COVID-19
Stanly County Fair was canceled due to COVID concerns, may return next year
Due to community spread of COVID-19 which led to an increase in cases, American Legion Post 76 made the decision this summer to cancel the ...
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Pfeiffer brings back bands, music education
In late August, the new Pfeiffer University Wind & Percussion Ensemble began rehearsing each Monday evening for a ...
Bratcher enjoys ‘ewe’nique textile art of spinning yarn
A few years ago, out of the blue, Dakota Bratcher decided to take up spinning. Not the popular ...
Stanly County Fair was canceled due to COVID concerns, may return next year
Due to community spread of COVID-19 which led to an increase in cases, American Legion Post 76 made ...
Older Donut Dinette location in Albemarle to become parking lot
A downtown Albemarle restaurant location will soon help to ease parking concerns with the Stanly County Courthouse. At ...
101 Main Mercantile
Bratcher enjoys ‘ewe’nique textile art of spinning yarn
A few years ago, out of the blue, Dakota Bratcher decided to take up spinning. Not the popular physical exercise also known as indoor cycling, ...
by Chris Miller.
News
Albemarle Police Reports – Sept. 21, 2021
Albemarle Police Department reports the following activity: Michelle Tarleton Johnson, 50, was arrested for misdemeanor larceny at Leonard Avenue, Albemarle, Sept. 21.
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 2:09 pm
Locust
LOCUST NEWS: End of summer celebration coming up in October
Farmers Market Remember to check out the vendors at Locust Farmers Market this summer. The market is open every Thursday through the end of summer. ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 11:46 am
News
PEEKING INTO THE PAST – Five Points Service Station
During mid-1933, the Gulf Refining Company announced it would lease the corner of East Main and Fourth streets from owner Bertha Snuggs Efird to build ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 11:05 am
Columns
DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Welcome fall
My Chinese students had a holiday from school this week. It is their Autumn Festival. It is a family gathering time, and they celebrate by ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 10:37 am
John Hood
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Make licensing reform a priority
According to the most-recent ranking I can find, North Carolina requires state-approved licenses in more occupations (nearly 200) than most other states do. North Carolina ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 10:15 am
booster shots
First residents get Pfizer booster shots
The Stanly County Health Department on Monday began administering Pfizer booster shots for older Americans and those considered at high risk for complications from Covid-19, ...
by Chris Miller, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 10:07 am
Badin
BADIN/PALESTINE NEWS: Many activities coming up
First Baptist Everyone is invited for worship in the sanctuary at 11 a.m. Sunday at 201 Wayne St. Masks are required, and temperatures will be ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 9:51 am
marriage
Marriage licenses reported for August
Marriage licenses were issued to the following in August: Julianne Grace Benfield and Jamie Ryan Speight on August 20. Harley Dee Collier and Nicholas Ryan ...
by Staff Reports, Monday, September 27, 2021 3:23 pm
letters
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We must act now on climate change
Communities across the country, including those in North Carolina, are paying a heavy price for our failure to address extreme weather events. As a member ...
by SNAP Letters, Monday, September 27, 2021 3:11 pm
Stanfield Mini Mart
Barbecue to raise money for Stanfield man battling cancer
A barbecue event has been organized in October to raise support for a Stanfield man who has been diagnosed with cancer. Ashley Smith, who owns ...
by Chris Miller, Monday, September 27, 2021 2:02 pm
News
SNAP BACK IN TIME – Sept. 25, 1951
SNAP Back In Time takes a look back at newsmakers from yesteryear. Sept. 25, 1951 Fair Rain had dampened the closing day at the 1951 ...
by Staff Reports, Monday, September 27, 2021 12:15 pm
climate change
Stanly commissioners receive proposal for new climate resiliency board
Two Stanly citizens presented their case for a new climate change civic board at this month’s meeting of the Stanly County Board of Commissioners. Nancy ...
by Charles Curcio, Monday, September 27, 2021 12:06 pm
open records
GUEST VIEW: Larger access to state, local government records now within reach
When the 2021 session of the General Assembly began, passage of legislation to advance public access to records of disciplinary actions taken by those employed ...
by Staff Reports, Monday, September 27, 2021 9:51 am
Miss Stanly County
Sides used 2-year reign as Miss Outstanding Teen to promote anti-bullying efforts
Following two years as Miss Stanly County’s Outstanding Teen, Shelby Sides will give up her crown this week as the Miss Stanly County Scholarship Pageant ...
by Chris Miller, Monday, September 27, 2021 9:20 am
Albemarle
Albemarle football remains winless after being shut out at home by Anson
Anson County’s head coach, along with several members of the Bearcats’ coaching staff, had to have looked familiar to Stanly residents at Friday’s Albemarle home ...
by Charles Curcio, Saturday, September 25, 2021 6:37 pm
News
West Stanly football loses on the road to Eastern Randolph
The athletic teams of West Stanly and Eastern Randolph are not unfamiliar with each other in some sports, such as softball, when the Colts won ...
by Charles Curcio, Saturday, September 25, 2021 5:58 pm
News
SNAP BACK IN TIME – Sept. 21, 1951
SNAP Back In Time takes a look back at newsmakers from yesteryear. Sept. 21, 1951 Train Local folks were upset because the diesel locomotive which ...
by Staff Reports, Saturday, September 25, 2021 11:59 am
Covid
STATE: Public transit agencies ready to assist people seeking vaccine booster shots
COVID-19 booster shots have now been recommended for thousands of eligible North Carolinians, and an initiative supported by the N.C. Department of Transportation and the N.C. Department ...
by Staff Reports, Saturday, September 25, 2021 10:31 am
Wildlife Resources Commission
STATE: Wildlife Commission gives update on songbird disease
From the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission officials announced recently that the outbreak affecting songbirds since May 2020 seems to be subsiding ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, September 24, 2021 8:14 pm
Karie Grace Shields
After wearing crown for two years, Shields is relishing final moments as Miss Stanly County
It was Oct. 12, 2019, when Karie Grace Shields’ life changed as she took the crown of Miss Stanly County at the Stanly County Agri-Civic ...
by Chris Miller, Friday, September 24, 2021 4:06 pm
benefits
STATE: Food and Nutrition Services Benefits to increase by 25% starting Oct. 1
The following is from the NCDHHS: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced households enrolled in the Food and Nutrition ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, September 24, 2021 2:00 pm
COVID-19
Though COVID hospitalizations have been declining, health officials concerned with uptick in deaths
On Sept. 2, about two months into the current wave of infections due to the delta variant, Stanly County had 39 people hospitalized due to ...
by Chris Miller, Friday, September 24, 2021 12:11 pm
SNAP Back In Time
SNAP BACK IN TIME – Sept. 22, 1981
SNAP Back In Time takes a look back at newsmakers from yesteryear. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1981 Commencement Stanly Technical College had its 1981 commencement exercises, ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, September 24, 2021 11:21 am
John Hood
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Labor force shouldn’t be shrinking
North Carolina’s economy has enjoyed a substantial recovery from the depths of the Great Suppression — that is, from the COVID-19 downturn of 2020. Most ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, September 24, 2021 10:09 am
News
SNAP BACK IN TIME – Sept. 23, 1966
SNAP Back In Time takes a look back at newsmakers from yesteryear. Friday, Sept. 23, 1966 Morton Joshua J. Morton Jr., an Albemarle resident and ...