Education

400 teachers tune in for Q&A session with superintendent

By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY – On Thursday, Rowan-Salisbury Schools Superintendent Lynn Moody hosted a webinar to speak ...

Business

Smaller businesses faced difficulties in receiving PPP loans

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — While Paycheck Protection Program funds were able to help nearly 1,500 businesses ...

Coronavirus

Midweek COVID-19 increase comes with big improvements in recoveries, hospitalizations

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The county on Wednesday reported an additional 27 people tested positive for ...

Sports

NC High School Athletic Association delays start of fall sports

The N.C. High School Athletic Association on Wednesday announced three rule changes, including delaying the start of fall ...

Coronavirus

With 52 new positives, county sees second-highest increase of COVID-19 cases

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Tuesday marked Rowan County’s second-highest increase in COVID-19 cases after an additional ...

Education

Rowan-Salisbury Schools opts not to preemptively suspend sports practice

By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education opted to not to suspend athletic ...

Rowan County

Commissioners allot COVID-19 funds for municipalities, vote to hire temporary accountant

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County commissioners on Monday set amounts of Coronavirus relief funds to be ...

Crime

Abandoned car found riddled with bullets near East Spencer

EAST SPENCER — At about 2 a.m. Monday, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting near ...

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, ...

Coronavirus

Rowan reports 18 positive new COVID-19-related cases, releases testing sites for week

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County on Sunday reported 18 new positive COVID-19-related cases, a continuation ...

Crime

Rockwell man charged with break-in, theft of vehicle equipment

ROCKWELL — A Rockwell man was charged last week with a break-in and the theft of vehicle equipment ...

Education

NC Pre-K application deadline extended until July 17

By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Smart Start Rowan, which manages the state-funded N.C. Pre-K seats in the ...

Coronavirus

‘Critical needs’: COVID-19 Relief Fund helped Meals on Wheels deliver groceries to seniors

SPENCER — Meals on Wheels has always served homebound seniors, but its services have expanded and been more ...

News

Silver alert canceled for missing High Point woman

SALISBURY — A High Point woman who was last seen in Rowan County after her car was disabled ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: Three employees at veterans home home test positive; state sees another record increase

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — For 21 days in a row, Rowan County has seen double-digit increases ...

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 ...

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury Police respond to multiple shootings Thursday

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police responded to a string of shootings Thursday, with one shooting into ...

News

Virtual K-8 draws 700 applicants in four days

By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY – Rowan-Salisbury School’s new virtual K-8 school has drawn 700 enrollees since applications ...

Coronavirus

County has averaged more than 100 daily tests since mid-June

SALISBURY — As COVID-19 options have become more readily available in recent weeks, the seven-day rolling average of ...

News

High Point woman missing after Rowan stop for car trouble

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking into the disappearance of a ...

Crime

Local business owner says she was target of vandalism

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Sabrina Harris, owner of an arts incubator business on Fulton Street , says she ...

Coronavirus

45th person dies of COVID-19; recoveries rise by more than 50

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Another person not associated with a congregate care facility has died in ...

Coronavirus

One additional death in county; two nursing home outbreaks considered over

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — One additional person not associated with a congregate living facility in the ...

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 ...

News

Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen schools in fall

By Collin Binkley AP education writer President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort pressing state and ...

News

Downtown Salisbury Inc director resigns

SALISBURY — The head of the city’s downtown promotions and development organization abruptly resigned her job last month. ...

News

COVID-19 cases make substantial climb over previous two days

Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Monday marked the second-largest increase in COVID-19 cases in Rowan County — 43. The ...

Coronavirus

Daimler plant’s COVID-19 cases increase to 13

CLEVELAND – Daimler’s truck manufacturing plant has seen 13 employees test positive for COVID-19 since mid-June, according to ...

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