Landis

New single-family development in Landis to be considered at Aug. 3 meeting

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com LANDIS — The Landis Board of Aldermen on Monday voted to table consideration for ...

Coronavirus

With 52 new positives, county sees second-highest increase of COVID-19 cases

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Tuesday marked Rowan County’s second-highest increase in COVID-19 cases after an additional ...

Coronavirus

NC still lacks plan for regular mass testing in nursing homes

By NC Watchdog Reporting Network Carolina Public Press A crucial element of controlling the spread of the new ...

Rowan County

Commissioners allot COVID-19 funds for municipalities, vote to hire temporary accountant

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County commissioners on Monday set amounts of Coronavirus relief funds to be ...

Coronavirus

Rowan County follows state in trends on hospitalization disparity

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Demographic data provided by Rowan County on hospitalizations show Hispanic and Black ...

Coronavirus

Rowan reports 18 positive new COVID-19-related cases, releases testing sites for week

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County on Sunday reported 18 new positive COVID-19-related cases, a continuation ...

Rowan County

Commissioners to schedule public hearing for business expansion, hear county health report

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County commissioners on Monday will schedule a tax incentive public hearing for ...

Coronavirus

‘Critical needs’: COVID-19 Relief Fund helped Meals on Wheels deliver groceries to seniors

SPENCER — Meals on Wheels has always served homebound seniors, but its services have expanded and been more ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: Three employees at veterans home home test positive; state sees another record increase

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — For 21 days in a row, Rowan County has seen double-digit increases ...

Coronavirus

Five at Piedmont Correctional prison test positive for COVID-19 after mass testing

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As mass testing concluded this week at Piedmont Correctional Institute, five offenders ...

Coronavirus

County has averaged more than 100 daily tests since mid-June

SALISBURY — As COVID-19 options have become more readily available in recent weeks, the seven-day rolling average of ...

Business

More than 15,000 jobs supported in Rowan, Kannapolis from Paycheck Protection Program

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A total of 15,822 jobs were supported or retained during the COVID-19 ...

Coronavirus

45th person dies of COVID-19; recoveries rise by more than 50

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Another person not associated with a congregate care facility has died in ...

Coronavirus

One additional death in county; two nursing home outbreaks considered over

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — One additional person not associated with a congregate living facility in the ...

Elections

Board of Elections considering additional Saturdays, Sundays for general election

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Rowan County Board of Elections meeting on Tuesday included discussion about ...

News

COVID-19 cases make substantial climb over previous two days

Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Monday marked the second-largest increase in COVID-19 cases in Rowan County — 43. The ...

Coronavirus

Daimler plant’s COVID-19 cases increase to 13

CLEVELAND – Daimler’s truck manufacturing plant has seen 13 employees test positive for COVID-19 since mid-June, according to ...

News

In towns like Landis, cutoff prohibition will hurt budgets

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com LANDIS — While Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order to prohibit utility shut-offs was enacted ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: Officials warn about case spike from holiday weekend after highest one-day increase of positive tests

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Going into the holiday weekend, state and county health officials warned positive ...

Coronavirus

County health officials distribute 1,000 free face masks

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — With the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaching, county health officials on ...

Coronavirus

County nears two weeks of continuous double-digit increases

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan County Health Department reported an additional 26 people tested positive ...

Coronavirus

41 recoveries reported as COVID-19 cases continue to rise by double digits

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County officials reported on Wednesday that a total of 901 Rowan County ...

Coronavirus

County continues to see double-digit increase in cases; state to test all nursing homes

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The county on Tuesday reported an additional 23 people tested positive for COVID-19 ...

Politics

Local lawmakers talk most significant bills during ‘difficult’ legislative session

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Though most of the state legislative session’s efforts have been aimed at ...

Coronavirus

Liberty Commons resident dies from COVID-19; CDC updates guidelines

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County officials on Monday reported a resident from Liberty Commons died ...

Coronavirus

COVID-19 case count increases by 24; positives continue younger trend

For the eighth-straight day, Rowan County on Sunday reported a double-digit increase in total COVID-19 cases. The increase ...

News

Names of those we’ve lost: Family members remember relatives who died from COVID-19

SALISBURY — Melissa Carter described her father as a difficult man. Bill Carter left when she was 3 ...

Coronavirus

Investigation into Citadel nursing home corroborates concerns about state’s largest COVID-19 outbreak

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — On April 14, one resident of the Citadel in Salisbury was found ...

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