Business
Rowan County Chamber of Commerce postpones gala to March due to COVID-19
SALISBURY — The Rowan Chamber of Commerce has postponed its 96th Annual Gala Meeting planned for Thursday at ...
Coronavirus
Novant Health testing site reopens as Rowan County COVID-19 cases hit new pandemic high
SALISBURY — With new COVID-19 cases rising and tests in high demand, Novant Health says it will reopen ...
Ask Us
Ask Us: Readers ask about former Tilley Harley-Davidson site, gain-of-function research, I-85
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Coronavirus
Rowan County COVID-19 cases approaching new pandemic peak
SALISBURY — With omicron spreading more quickly than previous COVID-19 variants, daily case totals in Rowan County are ...
Education
Catawba College says nearly all students, staff vaccinated in time for classes to begin
SALISBURY – Catawba College will begin this semester with an almost entirely vaccinated campus when classes start on ...
Local
Salisbury Post names top 10 stories of 2021
COVID-19 vaccinations became widely available last year, with health workers as some of the first local recipients. The ...
Coronavirus
Rowan County reaches 500 COVID-19 deaths since start of pandemic, seventh highest in state
SALISBURY — State data show 500 Rowan County residents have died since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
News
Cooper urges boosters, plans worker mandate extension
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — With COVID-19-related hospitalizations surging amid the spread of the ...
Coronavirus
State data show 310 deaths from COVID-19 in 2021
SALISBURY — COVID-19 resulted in the deaths of at least 310 Rowan County residents in 2021. The COVID-19 ...
State News
Virus cases hit another daily NC high; colleges rescheduling
RALEIGH (AP) — Another record number of daily cases of COVID-19 in North Carolina was reported on Friday ...
Coronavirus
COVID-19 cases in NC hit record, continue rising in Rowan County
SALISBURY — As North Carolina saw its highest number of new COVID-19 positives reported, Rowan County also saw ...
Coronavirus
400 new COVID-19 cases reported in Rowan County since last week
SALISBURY — Rowan County added about 400 new COVID-19 positives from Thursday to Tuesday. Because of Christmas scheduling, ...
State News
NC State’s bowl game scrapped as virus issues hit UCLA before kickoff
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Holiday Bowl became the fifth postseason college football game to be canceled when ...
Nation/World
Shorter isolation rules set for health workers; 18 NC workers lose jobs over vaccine refusals
By Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer NEW YORK — Worried that a new COVID-19 wave could overwhelm understaffed ...
Coronavirus
COVID throws kink in plans of ACC teams
Associated Press The Miami Hurricanes’ plans to play in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 appear to be ...
Coronavirus
Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world’
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The COVID-19 omicron variant is “just raging around the world,” the White House’s top ...
Nation/World
Appeals court allows Biden employer vaccine mandate to take effect
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe ...
Coronavirus
COVID prompts schedule shuffling: Tar Heels now face No. 21 Kentucky on Saturday
Associated Press No. 21 Kentucky will now face North Carolina on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic in ...
Nation/World
CDC recommends Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 shots over J&J’s
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines ...
Coronavirus
Rowan County COVID-19 deaths nearing 300 this year
SALISBURY — COVID-19 deaths in Rowan County are approaching 300 this year. Including four fatalities due to the ...
News
First omicron coronavirus variant case reported in NC
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Health officials reported North Carolina’s first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus on ...
Coronavirus
Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant
By Gene Johnson Associated Press U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus ...
Nation/World
Contact tracing revs up with arrival of omicron variant in the US
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus ...
Nation/World
Omicron coronavirus variant turns up in multiple states
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The omicron variant of ...
Coronavirus
Local deaths from COVID-19 approach 300 this year as new variant concerns emerge
SALISBURY — With concerns rising about a new variant of COVID-19, local deaths tied to the virus are ...
Ask Us
Ask Us: How do I receive a replacement COVID-19 vaccine card?
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Coronavirus
More omicron cases pop up as world rushes to learn more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on ...
Nation/World
Newest COVID threat: omicron variant in southern Africa
By RAF CASERT and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press BRUSSELS — Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the ...