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