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The Exchange of Emails Between the Post and Kathryn Pringle Jolly Prior to...
RFP Staff ♦Yesterday Kathryn Pringle Jolly, Director of Environmental Management for Rowan County, was the point of a personal attack from the Salisbury Post when the Post listed her as the one of its...
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Carolina Thread Trail: Unrequired and a Covert Form of Forcible Annexation
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦We appreciate the tremendous volume of positive email responses to yesterday’s article on the Carolina Thread Trail bamboozle being fought hard around North Carolina. There is...
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Video: Tonight’s County Commission Meeting. $6.5 Million Dollars Approved for...
RFP Staff ♦Tonight at the County Commission Meeting the County Commissioners voted 3 to 2 to approve $6.5 million dollars for the Central Office at 504 N. Main in Salisbury. Commissioners Pierce,...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Thread Trails–There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute
Ed Martin, Kannapolis, NC ♦”There’s a sucker born every minute.” P.T. Barnum Thank you Steve for telling it like it is about the Carolina Thread Trail that for two years paraded around claiming Rowan...
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Letter-to-the Editor: WHAT–No 329 South Main?
Jonathan Morris, U.S. Ranger Ret. & Rowan Sheep Baron ♦Could hardly believe it when I saw the RFP headlines around 8 p.m. Monday night: “Tonight’s County Commission Meeting. $6.5 Million Dollars...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Will the Empire Hotel Now Relocate?
Chuck Hughes, Board of Education ♦The recently uncovered information regarding residual contamination at 329 S. Main, information apparently withheld during recent negotiations, is testimony to the...
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Program on General Lee, General “Stonewall” Jackson, and Commodore Maury to...
Public Announcement ♦ A program honoring General Robert E . Lee, General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury will be held on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at 6:30 p.m.in the...
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Tom McInnis, 25th District Senate Candidate, Visits Salisbury on January 9th...
Public Announcement ♦Tom McInnis, Republican Senate Candidate for the 25th District, will visit Salisbury, N.C. January 9th to officially announce his campaign. Meet and greet Tom on the steps of the...
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Salisbury Murder Rate Way Up in 2013. Fewer Police on Staff Now Than in 2012
RFP Staff ♦According to the FBI crime statistics for Salisbury, N.C. murders in 2012 there was a one murder recorded. In 2013 the Salisbury Police Department reported 5 murders a major statistical...
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Commissioner Jon Barber is Under Investigation by the N.C. State Bureau of...
RFP Staff ♦William Sherill Barber III, known locally as Jon Barber, a Rowan County commissioner, is currently under investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) for alleged...
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VA ISSUED ID CARD POSES SECURITY THREAT
Rodney Cress, Veteran’s Advocate ♦Any veteran or active military should not have to worry that their VA issued ID card would be a security threat, yet recently it has been proved to be just that....
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Video: Jon Barber’s Attorney Pleads for Outside “Entity” and Got It: The SBI
RFP Staff ♦The following video snip from the December 2, 2013 public comment of the Rowan County Commissioners’ meeting features local attorney, and candidate for District Court Judge, Todd Paris,...
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Board of Education Asked Their Attorney to Continue Conversations with the...
RFP Staff ♦The Board of Education just ended their closed-session meeting this morning. They have told their attorney to continue conversations with the county commissioners with the aim of finally...
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Rowan Public Library Now Offering Hundreds of Free Online Courses
Press Release Salisbury, NC (January 9, 2014)—Whether you’re making resolutions or hoping to boost your resume, look no further than Learn4Life, a new program offered through Rowan Public Library that...
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Rowan Public Library Offers Free Access to Zinio Digital Magazines
Press Release • Full digital copies of your favorite magazines • View magazines anytime, anywhere on your devices • Unlimited access to more than 50 digital magazines Salisbury, NC (January 9, 2014)—No...
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Cutting Down on Fibrant’s Immense Losses to Take Pressure Off the City Tax...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦According to a recent article in the city’s other news source, North Carolina’s Local Government Commission warned Salisbury in early 2012 that the city’s fund balance seemed...
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Congressman Richard Hudson Responds to Rick Johnson’s Letter-to-the-Editor
♦Congressman Richard Hudson, 8th District, N.C. Mr. Johnson: First and foremost, I want to extend my utmost gratitude to you for your service in the United States Air Force and your continued sacrifice...
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Hudson and Pelosi Announce Friendly Wager on Panthers-49ers Playoff Game
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hudson and Pelosi Announce Friendly Wager on Panthers-49ers Playoff Game WASHINGTON-Today, Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08), who represents part of Charlotte and 11 counties...
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The United States Department of Agriculture Reports Alarming Growth of Food...
USDA ♦The United States Department of Agriculture reports the growth of their Food Stamp enrollment across the United States. The bar graph demonstrates that Food Stamp growth across our nation rose...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: A Response to Congressman Richard Hudson’s Response to...
Jonathan Morris, US Army Ranger Ret. ♦I’d like to take this opportunity to respond to Rep. Richard Hudson’s response, or lack there of in my opinion, to Rick Johnson’s Letter-to-the-Editor. As a so...
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