News
GOP candidate, Lexington attorney Jim Snyder dead at 76
Associated Press LEXINGTON — A memorial service will be held today for Jim Snyder Jr., an attorney, author ...
News
Political Notebook: Gov. Cooper vetoes bills supported by Rowan County lawmakers
RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper last week vetoed a handful of bills supported and sponsored by Rowan ...
News
Cooper vetoes bills limiting K-12 racial teaching, holding rioters accountable for losses
By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed two ...
Elections
State Board of Elections approves Sunday voting for 2021 municipal elections in Rowan County
SALISBURY — The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Friday sided with Democrats on the Rowan County ...
News
Cooper vetoes bill that would have prohibited release of donors’ identities
RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed legislation that would prohibit the public disclosure of donors ...
News
State budget to take longer as GOP, Cooper seek consensus
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly is two months late ...
Rowan County
Political Notebook: Cooper signs nine bills into law, including three sponsored by Rowan County’s representatives
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper last week signed nine bills, including three backed by Rowan County’s lawmakers. Among ...
Elections
Salisbury council incumbent Tamara Sheffield drawing on ‘level-headed business approach’ in re-election bid
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City Council incumbent Tamara Sheffield hopes her “level-headed business approach” and “people ...
News
Rowan Museum hosts women’s suffrage celebration at Utzman-Chambers House
SALISBURY — In an act of celebration and remembrance, about two dozen women dressed in their best suffrage ...
News
Tens of millions in local funding for Rowan in state budget praised by Rowan lawmakers
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As the N.C. House and Senate negotiate the 2021-23 state budget, Rowan ...
News
NC Senate OKs bill limiting racial teachings
By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina Senate Republicans on Thursday passed a bill ...
News
Lawmakers seek to control NC High School Athletic Association, not remove it
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Senate Republicans shelved a proposal Thursday to end the North ...
Elections
In Salisbury City Council race, Jonathan Barbee hoping to increase young adult representation
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Despite being younger than the typical city council member, candidate Jonathan Barbee ...
News
Bill to curb racial teachings advances in North Carolina
By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — A state Senate hearing on how racial concepts ...
Elections
McLaughlin draws on 15 years with Secret Service, store owner experience city council bid
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City Council candidate Harry McLaughlin says his 15-year career with the U.S. ...
Politics
Political Notebook: County boards of elections must allow voter registration for those on felony probation, post-release supervision
A three-judge panel in Wake County Superior Court entered a preliminary injunction Monday to restore voting rights to ...
News
Alexander drawing on architectural experience in seeing ‘the big picture’ in bid for mayor
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Mayor Karen Alexander says her decades of experience in architecture and urban ...
Elections
Heggins looking to record, military career to push big ideas if elected Salisbury mayor
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In the city’s inaugural mayoral race, Mayor Pro Tem Al Heggins says ...
Nation/World
Redistricting activities heating up as court battles loom
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The fight over redrawing political maps is just ramping up in state legislatures ...
News
House approves restrictions on NC nonprofit donor disclosures
RALEIGH (AP) — A bill described by supporters as one that prevents snooping into citizens’ contributions to North ...
Elections
Councilman David Post drawing on record of accomplishments for re-election
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Though City Council member David Post says he’s accomplished much of what ...
Elections
State Board of Elections will determine county’s voting plans after Rowan board fails to reach consensus
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After failure of the county board to unanimously agree on an early ...
News
Council candidate Nalini Joseph looks to use decades of experience in courts if elected
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City council candidate Nalini Joseph calls herself a visionary with the ability ...
Politics
Political Notebook: Democrats in 2022 Senate race talk to voters in Kannapolis
KANNAPOLIS — Democratic candidates in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race joined the Rowan County Democratic Party Saturday in ...
News
Jessica Cloward looking to build trust, unity throughout city if elected to council
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City Council candidate Jessica Cloward said she made a commitment to marry ...
Salisbury
Anthony Smith looking to scale community, advocacy work to the council level
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City council candidate Anthony Smith says Salisbury has all the tools and ...
Elections
Eller runs for Rowan County sheriff as outsider
SALISBURY — Jack Eller says he’s going to “straighten this county out” with the Lord on one side, ...
Politics
Political Notebook: City Council candidate calls Mayor Pro Tem Heggins ‘lobotomy recipient’
SALISBURY — During a candidate forum hosted July 31 at Sloan Park featuring Republican candidates for various offices, ...