Coronavirus

Average new US virus cases below 100K for 1st time in months

ATLANTA (AP) — Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days ...

Coronavirus

More than 2,000 Rowan Countians vaccinated across three events

By Natalie Anderson and Josh Bergeron news@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — While steady, cold rain made for a dreary day ...

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Local shed companies taking advantage of boom in business spurred by pandemic

SALISBURY — Sitting in his office on West Innes Street, Conrad Eaton is surrounded by sheds. That’s how ...

Coronavirus

After busy week for vaccinations, Rowan will return to base allocation

SALISBURY — Roughly 3,000 new first doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Rowan County last week. The ...

Coronavirus

Five new COVID-19 deaths reported as county continues vaccination progress

SALISBURY — Five new COVID-19 deaths, hundreds of new vaccinations and 59 new COVID-19 positives were reported in ...

News

More than 27,000 came across state lines to get vaccinated in NC

By Bryan Anderson and Michelle Liu Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — When Ottis Grimes tried to call ...

Coronavirus

Rowan makes progress in COVID-19 vaccinations administered

SALISBURY — Rowan County is making up ground in the number and percentage of people vaccinated for COVID-19. ...

Coronavirus

73 new COVID-19 positives, hundreds of new vaccinations reported in Rowan

SALISBURY — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reported 73 new positives of COVID-19 ...

Coronavirus

Rowan Diagnostic Clinic to have vaccine drive-thru Thursday, Friday

Rowan Diagnostic Clinic will have COVID-19 vaccine drive-thru clinics on Thursday and Friday The clinic, located next to ...

Coronavirus

Health director outlines preliminary plans for future COVID-19 vaccination phases, equitable distribution

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY  Rowan County Public Health Director Nina Oliver on Tuesday outlined some preliminary plans ...

Coronavirus

New COVID-19 death reported, East Spencer vaccination event planned

SALISBURY — The Rowan Health Department on Tuesday reported one new COVID-19 death in the county. The death ...

News

City needs applicants for $50,000 in COVID-19 relief funding

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City staff are encouraging any nonprofit, for-profit and governmental agency who is ...

Coronavirus

Health Department schedules three COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week

SALISBURY — In what could be its biggest week yet, the Rowan County Health Department is set to ...

Sports

COVID-19 variants add more variables to playing college sports during pandemic

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Playing college sports during the pandemic has ...

News

Coronavirus cases drop at homes for elderly, infirm

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and ...

Coronavirus

UPDATE: 12 COVID-19 deaths for the week, cases top 13,600 in Rowan County

SALISBURY — As the county reported 12 deaths this week, local health officials said COVID-19 positives topped 13,600. ...

Coronavirus

As some improve, Rowan County remains in ‘critical’ tier for COVID-19

SALISBURY — About two dozen counties on Thursday moved out of the state’s worst, or “critical,” tier in ...

News

Transit systems still figuring out how to transport locals to vaccination clinics

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — When state officials two weeks ago announced funding for transit agencies to ...

Coronavirus

Four new COVID-19 deaths make six this week

SALISBURY — Rowan County on Wednesday reported four new COVID-19 deaths, making six this week. All four deaths ...

Coronavirus

Two new deaths, 102 cases reported in Rowan

SALISBURY — The county on Tuesday reported two deaths, 102 new cases and 81 COVID-19 recoveries. The two deaths ...

Coronavirus

Rowan continues to lag behind neighbors for vaccines administered

SALISBURY — In statistics updated Monday, Rowan County finds itself proportionally below all neighboring counties for first doses ...

Coronavirus

January was worst month for COVID-19 deaths in Rowan County

SALISBURY — COVID-19 didn’t produce 70 deaths in Rowan County until five months into the pandemic, but local ...

Nation/World

Biden invites GOP lawmakers to White House virus relief talk

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has agreed to meet a group of 10 Republican senators who have ...

Politics

Wayne Sasser, Rowan County’s newest state legislator, says he’s a ‘conservative able to work with others’

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After the 2020 election, Rowan, Cabarrus and Stanly counties now have the ...

Coronavirus

‘Keep the shelves empty:’ Salisbury VA vaccinates 500 veterans on Saturday

SALISBURY — There’s no organization Jerry Archable trusted more to give him the COVID-19 vaccine than the Department ...

News

One-shot vaccine proves effective, but not as much against mutated version of virus

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and LINDA A. JOHNSON Associated Press The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: 10 COVID-19 deaths reported this week in Rowan

SALISBURY — Local statistics show 10 COVID-19 deaths reported this week. Rowan County reported two deaths on Tuesday, ...

News

Salisbury VA opens vaccinations for ages 65 and older, veterans with high-risk conditions

SALISBURY — The Salisbury VA Health Care System on Friday announced all veterans 65 and older and those ...

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