Dart to Rowan-Cabarrus Community college for avoidable issues that resulted in state auditors finding millions of dollars in understatements and misclassifications in the school’s budget ...
No one wants to be a Washington insider in North Carolina’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate, particularly if you’re not getting a former president’s endorsement. ...
With fewer people entering law enforcement and the city of Salisbury raising police pay to help with recruitment and retention, nearby agencies could be forced ...
They’re going to do it. Despite worry about whether high school athletes would have a season amid the pandemic, high schools in Rowan County and ...
Laurel to Rowan County Manager Aaron Church and staff members for including money in the proposed budget to fund the construction of a Knox-Overton K-8 ...
Every year’s graduating class enters a world with a slightly different bounty of possibilities in front of them. Some years, including for the class of ...
In a city where new developments keep coming across the horizon, the former Kannapolis Intimidators stadium already has a suitor one step from city council ...
It’s easy to talk about government as if it’s a business, saying fees charged and revenue dwarf expenses incurred. It’s important to remember, however, that ...
New guidance last week about wearing masks indoors doesn’t mean the end of the virus, but it will bring about a new phase of the ...
On a regular basis, it seems, the country is getting a lesson in its ability to collectively act for the public’s benefit, particularly when people ...
Laurel to the Rowan County Economic Development Commission for creating a tool to pull job listings from across the internet into one portal for local ...
Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell described it as “groundbreaking and lifesaving.” County Commissioners Vice Chairman Jim Greene called it one of the most important votes ...
From a community like Salisbury and Rowan County, it’s hard to see a future where two-thirds of the state’s population receives at least one dose ...
The county’s parks master plan in 2016 gave the Rowan County Board of Commissioners a suggestion it may be able to take action on this ...
Tuesday is the moment for Kannapolis. This summer could bring a similar-type event for Salisbury. When the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers take the field Tuesday for ...
The announcement by Rowan County’s congressman, Rep. Ted Budd, that he’s running for U.S. Senate will have some effects on local politics besides the county’s ...
The math is not good for Rep. Ted Budd. In early April, the Rowan County congressman and representative for the 13th District started teasing a ...
What is a public meeting, anyway? After some boards, councils and commissions met remotely for months and as some are continuing to meet only via ...
For years, Rowan County officials have worked hard to make the community an attractive place to live, work and visit. There have been meetings, focus ...
For reporters, sending public records requests can sometimes feel a little like tossing paper into a never-ending black hole. That’s particularly true for state and ...
How will health officials reach the rest of the population? Rowan County finds itself just a few spots higher than the worst vaccination rate in ...
Which Rowan County departments are among the most important? When money is tight, which funding priorities are worth dipping into savings for? For many, the ...
Laurel to two different proposals to add apartment units within already developed areas in Salisbury’s city limits. One complex will add dozens of units near ...
As the pandemic wanes because of vaccinations and reduced infection rates, people will go back to the lives and routines they enjoyed prior to March ...
Rowan-Salisbury Schools last week announced it will hold more traditional in-person graduation ceremonies for seniors May 29, with most other details still undecided, but it ...
If you had $28 million, how would you spend it? Would you save it for a rainy day and stash it away in your savings ...
Laurel to the Rowan County Health Department for holding an evening vaccination clinic instead of a morning event last week and continuing to explore opportunities ...
Candidates are placing signs across the county, speaking to others about their candidacy, cultivating social media followings and lining up to file by the handful. ...