6+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1000+ words) Published 7:45 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Week 2 of the local high school football season features three tradition-heavy matchups — Salisbury at North Rowan; Davie at West Rowan, and the granddaddy of all traditional matchups — A.L. Brown at Concord. That’s been a continuous…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (236+ words) Published 7:01 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Salisbury High graduate Will Collins won individual 2A state golf championships in 2006 at Keith Hills, shooting 4-under 68 on the final day, and repeated in 2007 at Longleaf. He’s the only male in Rowan County’s high school golf history…...

19+ hour, 27+ min ago   (887+ words) Published 6:19 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Wednesday that Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, will pay North Carolina up to $645 million and make major safety upgrades in a landmark case involving 47 states. Meta will pay unto…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1389+ words) Published 3:50 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2026 SALISBURY — Stories of milestones reached, goals achieved and service recognized, were all shared during the Rowan County Literacy Council’s 50th anniversary celebration. For these 50 years, Christina Rary, the council’s executive director, said they have believed “one simple,…...

12+ hour, 15+ min ago   (371+ words) Published 2:30 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2026 The 2021 National Assistant Coach of the Year, Michael Lowman coached long and well with Catawba’s baseball program, helping head coach Jim Gantt push several teams to the World Series. Lowman also coached at High Point in…...

12+ hour, 15+ min ago   (457+ words) Published 2:25 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Theodore Lamont Bush Jr., a 1977 Salisbury High graduate, died earlier this month at 67. Shaky’s son was a brilliant scholar and an excellent athlete. While he played some basketball for Salisbury, Ted Jr.’s biggest contributions to…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (881+ words) Published 9:58 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2026 LANDIS — Nic Woolf rolled for 158 yards in the opening night win at Union Academy, while Jamantay Cox added 118 rushing yards. Long-time South assistant coaches Ron Riddle and Jerod Smith tried to remember the last time the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (146+ words) Published 7:52 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Northbound traffic flow was heavily disrupted on I-85 Tuesday following a tractor-trailer rollover. The accident occurred on the bridge over the Yadkin River near the Rowan County Davidson County line at approximately mile marker 82 around 3 p.m. A report…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (365+ words) Published 5:32 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Rowan County has a new face in charge of communications, but it is someone for whom communications is hardly new. A Tuesday release from Rowan County indicated that Jodi Bailey has been named as its first…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (814+ words) Published 6:58 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2026 By Dwight Sparks Post Staff Writer (Editor’s note: Dolly Parton died on Tuesday. She was 80 years old. Fifty years ago, she visited Rowan County. Her visit was detailed in a Salisbury Post article by then reporter…...