Editorials
Editorial: More creative vaccination lottery ideas
How about some more creative vaccination lottery ideas? North Carolina last week announced a vaccination lottery offering four ...
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Editorial: NC ups the ante on vaccine incentives
What more can they do? Health care professionals and politicians have tried communicating the seriousness of COVID-19 through ...
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Darts: RCCC must commit to timely hiring of qualified talent
Dart to Rowan-Cabarrus Community college for avoidable issues that resulted in state auditors finding millions of dollars in ...
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Editorial: Trump endorsement gives Budd GOP primary lead
No one wants to be a Washington insider in North Carolina’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate, particularly if ...
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Editorial: Other agencies might be forced to raise pay, too
With fewer people entering law enforcement and the city of Salisbury raising police pay to help with recruitment ...
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Editorial: County on verge of completing meaningful high school sports year
They’re going to do it. Despite worry about whether high school athletes would have a season amid the ...
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Laurels: County wise to include $55 million for K-8 in budget
Laurel to Rowan County Manager Aaron Church and staff members for including money in the proposed budget to ...
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Editorial: Back to the future for class of 2021
Every year’s graduating class enters a world with a slightly different bounty of possibilities in front of them. ...
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Editorial: A tale of two cities in Kannapolis, Salisbury
In a city where new developments keep coming across the horizon, the former Kannapolis Intimidators stadium already has ...
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Editorial: Be careful with proposal to eliminate transit route
It’s easy to talk about government as if it’s a business, saying fees charged and revenue dwarf expenses ...
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Editorial: Personal responsibility now reigns as king
New guidance last week about wearing masks indoors doesn’t mean the end of the virus, but it will ...
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Editorial: Gas shortage proves we’re not so good at collective action
On a regular basis, it seems, the country is getting a lesson in its ability to collectively act ...
Opinion
Darts and Laurels: New job portal needed
Laurel to the Rowan County Economic Development Commission for creating a tool to pull job listings from across ...
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Editorial: Make more substantial progress on bond referendum
Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell described it as “groundbreaking and lifesaving.” County Commissioners Vice Chairman Jim Greene called ...
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Editorial: State likely in for future without herd immunity
From a community like Salisbury and Rowan County, it’s hard to see a future where two-thirds of the ...
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Editorial: Could park come to Enochville property?
The county’s parks master plan in 2016 gave the Rowan County Board of Commissioners a suggestion it may ...
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Editorial: Downtown moments await for Kannapolis, Salisbury
Tuesday is the moment for Kannapolis. This summer could bring a similar-type event for Salisbury. When the Kannapolis ...
Opinion
Editorial: Budd’s U.S. Senate candidacy raises other political questions
The announcement by Rowan County’s congressman, Rep. Ted Budd, that he’s running for U.S. Senate will have some ...
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Editorial: In otherwise tough Senate race, Budd teases ‘big things to come’
The math is not good for Rep. Ted Budd. In early April, the Rowan County congressman and representative ...
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Laurels: Keep making progress on Salisbury Greenway
Laurel to continued progress on making the Salisbury Greenway a complete loop and connecting parts of the city. ...
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Editorial: Has technology changed meaning of ‘public meeting’?
What is a public meeting, anyway? After some boards, councils and commissions met remotely for months and as ...
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Editorial: Vaccine tourism for Rowan County?
For years, Rowan County officials have worked hard to make the community an attractive place to live, work ...
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Editorial: Questions still unresolved about K-9 incident
For reporters, sending public records requests can sometimes feel a little like tossing paper into a never-ending black ...
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Editorial: No more waiting needed; it’s every adult’s turn
How will health officials reach the rest of the population? Rowan County finds itself just a few spots ...
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Editorial: Make sure health is among most important priorities
Which Rowan County departments are among the most important? When money is tight, which funding priorities are worth ...
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Laurels: Infill development good for community
Laurel to two different proposals to add apartment units within already developed areas in Salisbury’s city limits. One ...
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Editorial: Set targets, speak up about getting vaccinated
As the pandemic wanes because of vaccinations and reduced infection rates, people will go back to the lives ...
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Editorial: Don’t forget about class of 2020
Rowan-Salisbury Schools last week announced it will hold more traditional in-person graduation ceremonies for seniors May 29, with ...