Area News

(updated Nov. 24, 2020) East Taylorsville Baptist Church Senior Pastor Jamie Steele related that the church has suspended the online donation webpage for the ETBC Hiddenite Family Campground Benevolence Fund. Although online donations are stopped, mail-in donations are still welcome. Checks may be sent to ETBC (memo: Flood or Hiddenite Family Campground), P.O. Box 906,…

NCDOT needs your help during the final stages of the Great Trails State Plan. The initiative will use existing plans and recommendations to identify a network of shared-use paths and trails connecting every county in North Carolina. For this plan, “Trails” refer to shared-use paths, also known as greenways, multi-use trails, sidepaths (along roadways) and…

A county courthouse in eastern North Carolina has been named in memory of a judge with Alexander County ties. On Monday, Nov. 16, the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners discussed naming that county’s courthouse in honor of the late Ola M. Lewis, Superior Court Judge. According to The Brunswick Beacon, the board passed a resolution…

During a COVID-19 telephone press conference on Nov. 17, The Times asked N.C. Governor Roy Cooper about how COVID positive cases among inmates affect the county’s numbers and ranking in the new County Alert system, which maps viral spread. The County Alert System pinpoints counties with the highest levels of viral spread and offer specific…

Jonathan Hayes of Taylorsville nearly fell out of his chair when he scratched off his ticket and saw he’d just won $1 million. Hayes, who owns a landscaping company, said he stopped to buy a new Holiday Countdown scratch-off game at the R Shoppe on N.C. 16 South in Taylorsville on Thursday. “I stopped at…

From NCDOT Division 12 Maintenance Engineer Cole Gurley: The NCDOT has provided a list of damaged sites resulting in road closures in Alexander County, as of Nov. 18, 2020. Please note there are also minor damage areas across the county that did not result in closures. Crews are working to repair these sites as diligently as possible.…

The Alexander Central High School chapter of the National BETA Club has designed an ornament (shown above) as a special service project this year to help the flood victims of the Hiddenite Family Campground.  The ornament is a special symbol of how Alexander County has come together to help these families in a time of crisis.…

On Thursday, November 12, 2020, at approximately 10:25 a.m., the NC State Highway Patrol was notified by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office that a vehicle had been discovered in a washed-out area of Hopewell Church Road due to flash flooding. One occupant was discovered in the vehicle which had been submerged for some time before…

Alexander County has experienced deadly, major flooding, with approximately 7-10 inches of rain overnight the evening of Wednesday night and Thursday morning, Nov. 11-12. Five people, including one child, were killed by the raging waters of the South Yadkin River at Hiddenite Family Campground in the pre-dawn hours Nov. 12. On Thursday in the afternoon…

‪Alexander County Schools will be on a two hour delay for students and staff on Monday, November 16, 2020.‬