Salisbury News

A couple of weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a group of elderly soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen from her hometown of Salisbury, N.C., who had been flown to Washington that morning to get their first view of the nation's tribute to the troops that helped defeat ...

Same-sex relationships go against Scripture and morality, according to a letter mailed Monday by members of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bessemer City.

Salisbury, N.C. Food Lion said Tuesday that Eric Watson, VP talent acquisition, has been named recipient of The Diversity Forum's first-ever Diversity Champion Award.

The annual Buncombe County Schools All County Choral Clinic will be held for high school students at 7 p.m. tonight at Arden Presbyterian Church, 2215 Hendersonville Rd.

Laney Carmel Hawes of Shallotte and Robert Craig Pierce of Shallotte were married Oct.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 2:13 a.m. About 50 Lexington residents learned more about the men and women running for the city council Tuesday night during a Lexington Candidate Forum held at the Davidson County Agricultural Building.

After 13 years in Mayville, Dottie and Geoffrey Hoy are pulling up their roots and moving to a warmer climate to start their retirement.

How long would it take for a person to accumulate 1,484 volunteer hours? Ask Diamond Smith, an eighth-grader at Southeast Middle School and she'll tell you six summers, hours of after school time and some holidays thrown in the mix.

WINGATE -- The Coast Guard rescued three people in the Hooper Strait near Wingate on Saturday.

Among several solar installations coming in North Carolina, Food Lion and National Gypsum are adding rooftop solar.

A 3-month-old North Carolina girl is hospitalized with multiple injuries, and her caregiver is jailed on an abuse charge.

The Wingate University womena s golf team finished fifth in the 2009 Patsy Rendleman Invitational Tuesday.

You would think school would be the last place for a man who failed four grades.

A generous, last-minute gift from an anonymous benefactor, added to funds raised previously, has made it possible for the Rowan Blues and Jazz festival to offer free admission once again this year.

Perhaps one of the biggest events at Tuesday's Salisbury City Council meeting wasn't on the agenda.

When a Rowan County man was charged last year with a rape committed in 1986, it powerfully illustrated how DNA testing has revolutionized the investigation and prosecution of rape and other violent crimes.

Vicki Rhyne, center, is five years cancer free after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

North Carolina is poised to become only the second state to impose a fat fee on its state employees by placing them in a more expensive health insurance plan if they're obese.

An attorney for Salisbury Motor Co. sent a statement to the Post on Thursday that said claims of racial discrimination made in a complaint filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission "are not true and will be vigorously defended." In a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greensboro, the commission alleges Salisbury ...

Mary Kaufmann with Thomas the Golden Retriever and Judge Lynn Meeks with the Salisbury Kennel Club.