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Fourth of July municipal closings

County and municipal offices will be closed and services rescheduled because of the Fourth of July holiday. Salisbury ... Read more

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Rowan Wild hosts inaugural Outdoor Survival Skills camp

SALISBURY — With an ever-present layer of dead leaves and limbs crunching beneath their sneakered feet, nine children ... Read more

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North Rowan High School featured at NeoCon

As a sea of manufacturers, dealers, designers and consumers gathered in Chicago last month to discuss coming and current ... Read more

Crime

Blotter: June 29

SALISBURY — Ronnie Wayne Warren, 34, of Salisbury, was arrested Thursday on four outstanding Rowan County warrants. Warren ... Read more

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School board approves high school iPad pilot at North

SALISBURY — Looking ahead to the end of Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ second three-year lease on Apple devices, the school ... Read more

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Rowan-Salisbury school board approves renewal plans at four sites

SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education on Thursday approved four additional school renewal plans, making that a ... Read more

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School board explores fate of Knox Middle School

SALISBURY — With $15 million provided by the county available as soon as March, members of the Rowan-Salisbury ... Read more

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From the mind of mom: On camps, kids and chaos

Love them or hate them, North Carolina summers are the type of sensory experience that can stick with ... Read more

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Rowan-Salisbury school board to hear renewal plans for four schools

SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. today to consider renewal plans for ... Read more

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‘Breaking the generational curse’: East Spencer resident earns GED

Fresh from an overnight, eight-hour shift, Lil’Blake Montgomery walks the halls of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and recalls her ... Read more

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Bostian Elementary School hosts Summer STEAM

CHINA GROVE — Donning vibrant green safety goggles in the STEAM lab of Bostian Elementary School on Tuesday, ... Read more

Education

Catawba College addresses cuts to budget, personnel

SALISBURY — Addressing rumors about cuts to Catawba College’s personnel and budget, President Brien Lewis on Tuesday said ... Read more

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Kannapolis approves 2020 budget with increase for water and sewer

KANNAPOLIS – Though consistently divided during talks Monday, the Kannapolis City Council approved a budget and fee schedule ... Read more

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RSS adds three sites to Summer Feeding Program

SALISBURY — In just eight days, the Rowan-Salisbury School System has distributed over 20,000 free meals to children ... Read more

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Kannapolis to consider approving 2020 budget

KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis City Council will meet Monday, June 24, at 6 p.m. to consider a fiscal ... Read more

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Organizations partner to benefit youth across Rowan County

SALISBURY — In the dining room of First Baptist Church’s Family Ministry Center, rising eighth-grader Sara Portscheller sits ... Read more

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Rowan shelter to offer animal adoption special Saturday

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Animal Shelter will offer animal adoptions at a reduced price on Saturday. They ... Read more

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Saturday’s Salisbury Pride Festival harkens back to 1978 message

SALISBURY — Months before his November 1978 assassination, San Francisco’s first openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk stood ... Read more

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Spencer’s 3.5-cent tax decrease unlikely

SPENCER — The potential for a 3.5-cent decrease in Spencer’s property tax rate declined Tuesday as the Board ... Read more

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House Speaker Tim Moore answers tough questions at Boys’ State

SALISBURY — Facing the 192 participants in this year’s American Legion Tar Heel Boys’ State on Tuesday, North ... Read more

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Blotter: June 18

In Salisbury Police Department reports:  • Two burglaries were reported Friday in the 200 and 300 blocks of ... Read more

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Spencer aldermen to discuss 2019-20 budget

SPENCER — Looking ahead at a possible 3.5-cent property tax decrease, the Spencer Board of Aldermen will meet ... Read more

Education

‘Wonderful start’: East Spencer charter school talks first-year lessons

EAST SPENCER — Just over a month after Dr. Jonathan Pullin accepted his position as Essie Mae Kiser ... Read more

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Greg Alcorn talks ApSeed’s expansion plans at Kiwanis

By Andie Foley andie.foley@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Since its launch in 2016, grassroots Salisbury nonprofit ApSeed has distributed 5,300 ... Read more

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Communities In Schools offers two-day mentorship training

SALISBURY — Without context, a peek into the upstairs board room of the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce ... Read more

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From the mind of mom: The summer struggle begins

It’s 6 a.m. The sun is cresting over the horizon to be welcomed by the blissful and melodious ... Read more

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Horizons Unlimited unveils Phase 1 of trail upgrades

By Andie Foley andie.foley@salisburypost.com As Horizons Unlimited staff and community members celebrated trail renovations last Thursday, Director Amy ... Read more

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Summer Feeding Program starts today

SALISBURY — Starting today, three buses, six trucks and three vans will make their way across Rowan County ... Read more