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East Spencer board sees little change; incumbents return

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com EAST SPENCER — There was little change to the East Spencer town board as ...

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Land-is slide: Smith elected town’s first female mayor

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com LANDIS — The Smith-Sells-Stewart trio succeeded Tuesday night. Meredith Smith was elected mayor and ...

Rockwell

Taylor wins another term as Rockwell mayor

ROCKWELL — Beau Taylor, incumbent mayor of Rockwell, won Tuesday’s election and will serve another two-year term. Taylor ...

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Salisbury sticks with incumbents, Alexander leads vote

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — All Salisbury City Council incumbents will return, but the position of mayor ...

Kannapolis

Kannapolis voters opt for experience, choose Dayvault, Kincaid, Jackson for city council

KANNAPOLIS — Voters chose experience Tuesday, electing Ryan Dayvault, Tom Kincaid and Darrell Jackson to the City Council. ...

China Grove

Seaford upsets Withers for China Grove mayor

CHINA GROVE – In an upset, Town Councilman Charles Seaford won the China Grove mayor’s race Tuesday. Seaford ...

News

Granite Quarry elects Shelton as alderman, re-elects Feather, Costantino

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Granite Quarry voters gave retired accounting manager Doug Shelton a resounding ...

News

Spencer picks Williams as next mayor, opts for change on town board

SPENCER — Voters on Tuesday chose Jonathan D. Williams as the town’s next mayor by a landslide and ...

Local

China Grove Town Council votes to discontinue recycling services

CHINA GROVE – Because of increasing costs, the Town Council on Monday night chose to discontinue municipal recycling ...

News

Turnout in Tuesday’s municipal elections surpasses 2017

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It might not bowl you over — only one out of five ...

News

In pre-election finance report, Heggins tops fundraising in City Council race

SALISBURY — According to her pre-election finance report, Salisbury Mayor Al Heggins has raised $16,550.28 in her campaign ...

Elections

Elections board dismisses complaint against Kannapolis’ Darrell Jackson

CONCORD — With a driver’s license serving as the most compelling piece of evidence for some of its ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Landis mayoral candidate Abernathy endorses Smith for mayor

Dorland Abernathy, a former Landis alderman and candidate for mayor, announced Friday that he is endorsing one of ...

China Grove

China Grove candidates react to Stroud’s written endorsement of Seaford for mayor

CHINA GROVE — Active voters in China Grove were said to have received a one-page letter sent by ...

News

Early voting wraps up; Election Day is Tuesday

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Friday was the last day of early voting, and turnout for this ...

News

Letter written by Landis mayor circulates days before election

LANDIS — A week before the municipal election, a letter from Landis Mayor Mike Mahaley in which he endorses ...

News

Sharply divided House approves impeachment rules

By Alan Fram and Matthew Daly Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats swept a rules package for their impeachment ...

News

City Council meeting moves to Friday

SALISBURY — Because of Tuesday’s election, the Salisbury City Council will meet at 2 p.m. Friday at the ...

News

Livingstone College students follow tradition to the polls

SALISBURY — A week after hearing from candidates during the Livingstone College forum, students headed to the polls ...

Elections

Cabarrus Board of Elections to have hearing about Kannapolis candidate’s residency

KANNAPOLIS — A former councilman and current candidate for the city’s governing board will be the subject of ...

Politics

Wait and see: Politicians react to ruling blocking congressional map

SALISBURY — Rowan County could, again, elect representatives to Congress under different district maps. And reactions to a ...

News

Hagan rode a perfect storm toward defeating Dole in 2008

SALISBURY — In these parts, Kay Hagan, who died Monday at age 66, stood as a giant killer. ...

News

Giannina Monzon answers Voter’s Guide questions

Editor’s note: Salisbury City Council candidate Giannina Monzon did not respond to questions by the deadline for Friday’s ...

News

Political Notebook: Sen. Tillis, Reps. Budd, Hudson introduce Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act

U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Reps. Dan Bishop, R-9, and Ted Budd, R-13, ...

News

Former US Sen. Kay Hagan dies at age 66

By Martha Waggoner Associated Press RALEIGH — Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who stepped away from a banking ...

News

Judges throw out NC congressional map

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Judges on Monday blocked North Carolina’s congressional map from being ...

News

Rowan Chamber contingent drops in on Washington lawmakers

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Terry Osborne, general manager for the Rowan-Kannapolis ABC Board and a ...

Politics

One week of early voting left in municipal races

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — By Friday, more than 1,000 people wanting to forgo lines on Election ...

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