LOCUST — Passers-by couldn’t help but notice the sign at Red Bridge in Locust announcing that a Starbucks was “coming soon,” as the news immediately drew a wide variety of views and comments. Many are […]
ALBEMARLE — At Monday night’s Stanly County Board of Commissioners meeting, Health and Human Services director Dr. David Jenkins gave a substantial COVID-19 update for the county that revealed the health department’s vaccine priority list. […]
While the local boys’ basketball squads already have a few exhibition games in the books over the past few weeks, Stanly County’s five girls’ teams will begin playing this week. Here is a look at […]
ALBEMARLE — A coronavirus vaccine is coming soon to Stanly County, according to Atrium Health. The health system announced in late December that its Albemarle location is one of three facilities in rural North Carolina […]
ALBEMARLE — While Stanly County’s students, parents and teachers don’t know yet how the entirety of their spring academic calendar will play out, they now know that the semester will begin entirely remotely when they […]
High school sports have been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic, but high school basketball is finally ready to return, albeit more than a month after it would have started in a normal year. Here is […]
ALBEMARLE — On Dec. 18 at around 8:30 p.m., shoppers at the Albemarle Walmart notified store staff, who then notified the local police and fire departments, that there was a blazing fire in the lawn and garden […]
ALBEMARLE — With deadly shootings of police officers in two of Stanly County’s neighboring communities, Concord and Mount Holly, in less than a week, local law enforcement and elected officials voiced their support. “The Albemarle […]
ALBEMARLE — In what has become a shortened season due to the N.C. High School Association’s response to COVID-19, two volleyball teams in Stanly County have risen to the top of their conference standings. Undefeated West […]
ALBEMARLE — The Almond Christmas Tree Farm and the Grovestone Christmas Tree Farm, both in Albemarle, sold out of trees quickly in 2020, with a shortage of trees from western N.C. causing a buying frenzy. People drove […]
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