, D.C., today, Rowan County native Terry Osborne will add to a list of ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, January 20, 2017 12:10 am

China Grove

Plan for park at landfill site prompts China Grove to restart parks board

By Josh Bergeron  josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — With an eye on developing a tract once used as a landfill, the town on Thursday restarted a ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, January 20, 2017 12:00 am

News

Date set for latest oral arguments in county’s prayer lawsuit

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday set March 22 as the date for oral arguments in Rowan ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:05 am

News

Duke Energy: $5,000 part of larger financial offer

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — With a state-required water line and other financial offers, Duke Energy could spend as much as $9 million addressing water ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:00 am

News

Duke’s $5,000 offer draws ire of coal ash neighbors

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — No amount of money will make the Morgan family feel whole again. At night, Dukeville resident Renard Morgan puts out enough ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:05 am

Letters

Letters to the editor – Wednesday – 1-17-17

Hardin on right track with Boys and Girls Club idea Mr. Hardin should be commended for taking the initiative to bring a Boys and Girls ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:01 am

News

Job barriers take center stage at congressman’s listening session

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — U.S. Rep. Ted Budd got an earful Tuesday during a meeting in downtown Salisbury about how poverty or a ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:00 am

News

Land management program approved for hundreds of acres

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After lumbering through details of a parking lot lease, Rowan County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to create a land ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:00 am

Health

At hospital, Hudson, Caldwell talk Obamacare repeal

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — During a meeting with Rep. Richard Hudson, Novant Health Rowan Medical Center President Dari Caldwell advocated for a careful ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, January 17, 2017 12:05 am

News

Political notebook: Where does Edds’ declaration of interdependence come from?

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com For the past several months, County Commissioners Chairman Greg Edds has been rallying support for a document known as a “declaration ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, January 17, 2017 12:05 am

News

Commissioners to consider zoning matters, parking lease for fairgrounds

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — With a relatively short agenda on Tuesday, Rowan County Commissioners will meet to consider two zoning matters and a ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, January 16, 2017 12:10 am

News

School calendar flexibility, gun rights among items on local legislators’ radar when session starts

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — When the N.C. General Assembly cranks up later this month, there’s at least one item that most of Rowan ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 15, 2017 12:10 am

Education

Education issues bubble up during Justice Center forum

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The local economic engine is out of fuel, and education ranks as the most critical ingredient to fill it ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 15, 2017 12:05 am

News

Duke Energy won’t foot full bill for county’s water plans in Dukeville

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County government may not shoulder the largest financial burden during its first planned water line extension into a rural community, but ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, January 14, 2017 12:00 am

News

Duke Energy to offer $5,000 payment to coal ash neighbors

SALISBURY — Neighbors of Buck Steam Station residents may soon find a large financial offer in their mailbox from the nation's largest electric company. Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, January 13, 2017 6:50 pm

Local

Ropes course discussed as proposed addition to Dan Nicholas Park

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The first addition to Dan Nicholas Park in nine years could be complete by March. Rowan County commissioners will ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, January 13, 2017 12:05 am

News

County commissioners can’t agree on local convention center

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County commissioners don’t see eye to eye on whether Rowan needs a convention center. For months now, the county ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, January 13, 2017 12:05 am

Business

Rockwell first site for county’s new job-training program

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — East Rowan will be the first site of a new job-training program developed by County Commissioners Vice Chairman Jim ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, January 13, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Bojangles’ planned for U.S. 29 in China Grove

CHINA GROVE — Before long, it'll be "Bo time" on U.S. 29. Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, January 12, 2017 12:05 am

News

After three years, limited progress toward county’s space needs plans at West End Plaza

SALISBURY — Entering year four of ownership, Rowan County commissioners are only two departments and a few million dollars into a planned $28 million move ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, January 12, 2017 12:05 am

News

County commissioners annual retreat starts Thursday

By Josh Bergeron  josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Animal control, West End Plaza, jobs training programs, and a county-owned water and sewer system dot the agenda for ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 12:45 am

Kannapolis

Kannapolis council discusses city’s challenges, opportunities

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — Like a well-wrapped Christmas present, city officials hope to find a golden thread that ties communities together and places ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 12:42 am

News

Hudson, NC Republicans in Congress join fight against Medicaid expansion

SALISBURY — A group of nine congressional representatives from North Carolina, all Republicans, on Monday joined the opposition to Gov. Roy Cooper's plans to expand ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, January 9, 2017 3:27 pm

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: U.S. Capitol seems a world away from Salisbury

A world apart from Salisbury, the 115th Congress convened last week. They convened surrounded by buildings seemingly all covered by the same off-white color. Cars ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, January 8, 2017 12:06 am

Business

Renovation, building addition planned at Rowan County Airport

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A new pilots lounge, expanded conference room and office addition are on tap at the Rowan County Airport in ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, January 7, 2017 12:05 am

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