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High school baseball teams to play April 7-10 in Kannapolis
KANNAPOLIS — For the second year, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers and Atrium Health Ballpark will host some of ...
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Deadline for Rowan Arts & Cultural Development Grant is April 1, other grants also available
SALISBURY — April 1 is the deadline for organizations and individuals interested in The Rowan Arts & Cultural ...
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A little rain doesn’t stop Spencer cemetery cleanup
SPENCER — A cemetery on Long Ferry Road that dates back to the 1880s had become so overgrown ...
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A 130-year-old piece of Salisbury named a local historic landmark
SALISBURY — Preserving history can lead to a better understanding of how the present came to be and ...
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Home for Life Design a semifinalist for grant funding
DURHAM — Home for Life Design, a Salisbury home safety assessment application that fosters independent living for aging ...
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Garage blaze destroys cars on West Ridge Road
SALISBURY — Firefighters were called out to a garage blaze at 1035 West Ridge Road just before 1 ...
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Catawba College hosting president of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on April 13
SALISBURY — Catawba College’s Ketner School of Business Lecture Series will feature Tom Barkin, president and CEO of ...
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Alcoa offers responses to health concerns raised in video forum
By Chris Miller Stanly News & Press Following a video forum this past week involving former Alcoa workers ...
Spirit of Rowan
Spirit of Rowan 2023: Reinventing home in the heart of historic Salisbury
Downtown Salisbury is home to many restaurants, watering holes, parks and plazas. With the help of some local ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Rowan County’s new boomtown: The Town of Rockwell
Before the town of Rockwell was incorporated into Rowan County by an act of the North Carolina General ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Silent History: Cemeteries can tell a lot about ourselves
Cemeteries can tell so many kinds of stories: mysteries, romances and even horror. Seeing the names and dates, ...
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Turning over a new leaf: Rufty’s Garden Shop has new owners
SALISBURY — Late last year, Charlie Smith chose to sell Rufty’s Garden Shop after owning it for 30 ...
Spirit of Rowan
Spirit of Rowan 2023: The Kesler Newsom Kepley Farmhouse is still standing
In 1844, a two-story Federal style house with a central hall, two rooms on the first floor, two ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Industry may have faded, but county identity remains
Like many communities in North Carolina, Rowan County relied heavily on mill work to provide income as farming ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Now and then: Rowan County surges into the future, cherishes its heritage
By John Carr We hope readers will find this year’s Spirit of Rowan our best to date. Certainly ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Growing up with Rowan County through the generations
Terry Holt can still smell the burning. Back in 1964, Holt was just a kid when he was ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Woodleaf Elementary to live on as park
Schools are more than just institutions for learning, they are institutions for a community. How many people meet ...
Spirit of Rowan
Spirit of Rowan 2023: Discover Central Avenue: Small business owners revitalize Landis strip
Moments lost in time can be difficult to retrieve, but an economic rebound in Landis has revived a ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Rowan County has seen a mural explosion
It seems like you turn a corner in Rowan County and you’ll run into a mural these days. ...
Spirit of Rowan
Spirit of Rowan 2023: Reading into it: A look back at Rowan County’s libraries
The Rowan County Library system may have the county covered nowadays, but like most things, it started out ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: The women behind Rowan
Rowan County has a feminine side. In fact, the first leader historically documented in what is now Rowan ...
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Free seminar on hoarding offered by city of Kannapolis
KANNAPOLIS — The city will host a virtual Fair Housing Lunch & Learn seminar from 11:30 a.m. to ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Food Lion’s reach goes further than just good deals
SALISBURY- Ronnie Smith knows Food Lion like the back of his hand. As he should – his father ...
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‘Smell of Money’ being shown Tuesday at Catawba
SALISBURY — “The Smell of Money,” a film about the devastating effects of the hog industry in eastern ...
Spirit of Rowan
Spirit of Rowan 2023: A classroom is forever — a look inside the life of two historic schools
Breathing new life into a space that was once filled with the sounds of children playing and learning ...
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Eyes in the sky: Rockwell couple start drone photography business
ROCKWELL — At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Jacob Warner found himself like many others: ...
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Can bail be reformed? Livingstone panel explores that question
SALISBURY — Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump was in Salisbury on Thursday at Livingstone College, along with ...
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Unexpected loss of local singer, librarian rocks community
SALISBURY — Some people’s souls shine so brightly, burn so intensely, that their flame goes out too soon. ...
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College Basketball Picks Against the Spread: Big South Games Today, November 19
The Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs versus the Charlotte 49ers is a game to watch on the Tuesday Big South…
College Basketball Picks Against the Spread: Sun Belt Games Today, November 19
The Sun Belt college basketball lineup on Tuesday, which includes the Rice Owls versus the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns,…
Top 25 College Hoops Picks Against the Spread – Tuesday, November 19
The Tuesday college basketball schedule includes six games featuring a ranked team on the court. Among those games…
How to Watch the NBA Today, November 19
Today’s NBA schedule has a lot in store. Among the six games is the Cleveland Cavaliers playing the…
Charlotte vs. Gardner-Webb Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total – November 19
Tuesday’s game features the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (2-2) and the Charlotte 49ers (2-1) matching up at Dale F.…