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The Times has received a report of a Taylorsville business being sold an ad by phone, from a caller who claimed to be with The Taylorsville Times newspaper. The call reportedly came from Ideal Marketing Group (IMG Integrated) from Texas. IMG Integrated is not affiliated with The Taylorsville Times. Taylorsville Times‘ customers are cautioned to…

By ANGELA FARR KING Yaroslav Malko is the Senior Chaplain for Law Enforcement for all of Ukraine. He and his team are also in the process of developing a Chaplaincy Program for the Ukrainian military. He has visited military bases in the United States to learn from their chaplaincy programs. He says his team has…

Town Christmas lights not likely for 2022 Duke Energy crews will begin upgrades on the “Taylorsville Tie,” which begins at the substation near East Taylorsville Baptist Church and proceeds westward. The first phase of work will begin the week of March 14 along 1st Avenue Drive SE, according to Gary Herman, Public Information Officer for…

The Alexander County Board of Elections Office has announced the list of candidates who have filed for local offices in the 2022 general election. Filing ended at noon on Friday, March 4. Candidates who filed included these for partisan races: Edwin P. Chapman (D) and Lisa Hines (R) for Alexander County Clerk of Superior Court;…

On Thursday, March 3, 2022, officers with the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office were called to an address on Kennington Lane in the Hiddenite Community of Alexander County, near the Iredell County line, in reference to a civil dispute, according to Sheriff Chris Bowman.   Upon arrival, officers received information that Chadbourne Lee Dillard, W/M, age…

Spring fire season began with several blazes already, said David Huffman, Alexander County Ranger with the North Carolina Forest Service. Peak months for the spring fire season run from March through May. He outlined the fires and their locations as follows: • A small less than 1/10 acre fire was extinguished in Bethlehem Thursday, March…

Firefighters from multiple agencies are responding to a brush fire in Alexander County close to a home on Millersville Road near Allendale Lane, 5:00 p.m., Thursday, March 3, 2022. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

The next meeting of the Bethlehem Business Association will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 6:30PM. It will be located at the Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church fellowship hall at 9042 NC Highway 127 in the Bethlehem Community.   Guest speaker will be Matt Rudisill, of The Leadership Academy and The EXPERTS Game…

After a long period of ups and downs with COVID-19, impacts on business, and overall morale, the Taylorsville Business Association (TBA) leaders have decided to open up a new in-person meeting to discuss the future of the TBA. “We made many achievements in a short time, but that was definitely brought to a stop in…

The Alexander County Board of Elections Office has had new candidates file for local offices since the State officials reopened filing for the 2022 election last week. Four candidates filed so far during the second period as of March 2: Andrew Latchford, for the Alexander County Board of Education District 1; Matt Cooksey, for re-election…