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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
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.
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
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
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
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
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 ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, September 23, 2021 6:05 pm
Montreat College
Stanly Community College, Montreat College sign articulation agreement
Stanly Community College and Montreat College have signed an articulation agreement that will offer criminal justice graduates from SCC the opportunity to transfer to Montreat ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, September 23, 2021 4:26 pm
News
SCS reports decline in cases, quarantines
For the first time this school year, there has been a decline in the number of quarantines and positive cases among Stanly County Schools students ...
by Chris Miller, Thursday, September 23, 2021 2:57 pm
East Carolina University
Albemarle native receives East Carolina University Brody Scholar award
An Albemarle native at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine has been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Quashawn Chadwick has been chosen for ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, September 23, 2021 2:55 pm
#Albemarle Police Department
Albemarle experiences uptick in car break-ins, police say
There have been an uptick in car crimes across Albemarle this month involving people breaking and entering, according to the Albemarle Police Department. There have ...
by Chris Miller, Thursday, September 23, 2021 1:46 pm
News
SNAP BACK IN TIME – Sept. 20, 1966
SNAP Back In Time takes a look back at newsmakers from yesteryear. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1966 Guard Capt. Clarence R. Smith, 34, a native of ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, September 23, 2021 11:29 am
News
PEEKING INTO THE PAST – Pfeiffer University (Mitchell School)
What we now know as Pfeiffer University first began as the Oberlin School and it was located on Lick Mountain near Lenoir. In 1903 the ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, September 23, 2021 10:47 am
BREAKING NEWS
Benefit happening today for Stanly resident, Rowan Sheriff’s investigator
The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office had a fundraiser Thursday for an investigator who has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a month. Brian Benfield ...
by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, September 23, 2021 9:58 am
News
Stanly County Sheriff’s Reports – Sept. 15-20, 2021
Stanly County Sheriff’s Office reports the following activity: Carl Lee Pinkston, 55, was arrested for felony larceny motor vehicle parts, felony inj prop obt nonferr ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 5:04 pm
BBB
Looking for a job? Be careful. Job scams increased during pandemic, BBB study finds
From the Better Business Bureau: Employment scams are on the rise in the turbulent job market created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Better Business ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 4:41 pm
John Hood
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Income and poverty facts matter
The income of the median American household fell by nearly 3 percent last year as the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent regulations shuttered many businesses for ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 4:36 pm
News
Protection secured for Alcoa lands at Tuckertown
In the Piedmont of North Carolina lies Tuckertown Reservoir, an impoundment of the Yadkin River known for its recreational opportunities and as a vital water ...