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1 week ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:10 am Friday, April 18, 2025 SALISBURY — As part of the annual budget-approval process, Salisbury City Manager Jim Greene Jr. has asked various city departments to bring their budget requests piecemeal. On Tuesday, Salisbury-Rowan Utilities presented their budget proposal and the Human Resources department presented the request for the employee healthcare fund.
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1 week ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:10 am Thursday, April 17, 2025 SALISBURY — The city of Salisbury is working to identify new funding sources for the planned $31.5 million Water Resiliency Project after the federal government pulled back from a FEMA grant program that would have provided $22.5 million of the expenses.
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1 week ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:05 am Tuesday, April 15, 2025 SALISBURY — The Family Crisis Council of Rowan announced the launch of a large-scale three-year fundraising campaign during its Community Appreciation Breakfast on Friday. The campaign will officially kick off on Mother’s Day and will have a goal of $1 million. “This campaign is extremely significant and desperately needed.
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1 week ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:00 am Sunday, April 13, 2025 SALISBURY — Over a decade ago, Rowan County was hit with a lawsuit from local plaintiffs who argued that the county commissioner’s practice of leading a prayer at the beginning of every meeting was unconstitutional. In 2019, the county settled Lund v. Rowan County, paying $285,000 in attorney fees to the ACLU who represented the plaintiffs.
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1 week ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:05 am Sunday, April 13, 2025 SALISBURY — The Salisbury City Council will continue to receive updates on the departments’ requested budget for the upcoming fiscal year during the meeting on Tuesday.
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1 week ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:00 am Sunday, April 13, 2025 GRANITE QUARRY — Anyone with questions about Granite Quarry’s direction, who wants to speak to the town council or who simply wants to say hello to town officials should stop by the Granite Quarry Town Hall on Monday before the regular council meeting. The town is hosting a meet and greet with elected officials and town staff, which will begin at 4 p.m. on Monday at the town hall, 143 N.
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1 week ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:10 am Saturday, April 12, 2025 FAITH — The Walk for Heroes will be held in Faith this year, after the Faith Board of Aldermen voted to allow the organization to utilize the Faith American Legion Park to hold the walk.
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2 weeks ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:07 am Friday, April 11, 2025 FAITH — The Faith Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance on Tuesday allowing golf carts to be driven on public roads. The ordinance comes after the members of the board asked the Faith Planning Board to work with the Granite Quarry-Faith Joint Police Department to develop an ordinance that regulated the driving of golf carts on public roads within the city limits.
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2 weeks ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:10 am Thursday, April 10, 2025 SALISBURY — Less than two months ago, members of the Rowan County Agricultural Advisory Board and Soil and Water Conservation District supervisors board appeared before the county commissioners and asked for a farmland preservation fund. The county now has that fund, after the commissioners approved a new policy implementing one on Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan
Published 12:07 am Thursday, April 10, 2025 SALISBURY — For over 20 years, the Campbell family and the Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Foundation have worked to honor the memories of John Campbell and his son Jack Campbell, who both died of cancer, through the John A. Campbell Memorial Golf Classic. On the 20th anniversary of Jack’s death, the tournament might mean even more than normal.
