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Agility Fuel Systems Creating 149 Jobs in Rowan County at New Regional...
Press Release/N.C. Office of the Governor ♦ Raleigh, N.C. Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Agility Fuel...
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NC Senator Gene McLaurin’s End-of-Year Message
NC Sen. Gene McLaurin ♦ As this term in the NC Senate comes to a close, I want to thank you for the privilege of serving and working for you. While in office my priorities have not wavered- to be a...
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Letter-to the-Editor: Salisbury’s Progressive Philanthropist and...
Candace Wilson, Durham, N.C. ♦ Here is a curiosity about Salisbury’s ardent progressive philanthropist and environmentalist Fred Stanback (Stanback Powders) sponsoring distinctly anti-immigration...
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Pivot Group Survey Offers Serious Pause to Municipal Broadband Providers of 1...
Broadband Technology Report (BTR)/BTR Staff Report ♦ Here is another article on the recent Pivot Group survey of 800 current U.S. Internet users that should offer serious pause for municipal broadband...
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Constance L. Johnson Announces Her Candidacy for the N.C. State Democratic Chair
Press Release ♦ Constance L. Johnson announces her candidacy for the office of the State Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party:...
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Salisbury’s Most Famous Panhandler and Chief Collins’s Step Brother, Tony...
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury’s most famous panhandler, deadbeat dad, and Chief Rory Collins’s step brother, Tony Michael Rippey, Jr., 50, often characterized as a “non descript white man” from the streets of...
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Rowan Republican Men’s Club Breakfast Meets at Ryan’s on Saturday Morning...
Public Announcement ♦ Rowan Republican Men’s Breakfast meets at Ryan’s on 730 Jake Alexander Blvd. in Salisbury, N.C. Doors open at 8 a.m. Meeting begins promptly at 9 a.m. Enjoy breakfast,...
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Salisbury, N.C.: A Human Trafficking Stop Along the I-85 Corridor
RFP Staff ♦ Learn about human trafficking in Salisbury, N.C. a stop along the I-85 Corridor and what you can do to combat this quiet form of slavery. Here are valuable information resources about the...
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Woman Brutally Assaulted and Robbed in Walmart’s Parking Lot in Salisbury,...
RFP Staff ♦ A middle-aged woman was beaten and robbed in Walmart’s parking lot late Friday afternoon on December 26th. The victim was just placing a purchase in the rear of her car when black female...
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William Johnson, of Salisbury, N.C., Died in a Camper Blaze at the Conestoga...
RFP Staff ♦ William Johnson, from Salisbury, N.C died Monday in a camper fire at the Conestoga Mobile Home Park on the 1071 Conestoga Trail near Gaskey and Airport Roads. Johnson, in his 50’s, was...
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Downtown Salisbury Invites Your Opinion
Public Announcement ♦ Greetings! Please join us for our 2nd event in a series of information gathering sessions that Downtown Salisbury, Inc. is hosting in collaboration with the City of Salisbury. We...
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Federal Investigators Looking into Allegations of Price Gouging on Home Solar...
RFP Staff ♦ Federal investigators are looking into allegations that some companies and contractors are price gouging consumers for installing solar electric systems on their homes. With no intentions...
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Salisbury, N.C.’s Thomas “The Chemist” Martinez, Alleged Meth Chef, was...
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury’s Thomas “The Chemist” Martinez, 27, top gun meth manufacturer known for his creative use of “Red P” meth processes, employing phosphorous and another process called “P2P”,...
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The Dunbar Center, an East Spencer Landmark, is an Inferno at 8:45 P.M....
RFP Staff Update: Investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and the Rowan County Fire Marshal spent much of the morning inspecting the interior of the Dunbar Center attempting to learn...
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Jeri Furr Simpson, 61, Allegedly Shot Her Boyfriend in the Face During a...
RFP Staff ♦ Jeri Furr Simpson, 61, allegedly shot her boyfriend Timothy Hatley, 60, in the face with a revolver during a domestic dispute. The shooting was reported to have taken place at Hatley’s...
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Video: Happy New Year 2015 from the Rowan Free Press!
Steve Mensing and the RFP Staff ♦ Happy New Year 2015 from the Rowan Free Press!
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Why Does Salisbury, N.C. Have So Many Panhandlers Downtown? Does Salisbury...
RFP Staff ♦ Among the most frequently asked questions arriving at the Rowan Free Press are: Why are there are so many panhandlers afoot in Salisbury’s Downtown area and sign toting beggars requesting...
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Poll Results: What Was Salisbury/Rowan County, NC’s Biggest Story of 2014?
RFP Poll ♦ Poll Results: What Was Salisbury/Rowan County, NC’s Biggest Story of 2014?:
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2015 Predictions for Salisbury, N.C. and Rowan County
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ In the most optimistic projections for Salisbury, N.C. and Rowan County in 2015, little if any headway will take place in Salisbury’s “big 3″ major statistics: Awful FBI violent...
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Bench Warmers Crumbling Façade Still Unrepaired Since June 2013: Code...
RFP Staff ♦ Where are the code enforcement priorities in Salisbury, N.C. “The City of Make Believe?” Does the present owner of Bench Warmers, the last remaining “honkey-tonk sports bar” on East Fisher...
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