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Imagine Kannapolis plans approved by City Council, ‘focus areas’ unveiled for community
KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis City Council introduced the next step in the vision for the city’s future on ...
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YMCA adaptive pickleball clinic brings popular sport to local veterans
SALISBURY — A recent pickleball clinic at the Hurley YMCA helped bring the sport to yet another group ...
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Spencer community garden has started life with no public money, plans to expand
SPENCER — On the far end of Salisbury Avenue, right next to New Edge Paint and Performance, there ...
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Oak Park celebrates National Bingo Day
SALISBURY — It was a leis and toes-in-the-sand kind of day Monday at Oak Park retirement community when ...
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Community comes together, rain or shine, for return of Salisbury Pride Festival
SALISBURY — Some scattered showers and looming storm clouds throughout the afternoon were no match for those who ...
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John Hood: Will Joe Biden really go stag?
RALEIGH — Soaring prices. Social unrest. A resurgent Russia. A military withdrawal followed by the collapse of a ...
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NC GOP unveils budget; House backs Medicaid expansion path
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders on Tuesday unveiled state budget ...
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Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump rebuffed his own security’s warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally ...
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Attorney: Officer in Concord shot man 5 times, paused, shot him again
CONCORD (AP) — Body-camera footage shows a North Carolina police officer shoot an unarmed man five times after ...
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EEOC: 2 fired for not joining company Christian prayer
By Tom Foreman Jr. Associated Press Two employees with a North Carolina company say they were fired after ...
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Colorado GOP picks abortion rights backer for Senate race
By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press DENVER — Colorado Republicans on Tuesday nominated a businessman and supporter of most ...
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Chase Elliott trying to take a practical approach
By Jenna Fryer AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE — As he prepared for one of the hottest races ...
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ACC changes football scheduling model
Associated Press GREENSBORO — The Atlantic Coast Conference is going forward with a plan to change its football ...
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Warrants issued for Salisbury man in Davie County murder
DAVIE COUNTY — The Davie County Sheriff’s Office has issued murder warrants for a one-time Salisbury man in ...
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Efforts underway to establish veterans treatment court in Rowan County
SALISBURY — Justan Mounts was awestruck by what he was seeing. Mounts, director of Veterans Services for Rowan County, ...
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Local ministry reaches out for ‘urgent’ public food donations
SALISBURY — Food shortages and the need for crisis assistance and relief is hitting close to home in ...
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City of Salisbury announces Independence Day operations schedule
SALISBURY – The City of Salisbury will operate on the following schedule for Monday, July 4, in observance ...
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Local golf: Lyerly masterful once again
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Nick Lyerly hit the road again on Monday morning. Destination: Pinehurst. ...
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Column: Chase Elliott pushes to race Nashville Fairgrounds
By Jenna Fryer AP Auto Racing Writer LEBANON, Tenn. — To be clear, Chase Elliott will take a ...
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3 killed, dozens hurt in Amtrak train crash in Missouri
By Summer Ballentine Associated Press MENDON, Mo. — An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago ...
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Little League Softball: Heating up in Rowan
From staff reports Rowan Little League’s Majors team (12U) has big home games coming up at Salisbury Community ...
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Ask Us: What is status of city’s efforts to connect Salisbury Greenway?
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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Blotter for June 25-26
In weekend crime reports: Christopher Danelle Weeks, 42, was arrested on June 24 on charges involving felony possession ...
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High school basketball: Harris getting big-time offers
Staff report SALISBURY — Salisbury rising junior guard Jayden “Juke” Harris is certain to become the most heavily ...
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Legion baseball: Rowan County does it again
Staff report SALISBURY — Four games in three days? No problem. Rowan County’s American Legion team keeps ...