Education

One more candidate files for Board of Education this week

SALISBURY — A second person has filed for the Salisbury area seat on the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education. ...

Elections

Retired educator Kathy Sanborn seeks East Area seat on Rowan-Salisbury School Board

By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY – The next few years are going to be critical for the country’s ...

Politics

Mount Ulla Democrat to challenge longtime Republican state legislator

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local Democrat from Mount Ulla has been picked to challenge longtime ...

Business

Cooper: Alcohol sales at N.C. restaurants ending earlier

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday he’s curbing ...

Elections

State to determine early voting plan after Rowan Board of Elections fails to reach consensus

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan County Board of Elections on Tuesday failed to unanimously agree ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Rep. Budd recognizes sheriff’s deputy on floor of US House

U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, R-13, last week recognized a local sheriff’s deputy who aided a motorist stuck in ...

Politics

White House, Senate GOP try again on $1 trillion virus aid

By Lisa Mascaro and Darlene Superville Associated Press WASHINGTON — Suggesting a narrower pandemic relief package may be ...

Politics

Trump coming to North Carolina to see work on virus vaccine

MORRISVILLE (AP) — President Donald Trump is coming to North Carolina to visit a biotech facility involved in ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Sen. Carl Ford visits White House, meets President Trump

On Thursday, Sen. Carl Ford, along with other North Carolina senators, visited the White House and met President ...

Elections

At South Carolina political rally, rapper Kanye West criticizes Harriet Tubman

By Meg Kinnard Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself ...

News

‘We see patriotism’: Trump boat parade on High Rock Lake attracts hundreds

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Hundreds of boats on Saturday decorated with American flags and others flags ...

Politics

Photos: Hundreds gather for Trump boat parade on High Rock Lake

A parade that started at Tamarac Marina in Rowan County attracted a crowd of hundreds of boats and ...

Politics

John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

By Calvin Woodward  Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose ...

State News

N.C. elections chief orders minimum number of early in-person voting sites in fall

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina’s top elections administrator on Friday ordered that counties ...

Politics

Photo: Trump for president until 2056

Johnny James, left, and Gary Starnes, right, stopped by the Post this week to show off their sign. ...

News

GOP convention plans for Florida shrink as virus surges

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plans for a grand convention keep shrinking. ...

Education

UPDATED: Rowan-Salisbury Schools will use two-group model for classes

By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools officials say they are relieved after Gov. Roy Cooper on ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Republican candidates stump for votes during NC GOP convention

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — With the Republican National Convention a little more than a month away, ...

News

Hundreds expected at Trump boat parade on High Rock Lake

SALISBURY — Politics can get crazy, says Genny Duncan. Sometimes people just need to have fun with it. ...

News

N.C. Republican legislative leaders trying to reinstate voter ID requirement

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are trying to reinstate ...

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 ...

Politics

Political notebook: Heggins says state should pass Medicaid expansion, support HB 1075

On Thursday, Salisbury Mayor Pro Tem Al Heggins — a Democrat running to unseat Rep. Harry Warren, a ...

Business

Developers cancel long-delayed, $8B Atlantic Coast Pipeline

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The developers of the long-delayed, $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline announced the cancellation of ...

News

Trump backs Dan Forest in governor’s race

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — President Donald Trump has endorsed the Republican who is ...

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 ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Local lawmakers share thoughts on face mask mandate

On Friday, Gov. Roy Cooper’s statewide mandate went into effect, requiring people to wear face masks when in ...

Politics

Confederate group contests public safety exception after protests, riots involving monuments

SALISBURY — In a letter sent to North Carolina municipalities last week, the North Carolina Division of the ...

News

Virus response, reopen fights mark N.C. legislative session

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers finished most of their work for ...

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