West Stanly’s baseball team, despite being the No. 2 seed in the 2A Western Region, knew they were ...
A new hair salon recently opened in Albemarle with a unique name and backstory. Victoria Lambert started Salon ...
To help account for Stanly County’s rising elderly population, a new affordable housing three-story facility recently opened in ...
The Norwood Town Council has passed its budget for the upcoming fiscal year which includes a measure designed ...
Two Stanly County community leaders received special recognition at the 2021 North Carolina Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) State Leadership Conference awards program held via live ...
Stanly County Health Department will not receive any new shipments of vaccine doses this week as demand for the vaccine continues to largely decline across ...
Albemarle Police Department reports the following activity: Michael Lee Brooks, 37, was arrested for felony charge of assault/physical injury on emergency personnel at Yadkin Street, ...
East Albemarle Elementary School Principal Erik Johnson recently completed the Distinguished Leadership in Practice Program (DLP), a year-long leadership development program for practicing school principals ...
The Stanfield Town Council has approved motions to amend the town’s zoning and subdivision ordinances to include updates mandated by the state. These required updates, ...
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s crews, contractors and volunteers have collected more than 7 million pounds of litter from roadsides and are on pace to ...
Albemarle Police Department announces the following activity: Bon Scott Hopkins, 31, was arrested for misdemeanor breaking or entering at South Broome Street, Albemarle, June 7. ...
Why would John Shelton Reed write another book about barbecue? After all, he is a co-author of the recently revised classic “Holy Smoke: The Big ...
The Oakboro budget proposed for the 2021-22 fiscal year will not have any increases in tax rates or water/sewer prices, town officials say. However, the ...
The Albemarle City Council has awarded NJR Group, a construction company based in New London, the bid to begin constructing the infrastructure for the Albemarle ...
Students had two opportunities to apply for scholarships in 2021 from the Stanly Health Foundation to support their studies in healthcare. To be considered for ...
A new fast food restaurant will be coming to Locust in the near future. Burger King, which recently submitted a zoning application with the city, ...
Summer is just around the corner. The warm weather, cookouts, family outings and beach trips have already begun. Watch out for children out for vacation. ...
Abigail M. Brown, of Albemarle, was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Bridgewater College. Brown is a senior majoring in Liberal Studies. Brown ...
The Albemarle City Council approved two conditional use permits last week involving a change of location for a private Christian school and the installation of ...
Many athletes representing high school programs in Stanly County will compete at Friday’s 1A track regionals at Davie Senior High School in Mocksville. Albemarle The ...
Students from Stanly Community College (SCC) recently received Golden LEAF scholarships through the North Carolina Community College System. The Golden LEAF Scholarship program is designed ...
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the pairings for this season’s high school baseball state playoffs. Two Stanly teams qualified for the postseason, ...
A new, proposed waterfront park in Badin is one step closer to reality. The Town of Badin celebrated the formal donation of 14 acres of ...
We appreciate the comments at the hearing about the mine property. We will do everything to address concerns and see if our efforts to do ...
The dream to write has been a driving force in my life. Each time I sit down to write my column I am excited by ...
The Second Presbyterian Church of Albemarle was founded Sept. 22, 1940. For the first few years the members met in what was known as Napier’s ...
Twenty-six North Carolina students have been named recipients of 2021 N.C. State Fair Youth Livestock Scholarships, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced. Marcie Harward and Mattie ...
Colin Talero, a member of the BSA Troop 202 and a resident of Stanfield, has earned the honor of Eagle Scout, the highest rank that ...
N.C. Department of Transportation contract crews will soon start a $1.3 million project to build two roundabouts. The first will be built at Ridge Street and ...
As part of North Carolina’s effort to encourage more North Carolinians to receive COVID-19 vaccines, Gov. Roy Cooper announced $4 Million Summer Cash and College ...
Most students will find Stanly Community College more affordable with the announcement recently of the new Longleaf Commitment by Gov. Roy Cooper. Using federal COVID-19 ...