Articles by Jesse Deal

ALBEMARLE — North Carolina State Parks announced last week that it welcomed a record-setting 19.8 million people in 2020. With 512,702 visitors for the year, Morrow Mountain State Park was among the parks breaking a […]

ALBEMARLE — For almost a year, the bulk of cases, both criminal and civil, at the Stanly County Courthouse have been postponed, leading to worries of criminal activity going unpunished and of backlogs that will […]

ALBEMARLE — Stanly County’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is being hampered by three interrelated issues — overwhelming demand by residents, a lack of personnel to answer the phones and a shortage of vaccine provided by the […]

ALBEMARLE — Michael Whatley, chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, addressed a packed crowd inside Jay’s Downtowner restaurant in Albemarle at Thursday night’s Stanly County Republican meeting, speaking on the current state of the […]

RALEIGH — N.C. House Rep. Ben Moss, a Republican who represents part of Stanly County as well as Richmond and Montgomery counties, was sworn in last week after winning his first term in office in […]

ALBEMARLE — After beginning the 2021 spring semester with a self-imposed “remote learning-only period” for two weeks, some of Stanly County’s students returned to the classroom Tuesday morning.  “Students who choose face-to-face instruction will return […]

ALBEMARLE — At the Jan. 5 Stanly County Board of Education meeting, new Superintendent Jarrod Dennis and new board Chair Jeff Chance presented a plaque, nameplate and certificate to outgoing chairman of the school board Melvin […]