Enviromental review
Stanly County commissioners to consider environmental reviews for solar farm applicants
Prospective solar farms in Stanly County may soon face more delays to be approved in terms of the ...
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Dolly Clayton
Stanly County Social Services works to shorten food stamp backlog
Over the past several months, there has been a noticeable uptick in the number of Stanly County residents ...
Locust
Locust company plans to expand into Ohio next year
A Locust company that specializes in developing protective coatings will soon expand its footprint beyond not just Stanly ...
Duke Energy
More than 1,800 Stanly County residents still without power
More than 1,800 residents in Stanly County are still without power Saturday morning as a result of Hurricane ...
393rd Bomb Squadron
Coble highlights uncle’s involvement with atomic bomb missions that helped end World War II
Close to 80 years ago, an Oakboro man had a front row seat to two of the most ...
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Cardinals
North Stanly rallies past Union Academy in second half
North Stanly took to the field at R.N. Jeffery Stadium for a game for the first time in ...
Sara Hahn
Hahn has big plans as new library director
After eight years working at the Stanly County Public Library, including the past six and a half as ...
Stanly County Schools
Stanly County Schools closed Friday due to Hurricane Ian
There will be no school for Stanly County Schools students Friday due to the expected bad weather associated ...
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
STATE: Seasonal storms may increase baby squirrel sightings
What to do if you come across abandoned young squirrels RALEIGH, N.C. – It’s hurricane season, and with ...
Boy Scouts
Whitley receives Eagle Scout honor
Trey Whitley, 17, of Locust, has earned his Eagle Scout badge, which is the highest rank advancement presented ...
Charlotte
Pfeiffer hosts Baltic Management Institute Conference
Pfeiffer University’s Graduate School and its business programs hosted a global conference Sept. 11-16 for 49 European executives, ...
Billy Preston
Bell named Pfeiffer Alumni Association president
When David Bell was a rising senior at Chesterfield (S.C.) High School, he attended a conference on human ...
A.L. Lowder
Family, employees and a trusted white hat all played a role in A.L. Lowder’s 50 years of service
It has been said that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. For A.L. Lowder, Inc. in Albemarle, ...
News
Marriage licenses for August 2022
Marriage licenses were issued to the following: • Hannah Dawn Barbee and Timothy Mark Ward on August 20. • ...
Columns
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Democratic justices reject Democratic vote
RALEIGH — On Nov. 6, 2018, the people of North Carolina voted to amend their state constitution. By ...
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Hurricane Ian
History Center, SCC partnership event rescheduled
The Stanly County History Center’s event scheduled for Oct. 1 has been rescheduled. Due to the threat of ...
Mike Walden
MIKE WALDEN: Is the social safety net a spring board or a cushion?
There are few public issues that create more debate than the “social safety net.” By social safety net, ...
Births
Birth Announcements for August 2022
The following births were recorded in Stanly County in August: • Damian Ryxton Arroyo Jaimes was born August 26 at ...
News
Pfeiffer will move to 4-day instructional week next fall
Beginning in the fall of 2023, Pfeiffer University will dispense with Friday classes for its undergraduate students as ...
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Stanly County Sheriff’s Reports – Sept. 20-26, 2022
Stanly County Sheriff’s Office reports the following: Christina Marie Griffin (W /F/30) Arrest on chrg of Defraud Drug/alc ...
Blake Shelton
The Dryes appear on NBC’s ‘The Voice’
A musical duo with ties to Stanly County have hit the national stage as part of one of ...
News
Union Chapel UMC offers meal
Union Chapel United Methodist Church, US Highway 52 South, Albemarle (across from the fairgrounds), will sell plates of ...
Columns
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Let’s make Medicaid expansion work
RALEIGH — Are Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, Republican House Speaker Tim Moore, and Republican Senate leader Phil Berger ...
Adam Hartsell
Like father like son: Adam Hartsell reflects on becoming first second-generation Locust police officer
It was an historic moment for Adam Hartsell when he was sworn in as a Locust police officer ...
Christine's Wood Fire
Upscale apartments, wood-fired restaurant coming to downtown Albemarle
Renovations are still ongoing on the Albemarle Hotel, the nearly 100-year-old building that will soon be transformed into ...