News

Salisbury citizen left out of stimulus payments because she married an immigrant

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Maria Ortiz was looking forward to the economic impact payment provided by ...

News

COVID-19 impacts Rowan County legislators’ goals of session

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After the passage of the state’s COVID-19 relief bills Saturday, both the ...

News

Salisbury secures $500,000 EPA grant to clean up former mill

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The former Kesler Mill site will be cleaned up through a $500,000 ...

Politics

Local legislators reflect on passage of state’s COVID-19 relief bills

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — COVID-19 relief bills went to the governor’s desk over the weekend with ...

Politics

Audit: North Carolina transportation agency overspent by $740M

RALEIGH  (AP) — The North Carolina Department of Transportation spent $740 million beyond what it planned to last ...

Politics

Political notebook: Poll says North Carolinians cautious about reopening state economy

A Meredith College Poll released last week and conducted in late April showed the majority of North Carolina ...

News

Reopen protesters call for end to stay-at-home order

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY— With less than a week before the governor’s stay-at-home order is set to ...

News

Rowan County Housing Authority receives $150,000 grant

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the Rowan County ...

Coronavirus

Local legislators respond to Gov. Cooper’s plan to reopen NC

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — When Gov. Roy Cooper announced a three-phase plan to reopen North Carolina’s ...

Politics

Political notebook: Tillis says Cooper’s plan to reopen state in line with White House guidance

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis last week said in a statement that Gov. Roy Cooper’s three-phase plan to reopen ...

Politics

Local representatives predict easy votes on state’s COVID-19 bills

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The N.C. General Assembly goes into session Tuesday and will consider multiple ...

Elections

Rowan Democrats encourage voting a blue ticket during virtual annual convention

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan County Democratic Party urged members to elect Democrats at the ...

Politics

NC Republican leader: We won’t seek budget veto override

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans won’t try any more to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget ...

Coronavirus

Health Care Working Group finalizes COVID-19 response bills

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The state House COVID-19 Health Care Working Group will present two bills ...

Coronavirus

Gov. Cooper extends stay-at-home order to May 8

RALEIGH (AP) — Resisting pressure as other Southern chief executives begin allowing businesses to reopen, North Carolina Gov. ...

News

Local congressmen will follow senators’ lead, vote for more Paycheck Protection Program funding

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Richard Burr on Tuesday voted to allocate ...

News

State House’s COVID-19 economic group ready to introduce legislation

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Legislators are due back to the General Assembly Tuesday, and the N.C. ...

Politics

Political notebook: Mayor Alexander says her Twitter account was hacked

Salisbury Mayor Karen Alexander said her Twitter account was hacked last week when she retweeted “RT if you’re ...

News

Rep. Sasser hears support for mailing prescriptions policy

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The N.C. House Health Care Working Group has a list of 69 ...

Politics

Tillis: Economic leaders need to collaborate to reopen businesses

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis says there should be a follow-up to the ...

Politics

Stanly County representative wants pharmacists to be able to test for COVID-19

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  State Rep. Wayne Sasser, a Republican who represents Stanly County, detailed the ...

Politics

Political notebook: Ford says governor’s COVID-19 executive orders have overreached

As some state representatives are meeting to discuss action needed during the COVID-19 pandemic, N.C. Senate members are ...

Politics

State House working group talks child care, scams, next steps

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Tara Fish, executive director of Harnett County Partnership for Children, told the ...

News

Tillis fields COVID-19 questions in telephone town hall

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — On Wednesday morning, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis hosted his 16th telephone town ...

Politics

State committee makes progress on COVID-19 relief bills

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The N.C. House’s COVID-19 Economic Support Working Group on Tuesday moved closer ...

Elections

Ask Us: Will COVID-19 cause changes to local 2020 elections?

Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to ...

News

Political notebook: Budd gets clarification for religious nonprofits on paycheck help

The Paycheck Protection Program, through the Small Business Administration, began taking applications Friday, and Rep. Ted Budd last ...

Politics

Lawmakers hear about medical equipment shortage fears

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Representatives of the North Carolina Nurses Association relayed fears about the lack ...

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