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Darrell Blackwelder: Elderberry blooms are popular for teas, syrups and wine

Along roads in Rowan County the embankments, thickets, marshes and byways are dotted with large, white blooms of ...

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Extension column: Protecting pollinator species populations

By Cassidy Olmedo I am Cassidy Olmedo. I am interning with North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Rowan County ...

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Library Notes: Summer Reading take away kits and programs for the week of June 5-9

Here we are at the beginning of June, and Rowan Public Library is thrilled about what these next ...

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Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases

By Hannah Schoenbaum Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to ...

Sports

College baseball: NC State tops Campbell 5-1 in Columbia Regional

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — LuJames Groover III belted a pair of solo home runs and Trevor Candelaria hit ...

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Photo gallery: Legion team’s strong start continues

Rowan County’s American Legion baseball team breezed to a 6-1 victory Thursday against Cherryville before taking on Kannapolis ...

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No longer Fort Bragg: Fort Liberty becomes Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday ...

Sports

American Legion baseball: Rowan 6-0; Kannapolis 5-0, teams play tonight at NWC

Staff report SALISBURY — Rowan County breezed to a 6-1 American Legion baseball victory on Thursday against always ...

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Spencer police department now largest in history

SPENCER — The police department will be fully staffed as soon as one more officer completes training and ...

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Kannapolis pedestrian killed by hit and run

KANNAPOLIS — Kannapolis police responded to an accident involving a fatal hit and run on Wednesday. The incident ...

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Kannapolis train rides, splash pad now open on summer schedule

KANNAPOLIS — The Village Park Rotary Express, carousel and splash pad are open for the summer. The splash ...

Lifestyle

Union Lutheran Church carnival is Saturday

Union Lutheran Church, 4770 Bringle Ferry Road, will present a carnival on Saturday, June 3, from 10 a.m.-2 ...

News

Partners in Learning gets funding from Golden LEAF 

ROCKY MOUNT — The Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded more than $7 million across three programs: the ...

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Sports gambling in North Carolina a better bet with likely final votes next week

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Legalized sports gambling starting next year in North Carolina now ...

Crime

Salisbury bank robbery suspect apprehended in western NC

SALISBURY — The Concord man suspected in the March 25 robbery of a Salisbury F&M Bank was taken ...

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Block party returning to Community Park in China Grove on Saturday

CHINA GROVE — The annual kickoff to summer, the China Grove Block Party, is on the calendar for ...

Health

Mental Health Awareness Sneaker Ball held

CONCORD — Former Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jessica Argo assisted as an intern with Inspire of the ...

News

RCCC expands welding program to Cabarrus

RCCC News Service SALISBURY — Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has expanded its welding program to its South Campus with ...

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ShoutOuts: June 1

West Rowan Elementary – Fourth quarter honor rolls All A Honor Roll: Third grade:  Austin Bailey, Cole Bickford, Wyatt ...

Crime

19-year-old woman charged with assaulting officers

SALISBURY — A 19-year-old woman faces assault on law enforcement officer charges after an early morning scuffle on ...