Last week, forecasted heat indices ranged from 99 to 104 during July 3-6, 2026, in the area. The heat index is how hot it feels when you combine temperature and humidity. Alexander County Emergency ...

Buy Local Challenge 2026 Winners. Top Prize winners • Grand Prize, $1,000 Spree – Teresa Troyer. • Second Prize, Town of ...

The candidates for the Alexander Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) Board election in November 2026, have been ...

Water quality tests are in and the Wittenburg Access Swim Beach in Bethlehem reopened today, July 7, 2026. While the swim ...

The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction is hosting a combined hiring event on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, 9 a.m. – 3 p ...

Cierra Ferguson, an assistant principal at Oakwood Elementary and W.M. Jenkins Elementary in the Hickory City Schools system, was recently named principal at Southwest Primary School. Hickory City ...

Dexter Lynn Davidson, of Taylorsville, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 29, 2026, at the age of 67. Born on December 16, 1958, in Cleveland, Ohio, Dexter was the son of Blake and Suma ...

Leo Elwood Knode, 92, of Bethlehem, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Leo was born on June 17, 1934, in Sharpsburg, Maryland, to the late Stephen Vanrasculas Knode and Martha ...

York Institute Road in Hiddenite, beloved mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully ...

Patrick L. Davis, 54, of Taylorsville, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2026, in Iredell County. Patrick was born on September 9, 1971, in York, South Carolina, the son of the late Lamar Davis and ...