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Editorial: Broaden horizons by volunteering with Literacy Council

Compromise always seems tougher when debates are politicized and, as a result, polarizing. There’s not many better examples ...

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Editorial: Incumbency advantage helped Pierce, Caskey

Lee Withers, China Grove’s former mayor, found out the hard way on Tuesday night that it’s somewhere between ...

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Editorial: Benefits outweigh tax increases as bond referendum passes

Rowan County on Tuesday had the opportunity to move boldly into the future by passing a $45 million ...

Opinion

Laurels: Early voting slightly beats turnout from 2016

Laurel to some good news: turnout during the early voting period was up, if only slightly, from 2016. ...

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Editorial: County’s politics won’t be quiet for long

It wasn’t an especially surprising statement considering local politics at the time and the person who was making ...

Opinion

Darts and Laurels: Sunday voting needed in Rowan

Laurel to the many people who have spoken in favor of and the Rowan County Board of Elections ...

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Editorial: Faith charter school planning kicks into gear

Let’s build a school Faith-area residents may want to adopt the phrase used last year by then-Salisbury Mayor ...

Opinion

Editorial: Bond referendum will help Rowan County move back to forefront

If Rowan-Cabarrus Community College President Carol Spalding and the late Carroll Overton were to have a conversation today ...

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Editorial: Prioritize truth over convenience

Facts matter — facts that reporters work to confirm before stories are published. It’s why Salisbury Post reporter ...

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Darts and Laurels: Davidson County plant will benefit Rowan, too

Laurel to the news that EGGER Wood Products plans to begin operation in Linwood by the end of ...

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Editorial: Healthy Rowan County requires community buy-in

Health is more than weight, says Alyssa Smith, whose job will be to rally community organizations around a ...

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Editorial: Stop board from ‘crying wolf’ about closures

As children, many of us learned some version of Aesop’s fable about the boy who cried wolf. The ...

Opinion

Editorial: Next decade will be about coal ash action in Dukeville area

In Rowan County, most major concerns ended years ago about water contamination and  how Duke Energy would handle ...

Opinion

Editorial: Capacity issue not only present in Rowan County jail

Some counties in North Carolina don’t have a jail, instead contracting with others for space. There’s a problem, ...

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Editorial: Focus on growth best after city manager’s warning

The Salisbury City Council would do well to heed warnings from City Manager Lane Bailey that he’s discouraged ...

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Editorial: Which ballot is most intriguing for unaffiliated votes?

Thousands of voters on March 3 in Rowan County will face a choice: Republican or Democrat. While that ...

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Editorial: Honor officer, examine advance communication

The mass shooting at Thelma’s Down Home Cooking on Sunday, Jan 26 is a tragedy for any number ...

Editorials

Editorial: K-8 should only be start of tough votes

Laurel to the Rowan-Salisbury School Board for voting Monday night to negotiate a design contract for a K-8 ...

Opinion

Editorial: Salisbury must break culture of silence

By any measure, this weekend’s shooting at Thelma’s Down Home Cooking is “sad all around,” as County Commissioners ...

Editorials

Editorial: Unlikely that impeachment votes affect 13 District election

In some congressional districts, impeachment votes may affect chances of a representative’s re-election in 2020, but we’re unlikely ...

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Editorial: More notice needed about city’s $40 million bond

It’s good that Salisbury is spending $40 million to invest in water infrastructure, but a vote on Tuesday ...

Editorials

Editorial: King’s message bears lessons for modern-day Salisbury, too

Both the tone and language of the question from a reporter and civil rights icon Martin Luther King ...

Editorials

Editorial: Sheriff’s office right to take on tough fight

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is right to take aim at so-called “fish arcade” businesses. The Sheriff’s Office ...

Opinion

Quotes of the week: ‘Moving almost 1,000 people’

“It’s probably a little bit slower than we would want it to be, but for the first time, ...

Editorials

Editorial: Cannon Ballers mascot name misses the mark

Kannapolis’ minor league baseball team completed its rebranding Wednesday when the team named its new mascot. In October, ...

Opinion

Editorial: Find more ways to protect drinking water

Anyone with the belief that Republicans are dismissive of environmental concerns might find statements and legislation by Rep. ...

Editorials

Editorial: County’s resolution only signals commission’s principles

Many people in Salisbury and Rowan had a similar reaction after commissioners made our county the latest in ...

Opinion

Darts and Laurels: RoCo Alerts much-needed in community

Laurel to the news that the city of Salisbury and Rowan County have created a mass alert system ...

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