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Editorial: Disliked option may be best for students returning in fall

It’s somewhere between difficult and impossible to predict how COVID-19 might spread in the fall and winter, but ...

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Editorial: Citadel outbreak grows more tragic with state’s report

Even as COVID-19 case totals continue to rise across North Carolina, one thing remains true about Rowan County: ...

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Editorial: First game will shift Kannapolis redevelopment to new gear

It’s hard to argue against the notion that COVID-19 has impacted every sector of life.  Even as society ...

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Editorial: Do your part, wear a mask

Wear a mask in public and do your part to limit the spread of COVID-19. It’s as simple ...

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Editorial: Stay connected, engaged in local community

When information is just a Google search away, it might be surprising that some locals called police Monday ...

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Editorial: What next after monuments come down?

The city of Salisbury is not alone in its ongoing effort to remove Confederate monuments. Across the state ...

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Editorial: Tuesday’s ‘Fame’ City Council vote followed decades of discussion

In an age when information is just a Google search away, our collective memories have become shorter than ...

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Editorial: Check on registration status, ballot requests now

If you’ve received an absentee ballot request from the Center for Voter Information, you may want to check ...

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Editorial: Swedish announcement adds context to local case

The case drew international attention. And why wouldn’t it? A former Salisbury police officer had been accused (and ...

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Editorial: Some answers will remain unclear for mountain of questions

The start of the next school year is sooner than it might seem, and questions abound about how ...

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Editorial: NAACP president’s message to continue building

Across the country, some groups advocating for change in law enforcement have found a louder voice with which ...

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Editorial: Not much good news in April numbers

There was some good COVID-19 news on the jobs front nationwide last week when the Labor Department announced ...

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Editorial: Continue to follow health guidelines on coronavirus

There are members of the crowd of people who were suspicious of COVID-19-induced shutdowns at the start who ...

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Editorial: Salisbury Police make the right call

Salisbury Police made the right call Wednesday by seeking equal justice in an incident that has altered the ...

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Editorial: Laurels for police, peace keepers, good citizens

In a chaotic moment on Sunday, there were plenty of laurels to go around for keeping things from ...

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Editorial: Rowan-Salisbury Schools can be more strategic about coming school year

This school year, in particular the final few months, were not what Rowan-Salisbury Schools leaders expected from the ...

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Editorial: Faith’s community spirit, patriotism must prevail

In our divided America, politics seep into everything. And division often follows politics. Mask-wearing recommendations are entirely too ...

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Editorial: Will virus change context for school closures?

Rowan-Salisbury Schools has rightly been focused on many other important items in recent months rather than closures and ...

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Editorial: Provide more reassurance about graduation promise

Community members have done their best to honor Rowan-Salisbury high school seniors amid uncertainty about graduation during a ...

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Editorial: Don’t eliminate bus routes entirely

The Salisbury City Council would be making a mistake by voting for a budget with a proposal to ...

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Editorial: Changes will be needed for 2020 general election

On the last day of early voting in the 2016 election, voters lined up hundreds at a time ...

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Editorial: Budgets for coming year more of an educated guess than usual

It’s unusual for managers of municipal and county governments to propose a budget to their board or council ...

Opinion

Darts and Laurels: Rowan-Salisbury right to stick to future promise

Laurel to Rowan-Salisbury Schools and, more specifically, the district’s high schools for planning virtual celebrations for seniors on ...

Opinion

Editorial: Schedule another practice for mass vaccination clinic

The Rowan County Health Department and Emergency Services should start dusting off plans for a mass vaccination exercise, ...

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Editorial: Don’t make things worse in next phase

Make no mistake, COVID-19 remains a major health concern locally, but reasonable people can argue that things have ...

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Editorial: Much remains the same after Gov. Roy Cooper’s new order

Gov Roy Cooper summed up his announcement Tuesday about the state entering phase one of “reopening” when he ...

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Editorial: County will find out whether spike in cases results

One photo shows people sitting at tables outside of a restaurant with food that would normally be served ...

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Editorial: Continue trying to make senior year special

For most teenagers, there’s are a number of rites of passage to look forward to as adulthood approaches. ...

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