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RSS school board unanimously votes down mask mandate
SALISBURY — Masks will stay optional for the foreseeable future after a unanimous decision by the Rowan-Salisbury Schools ...
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‘Struggling to find people’: Rowan County Detention Center looks to fill larger-than-usual number of positions
SALISBURY — For Sgt. M. Hare and officer W.E. Ray, there’s much more to working at the Rowan County ...
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Ask Us: Does Salisbury schedule bulk item pickup days?
Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to ...
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Cricket coming soon: Meet the man bringing a new kind of field to Rowan County
SALISBURY — To find the nearest game of cricket when he was living in Michigan, Jaypal Kalagiri had ...
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Farmers remain resilient, look toward future as county develops agriculture plan
SALISBURY — Carrie Barnhardt was a sophomore at North Carolina State University in 2009 when her family was ...
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RSS board signs off on metal detectors for football, basketball games
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools will add metal detectors to the entrances of athletic events at all of its ...
Elections
Political Notebook: Here’s how much Rowan County Board of Elections spent to conduct municipal elections
SALISBURY — The cost to conduct the 2021 municipal elections across Rowan County last year totaled $52,466, with ...
Crime
Blotter: West Rowan student brought handgun to school in backpack
SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office says an unloaded handgun was found Thursday in the backpack of ...
Crime
Blotter: Jan. 23
In weekend arrest warrants: • Candace Nicole Evans, 31, was charged with malicious conduct by a prisoner. Evans ...
Nation/World
US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. ...
Sports
Chiefs rally past Buffalo 42-36 in OT in wild playoff game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In a never-say-die showdown between two of the NFL’s top teams, and two ...
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Young scores 30, Hawks hammer cold-shooting Hornets 113-91
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Trae Young scored 30 points and tied a season-high with eight 3-pointers, and the streaky ...
College
No. 21 Duke survives drought, holds off Virginia late, 57-48
DURHAM (AP) — Shayeann Day-Wilson scored 13 points and No. 21 Duke survived a six-minute scoring drought in ...
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No. 4 N.C. State tough on defense, tops Virginia Tech 51-45
RALEIGH (AP) — For the second straight game, Jakia Brown-Turner had to save the day for No. 4 ...
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College women’s basketball: Catawba rallies for home win
Staff report SALISBURY — Catawba’s women’s basketball played a stellar fourth quarter and rallied to beat Lincoln Memorial ...
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Salisbury Police chief says violent crime ‘somewhat steady’ in previous decade despite 2021 spike
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — While 2021 saw a bump in violent crimes compared to historically low ...
Education
RSS administrators will recommend mandatory masks due to omicron surge
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools administration will recommend the district reinstate a mask mandate amid the surge of the ...
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Baseball: Kyle Seager ready for next chapter
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — At 34, Kyle Seager is one of the world’s youngest retirees, but ...
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Cooking from the soul: Caribbean Island Cafe dishes up authentic Jamaican dishes
SALISBURY — In the kitchen at Caribbean Island Cafe, Fitzroy Hamilton is cooking up a different kind of ...
Editorials
Editorial: Clues about COVID-19’s future can be found in 1918 flu
As the Salisbury-Rowan community, North Carolina and the nation learn to live with a continuing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s ...
Sports
Ralph and Elizabeth: Kitleys are a basketball family
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SUMMERFIELD — Ralph Kitley is officially retired, but the former high school principal and ...
Business
Biz Roundup: Kannapolis officers receive recognition for life-saving actions
KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis Police Department presented the Lifesaving Award to three officers for their quick actions that ...
Columnists
Kenneth L. Hardin: No, don’t let it snow
By Kenneth L. Hardin I have a love-hate relationship with winter. If I had my choice, I would ...
Letters
Letter: Sky will fall when swamp is drained
I am responding to John Hood’s “Our sky was never falling” article published Tuesday. Mr. Hood I believe ...
Columns
Ann Farabee: We win
We win. When we go out into battle against our enemies, see horses and chariots, and are seemingly ...