Sports
High school boys basketball: Polk’s huge night sparks North on road
Staff report LEXINGTON — JP Polk had an incredible outing — 18 points and 22 rebounds — as…
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Local
Quotes of the week: ‘He just liked to talk to people’
“Most days he would draw, but at the same time he wanted to talk to everybody. So, he…
Opinion
Karen Carroll: Shield a Badge With Prayer — a plea to be aware
By Karen Carroll Being aware takes effort. Many today are so overwhelmed with the tasks of providing basic…
Columnists
John Trump: Consumers know what they want, and it’s not Russian vodka
By John Trump A ban on Russian vodka, a move by many U.S. states and countries, is wholly…
Editorials
Editorial: Candidates skip quickly past pleasantries
Rowan County could be in for one or more bitter primary elections among local Republicans. Already, 2022 elections…
Editorials
Editorial: Make candidates run where they live
The ability for candidates to shop around for their favorite congressional district is bad for the democratic process.…
Local
Quotes of the week: ‘The way it should be’
“It’s geared more around adoptions and volunteers and getting (dogs) homes. … The way it should be.” —…
Letters
Letter: Consider playground at Salisbury YMCA
It seems that there is an interest at the YMCA on Jake Alexander Boulevard to build more pickleball…
Columnists
Alexander H. Jones: State’s leaders are failing rural North Carolina
By Alexander H. Jones Between the year 2000 and the end of that decade, North Carolina was the…
Editorials
Editorial: Avoid partisanship, embrace common solutions around Ukraine invasion
To hear Rowan County’s congressman, Rep. Ted Budd, tell it, President Joe Biden may be solely responsible for…
Opinion
My Turn, Carol Hallman: Pray for peace in times of war
By Carol Hallman Why is this important to us, the people of Salisbury, to pray for peace? Many…
Local
Quotes of the week: ‘It was very hard to accept’
“It was very hard to accept as a young adult that her doctors had nothing to give her.”…
Editorials
Editorial: Finally, 2022 election can begin
Let the elections begin. After delayed Census results, later-than-usual redistricting, gerrymandering allegations and lawsuits upending the election process,…
Columnists
DG Martin: Finding the best for PBS NC
By D.G. Martin Earlier this month Lindsay Bierman, leader of North Carolina’s public television network since August 2019,…
Guest columns
John Hood: Sidelined workers help fuel inflation
By John Hood What’s the hottest political issue right now? According to recent poll results, it’s inflation. Welcome…
Editorials
Editorial: Increased costs shouldn’t change Knox-Overton K-8 project
Like most things, the price of Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ combined Knox-Overton K-8 school project increased from an initial estimate…
Opinion
Quotes of the week: ‘That man smiled more than anybody I know’
“That man smiled more than anybody I know. It didn’t matter if you had just won 8-0 or…
Editorials
Laurels: North Rowan students protest peacefully
Laurel to North Rowan High School students for peacefully protesting inaction by Rowan-Salisbury Schools administrators. Students walked out…
Opinion
DG Martin: Lottery or bitcoin?
How are the state lottery and bitcoins alike? Or a better question: is a bitcoin purchase better than…
Editorials
Editorial: Back again, Dollar General picks new site
The year is 2022. The world is still in the middle of a global pandemic that has claimed…
Editorials
Editorial: RSS’ cyberattack still plaguing systems
A cyberattack against Rowan-Salisbury Schools is turning out to be more serious than the district initially let on.…
Opinion
Quotes of the week: ‘Everybody is heartbroken’
“Everybody is heartbroken for the children. We’re not scared. We’re just so sad that something like this happened.”…
My Turn
My Turn, Ronnie Smith: National cemetery vital for families in region
By Ronnie Smith As an Air Force and Vietnam veteran, a member of our local veterans’ organizations, including…
Opinion
Ada Fisher: Voter rights are already guaranteed
By Ada Fisher One of North Carolina’s greatest U.S. senators was Democrat Samuel James Ervin, Jr., (1954-1974) a…
Editorials
Editorial: Community responds to Dixonville vandalism
The community responded forcefully and generously following the discovery of vandalized graves at Dixonville Cemetery last week. At…
Opinion
Editorial: Keep party politics off of RSS Board of Education
The proposed conversion of all local elections in the county to partisan will further tear at frayed threads…
Local
Quotes of the week: ‘The grave should be sacrosanct’
“When you think about not being able to live in peace, you can’t even die in peace. It…
Editorials
Editorial: Two is a coincidence — three is a trend
China Grove is close to developing a fraught relationship with major housing developments. In October 2020, the China…