Business
Salute to service: Cleaning crews adapt to keep customers safe
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down Sheila Cannon, the owner of Wife For Hire. On March 20, Cannon had ...
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Coronavirus
Political notebook: Sen. Carl Ford says state needs ‘full bore reopening’
Sen. Carl Ford can describe Gov. Roy Cooper’s “modest” Phase 2 reopening with a single sentence. “It’s better than nothing,” Ford said. Ford has been ...
by Liz Moomey, Monday, May 25, 2020 12:01 am
Kannapolis
With no baseball, Cannon Ballers concentrate on ways to give back
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The first pitch for the Cannon Ballers at the new Atrium Health Ballpark was set for April 16. But ...
by Liz Moomey, Saturday, May 23, 2020 12:00 am
Business
Community college president talks leadership during pandemic
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Janet Spriggs offered four key ways to lead during the “brave new normal” of the ongoing pandemic: be calm, ...
by Liz Moomey, Friday, May 22, 2020 12:00 am
East Spencer
Lack of payment from East Spencer, Spencer contributed to city manager’s transit proposal
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In proposing to discontinue public transit routes to Spencer and East Spencer as part of COVID-19-related budget cuts, Salisbury ...
by Liz Moomey, Thursday, May 21, 2020 12:00 am
Local
Council drafts plan for community needs, HUD funding
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The City Council began the process Tuesday of a consolidated plan for community development, which directs the Community Development ...
by Liz Moomey, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 12:00 am
Local
Salisbury manager’s proposed budget has some fee increases, no tax increase
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City Manager Lane Bailey on Tuesday stuck with a budget proposal that included no tax increase, but recommended a ...
by Liz Moomey, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 12:00 am
Landis
No tax, fee increases proposed with revenues down in proposed Landis budget
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com LANDIS — Interim Town Manager Leonard Barefoot told aldermen Monday citizens need good news. He hoped his proposed budget would provide ...
by Liz Moomey, Tuesday, May 19, 2020 12:00 am
Local
Historic Salisbury Foundation celebrating Preservation Month
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — For the Historic Salisbury Foundation, May is a month to celebrate preservation more than usual. With the ongoing COVID-19 ...
by Liz Moomey, Tuesday, May 19, 2020 12:00 am
Crime
Blotter: May 18
In Salisbury Police Department reports: • Kadett Kirkman Wilson, 45, was changed with felony identity theft on Friday. Wilson, of Kannapolis, was also charged with ...
by Liz Moomey, Monday, May 18, 2020 6:20 pm
Local
Political notebook: Budd, Hudson oppose new COVID-19 package
Both of Rowan County’s representatives in the U.S. House opposed a new, $3 trillion, Democrat-led COVID-19 relief bill that passed the House on Friday. The ...
by Liz Moomey, Monday, May 18, 2020 12:00 am
Landis
Landis pushes forward as embezzlement investigation continues
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Feb. 7, 2019 was the day the State Bureau of Investigation announced the start of an embezzlement probe into ...
by Liz Moomey, Sunday, May 17, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle Main
COVID-19 delays family’s adoption of Colombia girls
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Courtney Hawke planned to be in Colombia on April 28, her birthday, with her husband and two sons finalizing ...
by Liz Moomey, Sunday, May 17, 2020 12:00 am
Local
City Council will receive post-COVID-19 budget proposal Tuesday
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — At Tuesday’s electronic City Council meeting, Manager Lane Bailey will present a proposed budget. Bailey has already relayed to the ...
by Liz Moomey, Sunday, May 17, 2020 12:00 am
Local
City receives EPA assistance for expanding food access in downtown
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — To boost availability of fresh food in downtown Salisbury, the city was awarded federal assistance Thursday through the Local ...
by Liz Moomey, Friday, May 15, 2020 12:01 am
Local
State House committee hears details on nursing home outbreaks
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —Most of the county’s and the state’s COVID-19 deaths are from congregate living facilities like nursing homes, and the N.C. ...
by Liz Moomey, Friday, May 15, 2020 12:00 am
Kannapolis
Development in downtown Kannapolis continues on amid COVID-19 outbreak
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — COVID-19 isn’t stopping the city’s downtown redevelopment project. This week, the City of Kannapolis announced VIDA, a private mixed-use ...
by Liz Moomey, Thursday, May 14, 2020 12:00 am
Coronavirus
Local NAACP, Heggins call for ‘equity lens’ for city’s COVID-19 funds
SALISBURY — In a video conference hosted by the North Carolina Black Alliance, Salisbury-Rowan NAACP president Gemale Black and Salisbury Mayor Pro Tem Al Heggins ...
by Liz Moomey, Wednesday, May 13, 2020 12:00 am
Local
Rep. Howard leads bill to protect debtors in COVID-19 pandemic
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The N.C. House Economic Support Working Group, led by a local representative, met Tuesday and discussed a bill that ...
by Liz Moomey, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 4:40 pm
Local
State Treasurer Folwell says local governments should spend with ‘eyes more wide open’
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — State Treasurer Dale Folwell says transparency, data, communication and sound policies at the state and municipal level will allow ...
by Liz Moomey, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 12:00 am
Local
Tone-Loc, Sugar Hill Gang to perform at Virtual Cheerwine Festival
SALISBURY — Ranging from hip-hop, rap, R&B and pop, Saturday’s Virtual Cheerwine Festival will include performances from acts that include Sugar Hill Gang, Tone-Loc, Nathan ...
by Liz Moomey, Monday, May 11, 2020 4:15 pm
Coronavirus
Political notebook: Sen. Carl Ford encourages increased crowds of Reopen NC protesters
The May 2 rally in Salisbury supporting the “reopening of the state” brought out about 20 protesters, and it got the support of N.C. Sen. ...
by Liz Moomey, Monday, May 11, 2020 1:58 am
Local
Salisbury citizen left out of stimulus payments because she married an immigrant
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Maria Ortiz was looking forward to the economic impact payment provided by the federal government through the CARES Act. ...
by Liz Moomey, Sunday, May 10, 2020 12:00 am
Crime
Family Crisis Council worried victims aren’t able to get away to report abuse
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Numbers may not fully communicate whether there has been a significant change across the community in domestic violence incidents ...
by Liz Moomey, Sunday, May 10, 2020 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Cheerwine and chill: Virtual festival comes to screens Saturday
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Last year’s Cheerwine Festival brought a crowd estimated to be tens of thousands to downtown Salisbury, creating a sea ...
by Liz Moomey, Sunday, May 10, 2020 12:00 am
Local
Salisbury Farmers Market to open at new home after COVID-19 delay
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — James Meacham, chief executive officer of the Rowan County Tourism Development Authority, had a vision for April 18, the ...
by Liz Moomey, Friday, May 8, 2020 12:02 am
Coronavirus
Salisbury Transit receives $950K grant through CARES Act
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday Salisbury Transit was awarded a $959,679 grant through the ...
by Liz Moomey, Friday, May 8, 2020 12:00 am
Coronavirus
COVID-19 impacts Rowan County legislators’ goals of session
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After the passage of the state’s COVID-19 relief bills Saturday, both the House and Senate are meeting in skeletal ...