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Catawba College hosting president of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on April 13
SALISBURY — Catawba College’s Ketner School of Business Lecture Series will feature Tom Barkin, president and CEO of ...
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Alcoa offers responses to health concerns raised in video forum
By Chris Miller Stanly News & Press Following a video forum this past week involving former Alcoa workers ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Reinventing home in the heart of historic Salisbury
Downtown Salisbury is home to many restaurants, watering holes, parks and plazas. With the help of some local ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Rowan County’s new boomtown: The Town of Rockwell
Before the town of Rockwell was incorporated into Rowan County by an act of the North Carolina General ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Silent History: Cemeteries can tell a lot about ourselves
Cemeteries can tell so many kinds of stories: mysteries, romances and even horror. Seeing the names and dates, ...
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Turning over a new leaf: Rufty’s Garden Shop has new owners
SALISBURY — Late last year, Charlie Smith chose to sell Rufty’s Garden Shop after owning it for 30 ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: The Kesler Newsom Kepley Farmhouse is still standing
In 1844, a two-story Federal style house with a central hall, two rooms on the first floor, two ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Industry may have faded, but county identity remains
Like many communities in North Carolina, Rowan County relied heavily on mill work to provide income as farming ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Now and then: Rowan County surges into the future, cherishes its heritage
By John Carr We hope readers will find this year’s Spirit of Rowan our best to date. Certainly ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Growing up with Rowan County through the generations
Terry Holt can still smell the burning. Back in 1964, Holt was just a kid when he was ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Woodleaf Elementary to live on as park
Schools are more than just institutions for learning, they are institutions for a community. How many people meet ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Discover Central Avenue: Small business owners revitalize Landis strip
Moments lost in time can be difficult to retrieve, but an economic rebound in Landis has revived a ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Rowan County has seen a mural explosion
It seems like you turn a corner in Rowan County and you’ll run into a mural these days. ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Reading into it: A look back at Rowan County’s libraries
The Rowan County Library system may have the county covered nowadays, but like most things, it started out ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: The women behind Rowan
Rowan County has a feminine side. In fact, the first leader historically documented in what is now Rowan ...
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Free seminar on hoarding offered by city of Kannapolis
KANNAPOLIS — The city will host a virtual Fair Housing Lunch & Learn seminar from 11:30 a.m. to ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: Food Lion’s reach goes further than just good deals
SALISBURY- Ronnie Smith knows Food Lion like the back of his hand. As he should – his father ...
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‘Smell of Money’ being shown Tuesday at Catawba
SALISBURY — “The Smell of Money,” a film about the devastating effects of the hog industry in eastern ...
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Spirit of Rowan 2023: A classroom is forever — a look inside the life of two historic schools
Breathing new life into a space that was once filled with the sounds of children playing and learning ...
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Eyes in the sky: Rockwell couple start drone photography business
ROCKWELL — At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Jacob Warner found himself like many others: ...
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Can bail be reformed? Livingstone panel explores that question
SALISBURY — Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump was in Salisbury on Thursday at Livingstone College, along with ...
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Unexpected loss of local singer, librarian rocks community
SALISBURY — Some people’s souls shine so brightly, burn so intensely, that their flame goes out too soon. ...
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Salisbury author gets another chance to write about his favorite band
SALISBURY — Tyler Sehnal has wanted to write a book since high school. But unlike those who always ...
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Girls on the Run hosts camp program June 5-9 at Rockwell Elementary
For more than 15 years, Girls on the Run of the Greater Piedmont has provided after-school programming to ...
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Earth Day Jam set to focus on urban agriculture
SALISBURY — Earth Day Jam returns on April 22 for a consecutive year at Bell Tower Green park ...
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Cyber security badge coursework preps manufacturers for digital threat
RALEIGH — A Salisbury native, Dr. Evelyn Brown, is spearheading an initiative designed to enhance manufacturers’ abilities to ...
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Salisbury-Rowan NAACP joins firefighters, police officers in donation drive for homeless
SALISBURY — The city of Salisbury Fire Department, Salisbury Police Department and the Salisbury-Rowan NAACP are partnering to ...
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Salisbury City Council approves contracts for street paving, sewer maintenance
SALISBURY — The Salisbury City Council approved an $869,540 contract with NJR Group Inc. for paving streets around ...