ALBEMARLE — The Albemarle City Council recently named the contractor that the city will pay to carry out a requested street resurfacing project. On Feb. 17, the council unanimously awarded lowest-bidder NJR Group, Inc. as […]
ALBEMARLE — Stanly County is continuing to move forward with the site construction work for the North Carolina Emergency Training Center that is slated for completion later this year. At the county commissioners meeting on […]
Roberta Flack, pictured at the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, New Jersey, in 2017, died Monday at 88. (Charles Sykes/Invision / AP Photo) NEW YORK — Roberta Flack, the North Carolina-born Grammy-winning singer and […]
The State seal in front of the North Carolina General Assembly. (North State Journal) RALEIGH — A new bill introduced in the North Carolina House aims to help millions of workers save for retirement through […]
A voter marks their ballot during early in-person voting Oct. 17 in Asheville. A new bill filed in the General Assembly would shorten the length of early voting in North Carolina. (Stephanie Scarbrough / AP […]
LOCUST — The Locust Police Department has announced the winner of the 2024 Chief Steven “Smitty” Smith Officer of the Year Award. At the Locust City Council meeting on Feb. 13, Locust Police Department Chief […]
LOCUST — As a follow-up to the Stanly County Board of Education’s regular meeting earlier this month, the school board hosted a community information public meeting at West Stanly Middle School last week. The special-called […]
Damage from Hurricane Helene flooding is seen along eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 near the North Carolina state line on Oct. 7 in Cocke County, Tennessee. (George Walker IV / AP Photo) WAYNESVILLE — A […]
ALBEMARLE — At the Stanly County Board of Commissioners meeting on Feb. 3, county commissioners were presented with two pending appointments delegated to board approval. Elizabeth Underwood, Stanly County’s Economic Development Commission (EDC) director, approached […]
ALBEMARLE — The Stanly County Board of Education is discussing the idea of a proposed redistricting for three elementary schools in the western part of the county. Due to overcrowding at Locust Elementary School and […]
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