Coronavirus

County reports more than 60 new COVID-19 cases Monday

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — More than 60 people were reported positive for COVID-19 on Monday as ...

Business

Building confidence in the boutique: Local businesses partner with new cancer institute

SALISBURY — The diagnosis was crushing for Dileika Wilson-Ballard. In the middle of attending graduate school at Catholic ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: County reports additional death from Autumn Care nursing home

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County health officials reported an additional death from Autumn Care of Salisbury ...

Coronavirus

County’s COVID-19 positive rate continues to hover around 9%

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Thursday’s local COVID-19 update showed Rowan County continuing to hover around 9% ...

Coronavirus

Two new COVID-19 deaths, congregate care outbreaks reported

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two additional Rowan residents not living in a congregate care facility have ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: COVID-19 cluster at private school did not impact students, classes

By Natalie Anderson and Carl Blankenship news@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — State data on Tuesday reported that a local private ...

Coronavirus

Local nursing homes continue to be affected by COVID-19

By Natalie Anderson  natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — COVID-19 continues to affect local nursing homes, with 19 cases and one ...

Lifestyle

Dr. Chris Magryta column: If they must go online

By Dr. Chris Magryta If they must go online, for which we disagree, then let’s at least give ...

Coronavirus

New death reported at Autumn Care as outbreak there continues to grow

SALISBURY — An additional resident of Autumn Care has died of COVID-19 as cases there continue to rise. ...

Coronavirus

Nursing home outbreak first reported last week sees first COVID-19 death

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The county’s death toll from COVID-19 reached 52 on Thursday after Autumn ...

Coronavirus

1,400 face masks given out at county’s drive-thru giveaway

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County health officials on Thursday distributed about 1,400 free face coverings to ...

Coronavirus

County reports new COVID-19 death outside of nursing home

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — One additional Rowan County resident not affiliated with a congregate care facility ...

Coronavirus

30 people now positive at Autumn Care nursing home

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Three additional people at the Autumn Care of Salisbury have tested positive ...

Coronavirus

Salisbury Sheetz temporarily closed after three employees test positive

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Sheetz location in Salisbury has temporarily shut down after three employees ...

News

A symbol of hope: Wallace Cancer Institute opens this week for patients

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — On Wednesday, the first scheduled patients will walk through the glass doors ...

Lifestyle

Ester Marsh column — Regular exercise routine

Have you been able to get in a regular exercise routine? Having phase 2 extended for another five ...

Lifestyle

David Freeze column: Robin and Isaac no more; meet Charles Newsome

Sometimes things just don’t work out. I had mentioned earlier that the hot and humid days of summer ...

Coronavirus

Salisbury VA Community Living Center outbreak now considered over

SALISBURY — State and county health officials on Friday confirmed that the outbreak at the W. G. Hefner ...

Coronavirus

New COVID-19 outbreak grows at Salisbury nursing home

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — An additional 13 cases at the Autumn Care of Salisbury were reported ...

Coronavirus

Autumn Care becomes newest site of COVID-19 outbreak

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan County Health Department on Wednesday reported a new nursing home ...

Coronavirus

Recoveries rise in addition to 29 new positives

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — An additional 29 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Rowan County, ...

Lifestyle

Gotta’ Run: Humidity and other updates

Running is a daily struggle right now with the oppressive south Florida-style humidity. On a recent morning, I ...

Lifestyle

Dr. Chris Magryta column — Coronavirus update

By Dr. Chris Magryta Rowan Pediatric Associates Latest numbers show that, on balance, COVID-19 incidence is rising rapidly ...

Coronavirus

Thousands of negative tests added to local COVID-19 total

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Following the addition of thousands of previously uncounted negative tests, Rowan County’s ...

Coronavirus

Local restaurant already struggling worries about effects of alcohol order

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The governor’s order to halt the sale of alcohol after 11 p.m. ...

Coronavirus

COVID-19 deaths in Rowan most prevalent among white residents over 65

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Most deaths from COVID-19 in the county have been among white residents ...

Coronavirus

County to provide more accurate look at COVID-19 case positive rate

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County health officials are working to give a once-a-week statistic about the ...

Coronavirus

United Way awards grants to health department, Nazareth Child and Family Connection

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan County United Way last week awarded more grants from its ...

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