Author: Salisbury Post Editorial Board | Salisbury Post

Sports

High school basketball: Christmas tournament schedule

2022 DALE’S SPORTING GOODS – SAM MOIR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CLASSIC Goodman Gym at Catawba College Carson, South ... Read more

Sports

Area Sports Briefs: Salisbury soccer rolls in CCC opener

  From staff reports Salisbury’s boys soccer team improved to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in the Central Carolina ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Candidates skip quickly past pleasantries

Rowan County could be in for one or more bitter primary elections among local Republicans. Already, 2022 elections ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Make candidates run where they live

The ability for candidates to shop around for their favorite congressional district is bad for the democratic process. ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Avoid partisanship, embrace common solutions around Ukraine invasion

To hear Rowan County’s congressman, Rep. Ted Budd, tell it, President Joe Biden may be solely responsible for ... Read more

Opinion

Editorial: Public events can finally return safely

It’s time to start thinking about the impact of the virus differently for public gatherings. Whether people have ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Finally, 2022 election can begin

Let the elections begin. After delayed Census results, later-than-usual redistricting, gerrymandering allegations and lawsuits upending the election process, ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Increased costs shouldn’t change Knox-Overton K-8 project

Like most things, the price of Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ combined Knox-Overton K-8 school project increased from an initial estimate ... Read more

Editorials

Laurels: North Rowan students protest peacefully

Laurel to North Rowan High School students for peacefully protesting inaction by Rowan-Salisbury Schools administrators. Students walked out ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Back again, Dollar General picks new site

The year is 2022. The world is still in the middle of a global pandemic that has claimed ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: RSS’ cyberattack still plaguing systems

A cyberattack against Rowan-Salisbury Schools is turning out to be more serious than the district initially let on. ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Community responds to Dixonville vandalism

The community responded forcefully and generously following the discovery of vandalized graves at Dixonville Cemetery last week. At ... Read more

Opinion

Editorial: Keep party politics off of RSS Board of Education

The proposed conversion of all local elections in the county to partisan will further tear at frayed threads ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Two is a coincidence — three is a trend

China Grove is close to developing a fraught relationship with major housing developments. In October 2020, the China ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Salisbury considering following in Wilson’s footsteps again

The Salisbury City Council’s discussion Friday about switching to a ride-hailing model for public transit is an idea ... Read more

Opinion

Darts and Laurels: Two better than one for Empire Hotel

Laurel to the news that two former competitors are joining forces to make the Empire Hotel redevelopment possible. ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Make an emergency kit before it’s needed

Winter storms this month have spared Salisbury and Rowan County from prolonged power outages, but they should serve ... Read more

Opinion

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 ... Read more

Editorials

Laurels: An ode to snow days in a digital era

Laurel to the persistence of snow days in an increasingly digital world. Knowing they don’t have school, kids ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Who would you like to work for?

Court-mandated delays to filing periods and elections have brought confusion to a process that never seems to be ... Read more

Editorials

Darts and Laurels: Social district good idea for downtown Salisbury

Laurels to Downtown Salisbury, Inc. for pursuing the creation of a social district in the downtown area. The ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Good first steps for Rowan-Salisbury Schools

Rowan-Salisbury Schools implemented some commonsense security measures last week in the wake of the Sam Moir Christmas Classic ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Securing the save for Rowan County

The Charlotte region is on the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning and the coach is ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: In-person participation remains pandemic casualty

In-person participation in Salisbury City Council meetings is one of the casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Pages from community’s history can serve as guide

Four or five years ago, shortly after a new group of commissioners took office, Rowan County began a ... Read more

Editorials

Laurels: Keep pushing Postal Service

Laurel to local residents for speaking up about problems at the East Spencer and Gold Hill post offices ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: End the roller coaster ride

There was reason for celebration at Rowan Medical Center on Dec. 22, 2020. Roughly nine months after COVID-19 ... Read more

Editorials

Editorial: Federal funding can have major impact on public education

The sum of grant and federal relief money is sort of mind-boggling. Rowan-Salisbury Schools expects to receive a ... Read more