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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What dominates, bad or good economic news?

Many experts say humans tend to focus on bad news over good news. The logic is that bad ... Read more

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We don’t need Health Board making decisions for us

The recent 7-4 decision of our local health board to withhold support of a resolution connected to Medical ... Read more

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School quarantines increase for a second consecutive week, approach 500

Stanly County Schools reported 493 quarantines during the week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 92 percent of ... Read more

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Two new Covid deaths reported as weekly total surpasses 160

There have been more than 160 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Stanly this week as local health officials also ... Read more

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Health Department will begin vaccinating kids 12 to 15 Wednesday

The Stanly County Health Department is scheduling vaccination appointments for children ages 12 to 15. It will begin ... Read more

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North Carolina aims to lift most COVID-19 restrictions by June 1

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that he plans to lift almost all mandatory social distancing, capacity and mass ... Read more

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More than 500 SCS students, 200 staff have contracted COVID-19 since last summer

During a brief COVID-19 update as part of a joint meeting with the Board of Education and the ... Read more

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Stanfield business B.E. Holbrooks continues long tradition of service

With temperatures warming up and the construction season getting busier, more homes and businesses need plumbing and HVAC ... Read more

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Health Department receives more than 2,300 Pfizer doses

For the first time, the allotment of vaccine doses that arrived in Stanly County this week came exclusively ... Read more

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Health Department receives first shipment of Pfizer vaccine

For the first time since the beginning of the vaccination rollout late last year, the Stanly County Health ... Read more

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