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China Grove

China Grove may ban smoking in town parks, buildings

During its regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting, the China Grove Town Council is scheduled to ban smoking in all town-owned buildings and parks. The ban was last ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, November 2, 2015 12:10 am

News

Rowan Hospice schedules first ever 5K event

A local health organization will have its first ever 5K later this month to help raise money for hospice and palliative care. Rowan Hospice will ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, November 2, 2015 12:10 am

News

Candidates give final statements in advance of Tuesday’s election

Salisbury’s record-breaking city council race is in its home stretch. A total of 16 candidates — more than any other race in Rowan County Board ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, November 1, 2015 12:15 am

News

Municipal election day is Tuesday

Rowan County’s 2015 municipal races will come to an end Tuesday when voters head to the polls for election day. In Rowan County’s smaller municipalities, ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, November 1, 2015 12:10 am

News

Animal shelter addition, construction projects dot commissioners’ agenda

Rowan County Commissioners will consider three significant construction projects on Monday during their regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting’s agenda includes a presentation about an addition to ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, November 1, 2015 12:10 am

News

Crowds fill downtown for Halloween fun fest

Crowds of Power Rangers, princesses, Ninja Turtles, cows and others donning costumes filled downtown Salisbury Saturday during a Halloween fun fest. Attendees participated in games ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, November 1, 2015 12:05 am

Crime

Five arrested in Rowan, Cabarrus on drug charges

Law enforcement in Rowan and Cabarrus counties have arrested five people on multiple drug charges including conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine. Warrants and jail records show three ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, October 31, 2015 4:02 pm

News

Holshousers switch from raising cattle to solar panels

GOLD HILL — Tim and Tammy Holshouser are preparing to grow a new kind of crop on land once used to raise cattle. Starting in ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:05 am

News

Political notebook: Hundreds have registered to vote since July

Hundreds of young, Salisbury residents have registered to vote since the city council race began this summer. Rowan County Board of Elections statistics provided this ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:05 am

News

Rowan’s U.S. reps disagree over federal budget proposal

Federal debt formed a partisan divide among Rowan County’s U.S. House members this week during a budget vote. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, October 30, 2015 12:10 am

Local

With two days left, voting totals already top 2013

Rowan County municipal voters are already turning out in large numbers to participate in the 2015 elections. In fact, Salisbury has already topped its early ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, October 30, 2015 12:10 am

Local

Correction

An article published on Wednesday, Oct. 28, should have stated incumbent Councilwoman Maggie Blackwell has raised $6,770 during the current city council race. Blackwell’s initial ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, October 30, 2015 12:05 am

News

County gets ample interest in parks master plan work

When Rowan County commissioners pick a firm to oversee a parks master plan, they’ll have a bounty of choices. Seven total firms responded to a request for ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, October 30, 2015 12:05 am

News

State asks feds not to rule on Alcoa’s relicensing

A letter sent Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Justice to federal regulators represents the latest in a complicated legal saga that began years ago. Despite awarding ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:10 am

News

Foxx outpaces other congressional campaigns in cash on hand

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx has a hefty helping of campaign cash on hand, according to the latest federal finance filings. Foxx, R-5, is first among ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:10 am

News

Alexander, Sheffield continue to outpace competitors in high-dollar race

Salisbury's City Council race is turning into a high-dollar affair. Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:10 am

News

Brock joins list of state legislators seeking re-election

All of Rowan County’s state legislators have now confirmed their interest in re-election. State Sen. Tom McInnis, R-25, and State Reps. Carl Ford, R-76, and ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 12:05 am

News

Merrifield focuses on businesses in Rockwell election

Editor’s note: Efforts to reach Sondra Merrifield were unsuccessful before the publication of the Rockwell election story in Monday’s Post. She contacted the Post after the story ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 12:01 am

News

Three of four state legislators will seek re-election in 2016

At least three of Rowan’s four state legislators will seek re-election when filing officially opens on Dec. 1. Reps. Carl Ford, R-76, and Harry Warren, ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, October 26, 2015 12:10 am

News

Following congresswoman’s letter, Feds releasing energy assistance

Winter remains two months away, but North Carolina families may soon be able to access much-needed funding for electricity bills. Following lobbying from one of Rowan’s ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, October 25, 2015 12:05 am

News

At Livingstone forum, council candidates make last-ditch appeal to voters

In the waning days of Salisbury’s 2015 city council campaign, candidates made an appeal to Livingstone College students during a forum at the school on ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, October 24, 2015 12:05 am

News

Political notebook: Fitzsimon doles out Republican criticism during Rowan Democrats’ meeting

North Carolina has shifted from a beacon of progress in the South to a state that’s careening backwards, NC Policy Watch Executive Director Chris Fitzsimon ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, October 24, 2015 12:05 am

News

Alcoa finally receives water quality certificate from NC

Alcoa’s legal battle with state government is ongoing, but the company now has a water quality certificate needed to continue operating dams on the Yadkin River. The ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, October 23, 2015 1:52 pm

China Grove

Man unable to walk following China Grove car accident

A man is in intensive care after being involved in an accident on U.S. Highway 29 in China Grove on Thursday. Donnie Frye of Salisbury has been ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, October 23, 2015 11:20 am

News

First day of early voting kicks off with 140 ballots cast

Thursday’s early voting total’s smashed an abysmal first day total from the last municipal election in 2013. Statistics from the Rowan County Board of Elections ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, October 23, 2015 12:10 am

News

Only one company interested in overseeing county’s water, sewer work

Only one company appears to be interested in supervising engineering work for a county-owned water and sewer system. McGill Associates, which has offices in Hickory ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, October 23, 2015 12:04 am

China Grove

Two children among four injured in China Grove accident

CHINA GROVE — Four people were hospitalized Thursday when two cars collided near the intersection of U.S. 29 and East Liberty Street. Among the four were two ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:36 pm

Business

Agility Fuel Systems opens up shop in Rowan County

Shawn Adelsberger and Agility Fuel Systems went shopping more than a year ago and found Rowan County. Adelsberger, the general manager of Agility’s East Coast ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:10 am

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