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Editorial: A (rural) center of controversy

The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center surfaces in Rowan County news when the private nonprofit organization OKs grants for...

CONCORD — The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to adopt a $226 million budget for the coming fiscal...

Veteran Boy Scout leader Jack S. Kepley Sr. was recently named Scouter of the Year by The American Legion, Department of North...

SALISBURY — Authorities say a Salisbury man caught his neighbor in the act of stealing his truck and held him at gunpoint...

A newly formed nonprofit, The SEED Foundation of North Carolina, aims to develop and promote local food and farming and spearhead...

BERLIN (AP) — Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call...

EAST SPENCER — Registration is Thursday for a nine-week summer sports camp for youngsters ages 5 to 18.

Editor’s note: David Freeze is biking coast to coast. His trek started June 10 in Oregon. He’s sending dispatches...

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — FBI agents in suburban Detroit began a third day of digging Wednesday in the search for the...

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Authorities say a drug informant and a man selling him drugs have been shot during a deal in an...

RALEIGH (AP) — The full House is hitting the gas on legislation creating the option to raise the speed limit on some North...

CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Democratic National Committee says it’s missing nearly $500,000 in equipment used at the...

RALEIGH (AP) — A bill rolling back energy-efficiency standards for commercial builders in North Carolina is headed to the...

Show us your patriotism!How do you show your patriotism on the Fourth of July vs. the rest of the year, and...

The Candy Shoppe on Main is bringing a sugar-high to Downtown Salisbury.

SALISBURY — Two Rockwell schools are reeling from the loss of one custodial employee and the severe...