Video: County Commissioner’s Meeting Monday March 3rd at 3 P.M. Pierce...
RFP Staff ♦ The Rowan County Commissioners met on Monday at 3 P.M. on March 3rd in the J. Newton Cohen, Sr. Room at the County Administration Building on 130 West Innes Street in Salisbury, N.C....
View ArticleRowan County Commissioners Vote 5-0 For “Pierce Proposal” to End the Gas...
RFP Staff ♦ The Rowan County Commissioners voted 5-0 Monday for the “Pierce Proposal” to end the gas chamber at the county animal shelter. On April 1st, all animals, save for deemed aggressive will be...
View ArticleFree Blogging for Beginners Class at the Rowan Public Library
Press Release ♦ Salisbury, NC (March 3, 2014)– Rowan Public Library offers free, monthly computer classes on beginning to advanced topics. Classes are hands-on and are free and open to the public. All...
View ArticleHow to Subvert the County “Downtown Salisbury Only” Style
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Almost daily the “Downtown Salisbury Only” contingent keeps up their urgent din about how the county commissioners need to be more “cooperative” with Salisbury even though...
View ArticleJoe Coladarci, a Republican Candidate for Rowan County Commissioner, Speaks...
Mike Bebber, Videographer ♦ Joe Coladarci, a Republican candidate for Rowan County Commissioner, speaks in Salisbury, North Carolina:
View ArticleNorth Carolina History Project
North Carolina History Project ♦ The North Carolina History Project is an edited, evolving, and free online encyclopedia of North Carolina including commentaries, lesson plans, and a community...
View ArticleBrian Kiever, a Candidate for Rowan County Sheriff, Talks about Crime in...
Mike Bebber, Videographer Brian Kiever, a candidate for Rowan County Sheriff, gives a colorful impromptu talk in Salisbury, NC last Saturday evening about crime in Salisbury and Rowan County.
View ArticleThe Daily House Call
Office of the Conference Leader Contact: Tori Bragg The Daily House Call Wednesday – March 5, 2014 STATE: Public Safety forms new legislative affairs team The state’s public safety agency has assembled...
View ArticleYouth Fitness Starts Early: The Lily Ann Workout
Youtube ♦ Prancercise move over. The lastest in core-centric exercise ably demonstrated by this daughter and father combo on video. The President’s Fitness Council was contacted by millions of...
View ArticleSetting the Record Straight on NDAA
Rep. Richard Hudson (NC-08) ♦ Some questions have been raised recently in this publication about my vote for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014. I’d like to take the...
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: Three Joggers Attacked Last Weekend on Carolina Thread...
Karen Bevin, Charlotte, NC ♦ Last weekend the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police reported 3 female joggers were attacked by a man on a part of the Carolina Thread Trail in Charlotte. This attack took place...
View ArticleWinter Storm Warning in Effect for Rowan County from 7 P.M. Tonight to 12...
National Weather Service ♦ WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS...
View ArticleChairman Jim Sides Remarks from First Rowan County Visioning Forum
Jim Sides, Chairman, Rowan County Commissioners ♦ Thank you for inviting me to be here today. I understand that I only have three minutes to speak, so I will speak fast. I really would have thought...
View ArticleRowan County Sheriff’s Office Busts Salisbury Gambling House
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Operations Unit (SIU) responded to area complaints on Wednesday and raided an alleged Salisbury gambling house at 160 Hader Streets for illegal...
View ArticleRowan-Salisbury School Bus Headed toward West Rowan High Slides Off the Road...
RFP Staff ♦ A Rowan-Salisbury School Bus headed toward West Rowan High hit an icy patch, slid down an embankment at Sherills Ford Road and Majolica Roads, and struck a Piedmont Natural Gas main. The...
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: What Brainiacs in the Rowan-Salisbury Schools...
Deb Hardisty, Faith, N.C ♦ What brainiacs in the Rowan-Salisbury Schools decided it was ok to endanger thousands of our children and parents today and send them out on icy roads. All over Rowan County...
View ArticleLetter-to-the Editor: “THE POWER OF THE STATES.” Article V of the Constitution
Rick Johnson, Rowan Oath Keepers ♦ Representative Carl Ford Representative Harry Warren Senator Andrew Brock Senator Gene McLaurin Dear Sirs, Past administrations, the current administration, the...
View ArticleA Message from Lynn P. Moody, Ed.D Superintendent of Schools About Todays...
Public Announcement ♦ From Dr. Lynn P. Moody, Ed.D, Superintendent of Rowan-Salisbury Schools The decision to delay, close or keep schools open is certainly one of the most difficult decisions that I...
View ArticleEmergency Shelter After 5 P.M. at Hurley Family YMCA for Rowan Residents...
Public Announcement ♦ Due to Today’s many power outages in Rowan County an emergency shelter will open at 5 P.M. at the Hurley Family YMCA at Jake Alexander Blvd in Salisbury. It will be open to Rowan...
View ArticleDrain Backups Causing Basement Flooding in Fulton Heights Area of Salisbury....
RFP Staff ♦ As city services appeared to buckle under the previous snow emergency and today’s freezing rain, blocked up drains had neighbors in Fulton Heights and elsewhere complaining about basement...
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