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My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Another open letter to the sponsors of the Faith Fourth

This is in response to a recent My Turn article titled “Open letter to sponsors of the Faith ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Those afraid of being woke should wake up

I make a motion that we allow the state of Florida to secede. Can I get a second? Let’s ...

News

Kannapolis Youth Council celebrates graduating seniors

KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis Youth Council recently celebrated its graduating seniors and recognized its new 2023-2024 officers and ...

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South Rowan trainer’s diligence pays off

LANDIS — A trainer at South Rowan is being heralded as a hero after detecting something amiss with ...

Lifestyle

Gotta Run: The farthest counties west

Editor’s note: David Freeze is completing a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...

Lifestyle

Ashlie Miller: Like sands on the beach

By Ashlie Miller As is true for many North Carolinians, our family’s official summer vacation kicked off with ...

Lifestyle

Kent Bernhardt: What’s with all the squirrels?

By Kent Bernhardt Is it me, or is Salisbury just infested with squirrels lately? Maybe I just never ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Language from the heart

By Ann Farabee I am a pretty calm person, but the sigh happened. I am happy for those ...

Lifestyle

Horton gets DAR service award

SALISBURY — Troy Meredith Horton of Salisbury received the Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Daughters of the American Revolution Community ...

Lifestyle

Salisbury resident taking part in webinar on eating disorders

Salisbury resident Erica Leigh Averill will be part of a webinar on Wednesday, June 7, noon-1 p.m. on eating ...

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Doug Creamer: Honoring others

By Doug Creamer My supervisor asked me and a co-worker if we could help her with a program ...

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Salisbury native seeks to raise scholarship funds for NC Central through Daddy’s Day 5K

Chrystal Ingram Williams, a 1997 Salisbury High graduate and current resident of Raleigh, is raising scholarship funds for ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

Extension column: Protecting pollinator species populations

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

Lifestyle

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 ...

News

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 ...

Photos

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 ...

News

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 ...