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SALISBURY – Mount Zion Baptist Church on Sunday kept a 44-year tradition going. The church’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Humanitarian awards recognize the ...
SALISBURY – Mount Zion Baptist Church on Sunday kept a 44-year tradition going. The church’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Humanitarian awards recognize the ...
SALISBURY – Michael Benjamin Gobble, 43, of Rockwell, was charged Saturday with felony statutory rape of a child and felony indecent liberties with a child. ...
SALISBURY — Cars filtered through the parking lot at the Salisbury Civic Center on Saturday. Some people planned to come to the resource fair, and ...
SALISBURY — Rowan County saw the wettest year on record in 2020, adding another point of interest to one of the most remarkable years of ...
SALISBURY – Summit Virtual Academy is unique because it has drawn teachers and students from all over the county into its virtual space. Carlton Jackson ...
SPENCER — Spencer welcomed its two latest hires at Tuesday night’s Board of Aldermen meeting. Faith Wilson is the town’s new finance officer and James ...
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools Superintendent Tony Watlington on Tuesday began his plan to visit every school and facility in the district. He started at the ...
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools Associate Superintendent Kelly Withers says there’s been a leveling off of COVID-19 cases in the district. Withers during Monday night’s school ...
GRANITE QUARRY — The town’s Board of Aldermen meeting on Tuesday brought a surprise visitor with some top-notch news. N.C. Commissioner of Insurance and State ...
SALISBURY — Superintendent Tony Watlington was sworn in on Monday at the Rowan-Salisbury School’s regular meeting. Watlington was tapped to take over for the district ...
SALISBURY — Similar to schools, local child care centers are struggling to keep doors open because staffing is uncertain day to day. The state currently ...
SALISBURY — There are about 50 slots of state-funded pre-kindergarten still available in Rowan County as of Tuesday, and families can still apply for them. ...
SALISBURY — New Rowan-Salisbury Schools Superintendent Tony Watlington is set to be sworn in on Monday and begin his district tour on Tuesday. Watlington was ...
RALEIGH – The N.C. Board of Education on Thursday approved one local charter school and took a step toward closing another. Faith Academy’s accelerated application ...
GRANITE QUARRY — If you happen to be walking in the Centennial Park in Granite Quarry, watch out for hawks. Red-tailed hawks have been nesting ...
SALISBURY — The North Carolina Board of Education on Wednesday viewed recommendations for the approval of charter hopeful Faith Academy and revocation of the charter ...
SALISBURY – If it suits them, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College graduates can put their caps and gowns straight in the recycling bin after they have been ...
By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — COVID-19 infections among Rowan-Salisbury Schools staff and quarantine figures have remained remain low enough to reopen school buildings on ...
GREENVILLE — A Salisbury native’s latest large-scale project is now emblazoned across West First Street in Greenville. The mural, reading “UNITE AGAINST RACISM,” is the ...
SALISBURY — Marvin Moore just wrapped up his first semester at the helm of Salisbury High School after transitioning from the principalship Isenberg Elementary School. ...
FAITH – Faith Academy is looking forward to final approval of its charter by the state Board of Education in a few days. And with ...
GREENSBORO — Tony Watlington is on his way to Rowan County after 26 years working in Guilford County. The outgoing Guilford County Chief of Schools ...
SPENCER — Peter Franzese is fresh on the job as Spencer’s town manager, appointed by the town’s Board of Aldermen in December after spending a ...
SALISBURY – Rowan-Salisbury Schools is about to enter a transition. Superintendent Lynn Moody will retire after Thursday and her replacement, Tony Watlington, will take over ...
SALISBURY – Smart Start Rowan has been providing Christmas for local families through its Angel Tree program for 18 years. Started by program manager Laura ...
SALISBURY — Mark Martin was late to his own retirement celebration Wednesday, but it was for a good reason. Martin saw a little dog in ...
CHINA GROVE — Makenna Pate grew up in Rowan County, went to Catawba College and is now teaching at her old middle school. The China ...
SPENCER – Spencer is hoping to begin construction on its municipal complex project in mid-January and met with the parties involved on Tuesday. That included ...