Columnists
Sharon Randall: Interviewing for my next career
Few things make me happier than indulging in a deep philosophical discussion with one of my favorite philosophers about our favorite topic: Life. My view ...
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Elections
Republicans coast into victory in Rowan commissioners race
SALISBURY — Republican incumbents Greg Edds, Jim Greene and Judy Klusman won easy victories over Democratic challengers Veleria Levy and Latasha Wilks in the race ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, November 7, 2018 12:10 am
Education
Kevin Jones wins North seat on school board
SALISBURY — Kevin Jones will be joining the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education after defeating Lawrence Bolen in a race to represent the North Rowan area. ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, November 7, 2018 12:00 am
News
Open until 7:30 p.m., polls are busy but moving fast
SALISBURY — Polling places across Rowan County are seeing a lot of voters this Election Day, but lines moved quickly early in the day, according ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 5:14 pm
Elections
Election 2018: Voter ID amendment draws strong reactions
By Elizabeth Cook Salisbury Post SALISBURY — One of the most controversial proposed amendments to the North Carolina constitution being considered by voters this fall ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, November 4, 2018 8:22 am
Local
Polls open 6:30 am Tuesday
SALISBURY — Election Day is just two days away, and on Saturday, early voting finished up with 23,589 ballots casted — 22,633 through one-stop and 956 ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, November 4, 2018 12:10 am
Columnists
Larry Efird: Be blessed?
Here in the South, we use a number of expressions — some of them that state exactly what we mean and others as euphemisms for ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, November 2, 2018 9:03 pm
Columnists
Elizabeth Cook: Year of the woman? That was ages ago
“It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 28, 2018 12:55 am
Columnists
Colin Campbell: Republicans’ failed gambit may doom court candidate
Incumbent N.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jackson is probably going to lose her seat, and her own political party is at fault. In a normal ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, October 23, 2018 12:50 am
Elections
Election 2018: Voter ID amendment stirs strong feelings
SALISBURY — One of the most controversial proposed amendments to the North Carolina constitution being considered by voters this fall also has the shortest ballot ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 14, 2018 12:00 am
Columnists
Haley makes her exit, unscathed
By Paul Waldman The Washington Post Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, announced Tuesday that she’ll be resigning, and her tenure in ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:15 pm
Lifestyle
October Tour: ‘Elegant Southern home’ to be belle of the ball
By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Occasionally, strangers ring Tommy and Judy Stoner’s doorbell and ask to have a look inside. More often, drivers slow ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 7, 2018 12:00 am
Columnists
Elizabeth Cook: Fiery rebuke raises new questions
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, September 30, 2018 8:17 pm
Columnists
John Hood: Swing voters crucial to Republicans this year
RALEIGH — If North Carolina Republicans are to maintain solid control of both chamber of the General Assembly, they can’t just turn out the GOP ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, September 26, 2018 10:07 pm
Columnists
Steve & Cokie Roberts: The best and worst of America
Here is America at its best: Faith-based organizations across the country are volunteering to help resettle refugee families in their communities. In the Maryland suburbs ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:00 am
Nation/World
Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford went to UNC, then moved 3,000 miles to reinvent her life. It wasn’t far enough.
By Jessica Contrera, Ian Shapira, Emma Brown, Steve Hendrix The Washington Post When Donald Trump won his upset presidential victory in 2016, Christine Blasey Ford’s thoughts quickly turned ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, September 22, 2018 11:42 am
Columnists
Elizabeth Cook: Florence an unwelcome visitor
We had the television on more than usual in the newsroom last week as we followed the progress of Hurricane Florence. Forecasters gave everyone plenty ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:00 am
Crime
Manslaughter plea in toddler’s death does not end investigation
SALISBURY — A murder suspect has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, but prosecutors and police are not done in their pursuit of justice for ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, September 5, 2018 10:51 pm
Crime
Man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in death of toddler Malaya Heun
SALISBURY — A man charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 death of 15-month-old Malaya Heun of Kannapolis pleaded guilty today in Rowan County Superior ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, September 5, 2018 4:08 pm
Columnists
Elizabeth Cook: Rally offers Hope Over Heroin
Nancy Threadgill prays that a rally taking place this coming weekend in Kannapolis will offer other families something hers was not able to find in ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00 am
Local
Kick it, Colin: Donaldsons say soccer saved their son
By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Colin Donaldson was playing his second soccer match of the day one Sunday in April when his parents, Seamus ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00 am
Columnists
Elizabeth Cook: Internet doesn’t have to be scary
In the early days of the internet, I rationalized that online news could only go so far because newspapers were so much more portable than ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:00 am
Columnists
DG Martin: Will this year’s 60th be last class reunion?
“This may be the last time we get together like this.” We hoped he was wrong. But my classmates and I knew that Charles Holland, ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, August 23, 2018 12:00 am
Columnists
Margaret Sullivan: This is the moment all of Trump’s anti-media rhetoric has been working toward
Don’t believe your eyes and ears. Believe only me. That has been President Donald Trump’s message to the public for the past two years, pounded ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, August 22, 2018 3:53 pm
News
Coming Sunday in the Salisbury Post: Tattoos, tomatoes and town taxes
Summertime, and the tomatoes are ripening. Here’s some of what’s coming up in Sunday’s Salisbury Post: • Tattoo taboos: There are things you simply should not ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, August 18, 2018 12:00 am
Editorials
Editorial: Nation’s newspapers are friends of the people — and of democracy
Editor’s note: This editorial first appeared in the Salisbury Post on July 31, 2018. In case you forget amid the name-calling of national politics, the Salisbury ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, August 16, 2018 11:11 am
Columnists
Elizabeth Cook: News business is all about change
The Salisbury Evening Post and the Salisbury Sunday Post were one and the same, printed and owned by the same company. At some point in ...
by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, August 12, 2018 12:00 am
Local
Elizabeth Cook: Here is what’s where under new schedule
News happens seven days a week. As Publisher Greg Anderson announced Sunday, the Salisbury Post is changing to a five-day-a-week publication schedule, Tuesday-Friday and Sunday. Our ...