The Early Voting Period for the March 3, 2026, Primary Election in Alexander County begins February 12. Early Voting days ...

During Black History Month, we honor Dorothy B. Killian. At 91, she is the oldest living teacher who taught at Happy Plains ...

He’s thankful to be alive and be with his family — that’s the positive outlook that Hiddenite resident Guy Mundy, 56, has ...

The winner of the 2026 Alexander County Schools Spelling Bee is Jace Foster, seventh grader from East Alexander Middle School (above right). He won with the word “bodega.” Jace goes to compete in ...

“It’s one of the best opportunities available,” Gerbitz said. “It does everything. It’s a scholarship, it covers living ...

Larry Sherman Moretz, 74, passed away on February 8, 2026, at Carolina Caring in Catawba County. He was born on August 28, ...

Alexander County Schools administrators on Feb. 6 announced an updated school calendar, following the recent weather-related ...

Edgar Corley, born on January 15, 1938, in Dade City, Florida, to the late Abe and Eva Thomas Corley, passed away peacefully ...

Moravian Falls, passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Funeral services ...

Due to overnight snowfall, there will be no school for students on Thursday, February 5, 2026. This will be an annual leave ...

Eighty-four years ago, on a Sunday, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked, beginning at 7:55 a.m., and it lasted over ...

Hilda June Beaver Houchins, a cherished matriarch and beloved friend, peacefully passed away on February 5, 2026, at her home in Alexander County. Born on October 18, 1933, she was a guiding light to ...