Brittany Lynn Bates, 34, of Taylorsville, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at her home. Brittany was born January 29, 1991, in Glen Burnie, Maryland, the daughter of Harold Gaither Bates, ...

The Alexander County Fire Marshal’s Office has issued a local open Burn Ban due to extreme fire danger conditions throughout ...

Dillon D. Patterson, 93, of Hiddenite, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2025, at the North Carolina State Veterans Home in ...

George Ray Willis, 95, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at the Taylorsville House in Alexander County.

Barbara Barnes Lowrance, 78, of Taylorsville, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at the Taylorsville House. Barbara was born April 5, 1946, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Jack ...

Cathy Dianne West, 60, of Statesville, passed away on February 25, 2025, at S. Mitchell Mack Hospice House following a brief illness. Cathy was born to the late James Calvin West Sr. and Martha Jean ...

The section of I-40 connecting North Carolina to Tennessee was forced to close in late September when Hurricane Helene caused ...

A local manufacturer will be closing its doors later this year, causing the loss of 58 jobs. The news came from a Worker ...

The two largest fires occurred in Hiddenite on Tuesday, Feb. 25. One was on Zion Chapel Road, which ruined a lawn and burned ...

The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of Taylorsville Police Department, executed a search warrant at 14 ...

HOME BURNS IN BETHLEHEM — This home on Old Schoolhouse Road in the Bethlehem Community was ruined by two fires, the second of ...

The NAACP hosted a Black History Celebration and Banquet on February 22 at the Hiddenite Center Education Complex. The event ...