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Election 2021:Four vie for pair of seats on Granite Quarry board

GRANITE QUARRY – Four people are on the ballot for two seats on the Granite Quarry Board of ...

Politics

Early voting creeps along as county holds first municipal voting on Sunday

SALISBURY — Votes continued to slowly roll in this weekend at the Rowan County Board of Elections. The ...

News

Beasley top fundraiser in third quarter for Senate race

By BRYAN ANDERSON and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — Former state Supreme Court ...

Elections

Salisbury council candidates list crime reduction, hiring a new city manager among city’s top priorities

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Candidates in Salisbury’s city council race discussed their perceptions of the biggest ...

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Rowan Republicans’ Lincoln-Reagan Dinner brings conservatives together for night of speeches, awards

SALISBURY —Conservatives convened at Salisbury Station Thursday night for Rowan County Republicans’ Lincoln-Reagan Dinner. The Lincoln-Reagan Dinner is ...

Nation/World

Bill Clinton in hospital for non-COVID-related infection

By LOU KESTEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a Southern California ...

Nation/World

Full pension restored for FBI official fired under Trump

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his ...

News

Former Gov. Perdue leading standardized testing board

RALEIGH (AP) — Former North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is once again leading a board that oversees standardized ...

Elections

Salisbury mayoral candidates Alexander, Heggins talk leadership style during Chamber of Commerce forum

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Mayor Karen Alexander and Mayor Pro Tem Al Heggins, who are both ...

Politics

Blotter: Woman charged with bringing 14 suboxone strips into jail

SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman was charged Tuesday with felony possession of a controlled substance in a jail ...

Elections

Early voting begins today. Here’s what voters need to know.

SALISBURY — Early voting for the 2021 municipal elections in Rowan County begins today at 8 a.m. Votes can ...

Politics

Mayoral candidates Alexander, Heggins discuss public safety, poverty, housing issues during candidate forum

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In a forum for on Salisbury mayoral candidates Tuesday night, Mayor Karen ...

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Salisbury City Council candidates talk pandemic, public safety, economic investment during forum

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City Council candidates gathered virtually Tuesday during a forum to discuss the ...

Elections

Rowan Board of Elections changes decision to replace supervisor

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After unanimously voting Tuesday to replace a supervisor, Rowan County Board of ...

News

Lieutenant governor not apologizing for anti-LGBTQ remarks

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on Tuesday ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Republicans say they didn’t sponsor August ‘Patriot’s Rally’ at Sloan Park

Former Rowan County Republican Chairman Don Vick and Erica Vedeikis of Rowan Republican Women’s Club told the Post ...

Nation/World

Senate dodges debt disaster by voting to extend borrowing

By KEVIN FREKING, ALAN FRAM and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dodged a U.S. ...

Politics

Mayor Alexander, council member Sheffield top cash on hand, fundraising in City Council race

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Reports due at the end of September show the campaigns of Mayor ...

News

Court rules McCrory backers can be sued for defaming 2016 voters

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — Some supporters of former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory’s ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Commissioner candidate apologizes for comments about Mayor Pro Tem Al Heggins

SALISBURY — Rowan County commissioner candidate Angie Spillman apologized for previous comments she made related to Mayor Pro ...

Politics

Salisbury council, mayor forum scheduled Oct. 14

SALISBURY — The Rowan Chamber of Commerce, Catawba College and the Salisbury Post will hold a Salisbury candidate ...

News

Vote delayed as Democrats struggle to save Biden’s $3.5T bill

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats were ...

Nation/World

Bill to avert government shutdown passes; Biden signs it

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden on Thursday ...

News

Salisbury council candidates talk with Livingstone students during Black Voters Matter HBCU Tour

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Candidates for the Salisbury City Council on Wednesday addressed a few dozen ...

Politics

Gov. Cooper signs bill supported by local legislator cracking down on pharmacy benefit managers

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper last week signed into law a bill supported by ...

Rowan County

Political Notebook: Candidates seeking open U.S. Senate, House seats receive endorsements

SALISBURY — North Carolina candidates seeking open seats in the U.S. House and Senate in the 2022 election ...

Nation/World

Pelosi vows to pass $1T bill, move ahead on larger measure

WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Joe Biden’s broad domestic agenda at risk of collapse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...

Politics

After another court ruling against it, what’s next for voter ID in NC?

SALISBURY — While she voted against voter ID requirements in North Carolina in 2018, unaffiliated voter Pam Everhardt ...

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