Editorials
Editorial: How will Rowan County spend $28 million?
If you had $28 million, how would you spend it? Would you save it for a rainy day ...
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Editorial: Budd has a spot, should take the shot
Rep. Ted Budd appears to be a prime target for the state’s “You have a spot. Take your ...
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Editorial: Dream starts to come true in downtown Kannapolis
A game Tuesday between the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Appalachian State University provided a sneak ...
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Darts and Laurels: Evening vaccination clinics will be important
Laurel to the Rowan County Health Department for holding an evening vaccination clinic instead of a morning event ...
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Editorial: Plenty of time to get to know candidates for sheriff
Candidates are placing signs across the county, speaking to others about their candidacy, cultivating social media followings and ...
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Editorial: Will K-9 incident be like viral Rockwell case?
Two years ago, Scottie Lee Lewis went viral. Lewis was pictured in a 2019 photo spread widely on ...
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Editorial: Make up as much ground as possible in final months of school
Now is the time for school districts to help students struggling with mixed methods of attendance or virtual-only ...
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Editorial: Two years later, things are running much smoother in Landis
A few years and some honest people can make a tremendous difference in local government. Such looks to ...
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Darts and Laurels: More transparency needed around K-9 video
Dart to the lack of transparency surrounding a viral video showing a Salisbury Police officers pulling a K-9 ...
Opinion
Editorial: Main Street can handle change
John Ketner is right. At least partially. The commercial real estate owner was one of many to speak ...
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Editorial: No minority status lesser than another
That the color of a Jewish person’s skin is white has no bearing on the fact that he ...
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Editorial: More answers needed about K-9 video
The public is owed more answers about a training incident involving a police department K-9. A video that ...
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Editorial: What project will be ‘the next big thing’ in Salisbury?
What’s the next big thing in Salisbury? What new project will generate a large amount of community excitement ...
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Laurels: Broadband in rural areas should be accompanied by talk about competition, regulation
Laurel to local legislators’ stances in support of broadband expansion into more rural areas such as the far ...
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Editorial: Have behaviors helped or hurt virus’ spread?
One year ago today, the headline in the Salisbury Post stated in bold letters, “Infections climb in South ...
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Editorial: Cooper should make changes to COVID-19 rules
In North Carolina, it’s time to refine or lift some COVID-19-prompted restrictions. Case numbers have plummeted from their ...
Opinion
Editorial: Elected officials have relevant advocacy role, too
With COVID-19 vaccines, there’s a lot easily said. But it’s hard to translate words into action. The miracle ...
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Editorial: For now, no deal on Faith Elementary
The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education may end up spending money rather than making a few bucks on Faith ...
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Editorial: Senators split over impeachment
Perhaps the biggest surprise in Saturday’s impeachment vote was a split between North Carolina’s two U.S. senators. Donald ...
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Editorial: Vaccinations could turn into tale of keeping phases in order
Things may get a little unruly when North Carolina moves into vaccination phases that aren’t age-limited. Making sure ...
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Editorial: State COVID-19 data on Rowan’s positives best for now
For now, data maintained by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services provides a more accurate picture ...
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Editorial: Some resources make dealing with pandemic easier
The coronavirus pandemic shows people with a support system and resources — particularly a tank of gas, a ...
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Editorial: More hard feelings than needed for trail network’s adoption
It all seems like a little bit much today. Both in 2009 and in 2015, eminent domain became ...
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Editorial: Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ best option may be staying the course
When Gov. Roy Cooper made an announcement Tuesday about students needing to return to classrooms, he wasn’t talking ...
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Editorial: Court system on track for important restart
For much of the previous year, North Carolina’s directives on court operations placed many cases in a state of limbo. ...
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Editorial: Warren’s bill will hide public notices, hurt local newspapers
Rep. Harry Warren just doesn’t get it. When he personally resumed Republican legislators’ crusade against local newspapers and ...
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Darts and Laurels: New vaccine site will boost community capacity
Laurel to the news that Novant Health has set up a vaccine clinic at the J.F. Hurley Family ...
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Editorial: More of the same in 2021?
In 2021, the story about community events may end up being more of the same rather than a ...