Author: Elizabeth Cook | Salisbury Post

News

9/11 20th anniversary: Breaking news on Sept. 11

Odd, isn’t it, how a moment 20 years ago can feel centuries old — and at the same ... Read more

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NC poet laureate will speak during historical marker celebration, talks about life, race

By Elizabeth Cook For the Salisbury Post The time of political politeness has come and gone, says Jaki ... Read more

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Beloved dialogue brings races together

Their interests ran the gamut —criminal justice, education, housing, jobs, mental health. But one factor united people of ... Read more

Columnists

My Turn, Elizabeth Cook: Fisher’s advice golden, example priceless

By Elizabeth Cook When Paul Fisher asked for a few minutes of your time, something important was brewing.  ... Read more

Lifestyle

Love can only conquer so much pain

“Holding on to Nothing,” by Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne, Blair Publishing, 257 pages, $25.95. By Elizabeth Cook For the ... Read more

News

Elizabeth Cook: Wineka ready to set out on a new path

By Elizabeth Cook For the Salisbury Post He came to town a stranger — a quiet, lanky 20-something ... Read more

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‘No one woke up one day wanting this life’: Syringe exchange program one strategy to abate opioid epidemic

By Elizabeth Cook For the Salisbury Post KANNAPOLIS — Sticky notes cover a bulletin board at the Cabarrus ... Read more

News

Correction

Rowan County emergency crews treated 22 people for drug overdoses in 25 days, starting July 15. The separate ... Read more

News

Special response team follows up on overdoses

SALISBURY — Since the Post Overdose Response Team became active less than a month ago, Rowan County emergency ... Read more

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Spirit: West Rowan’s Jimmy Greene fights for his team, community

By Elizabeth Cook For the Salisbury Post By day, 48-year-old Jimmy Greene is a partner at Fisher-Greene Insurance, ... Read more

Books

Book review: ‘Maid’ tells what it’s like to be the working poor

“Maid,” by Stephanie Land. Hachette Books. 270 pages. $27. By Elizabeth Cook For the Salisbury Post “Maid,” Stephanie ... Read more

News

2018’s top news: Schools renewal and consolidation, Erica Parsons prosecution top the list

SALISBURY — Education affects the lives of some 19,000 Rowan County public school students — plus their families ... Read more

Opinion

My Turn, Ella Jones: Save our school

My name is Ella Jones, and I am a seventh- grader at North Rowan Middle School. I have ... Read more

Opinion

Elizabeth Cook: Christmas is music to our ears

It started with the Hallmark movies. No, to be honest, the yearning for Christmas this year took hold ... Read more

Opinion

Elizabeth Cook: Our personal president

George H.W. Bush was already popular in Rowan County before he landed in Faith for its famous Fourth ... Read more

Opinion

Elizabeth Cook: Start wrapping up another year

You have your Christmas traditions. In the Post newsroom, we have our end-of-the-year traditions. Instead of wrapping gifts, ... Read more

News

Meetings about school consolidation start Tuesday

SALISBURY  — Rowan County residents will have six opportunities in the coming weeks to learn more about a ... Read more

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Why I am thankful …

LANDIS — Stacey Carver, who teaches at Corriher-Lipe Middle School, asked her AIG students to write essays on ... Read more

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David Cook: ‘What would I be today?’

SALISBURY — Some veterans’ stories are tales of battle, courage and sacrifice. Jerry David Cook talks instead of ... Read more

Opinion

Editorial: Help a child this Christmas

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of ... Read more

Opinion

Elizabeth Cook: Thanks for sharing the journey

The first thing on the gratitude list this Thanksgiving is forgiveness. Put it right up there with respect. ... Read more

Opinion

Other Voices: Another attack on gerrymandering

Well of course it’s blatant and outrageous gerrymandering, with state and federal legislative districts deliberately drawn to give ... Read more

Opinion

Al Hunt: In the White House, experience really does count

I covered a lot of campaigns this year and none was more exciting than Beto O’Rourke’s race for a ... Read more

Opinion

Rob Schofield: Beware of special session

The 2018 election may be in the rear view mirror, but for better or worse, the next battle ... Read more

Opinion

James Burns: A doughboy who did his bit in the war

 I’ve waited 40 years to write this article. For it was in 1978 when I first came across ... Read more

News

Voter blows whistle on numbered ballots

He was right on Election Day, but not on absentees   SALISBURY — Bill Reynolds says his rights ... Read more

Opinion

Elizabeth Cook: 40 years and a revolution ago

A lot has happened in Salisbury over the past 40 years, the span of my career at the ... Read more

Opinion

My Turn, Dr. David Nelson: Navigating not-so-friendly skies

The mid term elections are behind us. Thank God. It certainly is a relief to know we can ... Read more