Area News

The Alexander County Board of Elections is reporting an early increase in the requests for absentee by mail ballots for the 2020 General Election. Patrick Wike, Elections Director, said the Board has received 518 ballot requests for General Election thus far (through Aug. 21). “Our absentee request volume is 7 times greater compared to the…

Alexander County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks, according to a county press release. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), which is the deadliest…

  By LENNY ROGERS Director, Alexander County Cooperative Extension Well, if you haven’t noticed, it is apple picking time in Alexander and Wilkes counties. Some of the leaves are starting to turn, the mornings are a little chilly, the cornstalks are starting to brown in the fields, but most importantly the apples are getting ripe…

By MICAH HENRY Liledoun Road, which suffered a washout in June 2019 from heavy rains, will be repaired soon. North Carolina State Transportation Board member Andy Wells, of Hickory, told The Times that the NC Dept. of Transportation received the “go ahead” to allow the repair work to begin. He said he hoped to have…

By MICAH HENRY Local couple Dana Hopper Baldwin and Tom Baldwin, of the Bethlehem Community, have opened a laundromat in Taylorsville. This a service that was sorely missed by many local residents when the last coin-operated laundry closed at the end of 2019. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the Baldwins’ business, Happy Ours Coin…

On August 8, 2020, the North Wilkesboro Police department conducted a vehicle stop in Wilkes County, NC, that led to the seizure of 220 pounds of methamphetamine during the stop, and additional methamphetamine and weapons were seized from a search warrant on a residence in Wilkes County, according to Alexander County Sheriff Chris Bowman. The…

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received its first reported case of a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 positive dog in North Carolina. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. On Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, at approximately 6:00 p.m., a client arrived at the NC State Veterinary Hospital with a dog who…

The Alexander County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and The Taylorsville Times are partnering again this year to promote local businesses through the 7th Annual Alexander County Readers’ Choice Awards program. “Have a favorite restaurant, a favorite mechanic, a favorite clothing store? Share your favorite Alexander County business by casting your vote for the Reader’s Choice…

A Catawba County man has been arrested this week in connection with a child sexual abuse case from 2018. On Thursday, August 6, 2020, at approximately 4:00 AM, Rodney Lee Jones, W/M, age 37 of Maiden, NC, was arrested by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office. Jones was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant from…

On the evening of Monday, August 3, 2020, at approximately 8:30 PM, the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Troutman Police Department in reference to the vehicle that was reported stolen from Office Practice of Pharmacy on Sunday August 2, 2020. The vehicle was located by Troutman Police Department at a truck stop within…