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Baldwin breaks all-time women’s basketball county points record
At the beginning of the current high school basketball season, Albemarle senior point guard Amari Baldwin had three ...
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Pinup, car show producer aims for global stage
Sara Huneycutt-Smith, known by her stage name of “Miss Rayzen Hell,” is an international pinup model and show ...
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ADDC provides updates on three events
Albemarle Downtown Development Corporation is reworking one of its popular events and has announced schedules for others. ADDC ...
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Family, friends remember former Locust mayor, officer
Raymond Higgins does not know why his father ran for mayor or why he decided at a later ...
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Students achieve chancellor’s list status at Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University congratulates more than 2,000 students named to the chancellor’s list for Fall 2024. To qualify ...
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Adam Elkins sworn in as new judge for Stanly County
A new superior court judge has been sworn in for Stanly and Montgomery counties. Adam Elkins, 33, worked ...
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West Stanly Middle School announces perfect attendance
West Stanly Middle School students who had perfect attendance for the second quarter of the 2024-2025 school year ...
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Church hosts puppet ministry
Salem Global Methodist Church will host the Good News Crew Puppet Ministry from Tyro Methodist Church at 6 ...
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LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Can you hear me now?
Once upon a time I was a very quiet guy. People had to work to get a peep ...
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D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Panama and North Carolina politics — again
President-elect Donald Trump surprised many earlier this month when at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in ...
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Colleagues remember Van Sinderen for service to Albemarle, New London, hospital
Jane Hartley Van Sinderen, who served the municipalities of Albemarle and New London for 20 years total, died ...
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Wine & Dine on the Rails returns to the N.C. Transportation Museum
SPENCER — The North Carolina Transportation Museum is pleased to announce its annual Wine & Dine on the ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: How fiction can illuminate and inspire
RALEIGH — I once wrote a musical play with a character who spoke almost exclusively in words beginning ...
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Locust students try out new playground equipment
Locust Elementary PTA has completed the first in a series of updates to the school’s playground. After weeks ...
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North Stanly player joins 1,000-point club
No Stanly County high school has had more basketball players cross the 1,000-point career plateau than North Stanly. ...
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Atrium Health implements visitor restrictions to help protect patients
CHARLOTTE — As respiratory illnesses rise, Atrium Health is urging everyone to take steps to protect themselves and ...
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Carter Wrenn’s new book
At last Carter Wrenn, the well-known conservative consultant, has written his book about his life in politics: “The ...
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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What does it take to ‘get ahead’?
The older I get — I’m 74 in a few days — the more I seem to think ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Post-COVID scores tumble in NC
RALEIGH — In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, student performance fell across much of the United States. ...
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Richfield resident graduates from Carson-Newman
Carson Palmer of Richfield graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee ...
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Family adopts highway, urges drivers to ‘pay attention’ after student’s death
The death of 18-year-old Lily Jane Taylor in an automobile accident two years ago brought a premature end ...
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Stanly school board choose early start calendar for second straight academic year
Students and faculty of Stanly County Schools will once again start school earlier in August than in previous ...
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Need to get in shape? BBB has tips for joining a gym
The following is from the Better Business Bureau: If your goal is to lose weight, get in better ...
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Albemarle senior uses apprenticeship program to gain firefighting skills
The City of Albemarle is helping develop the next generation of public safety leaders through NC Apprenticeship’s Pre-Apprentice ...