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A May 15th Code Red phone tree message from Alexander County Government related that new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Alexander County. Alexander County has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with a total of nine active cases and a cumulative total of 15 confirmed cases. Seven of the active cases are associated…

  The Alexander County Board of Education met for their regularly scheduled meeting at Alexander Central Auditorium on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. The meeting was closed to the public due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Several COVID-19 related matters were discussed at the meeting including the continued success of meal distribution to children in the county…

Entries for the 2020 Taylorsville Times’ Father of the Year Contest are being accepted until Thursday, June 11, at 5 p.m. To enter The Times’ 31st Annual Father of the Year Essay Contest, simply write an essay on why your nominee should be Father of the Year. The winner will receive a $50 food gift…

Alexander County has three new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with a total of nine active cases and a cumulative total of 13 confirmed cases, as of late Monday, May 11. Five of the active cases work at Tyson Foods in Wilkes County, one is a contact of a Tyson employee, one was tested at a…

The Alexander County Library is expanding services offered at curbside and online, beginning Monday, May 11, 2020. Although buildings at all library locations are still closed to the public, staff can be reached by phone at 828-632-4058, and online resources are available at the library’s website, www.alexanderlibrary.org, and on Facebook by searching for Alexander County…

Alexander County has four new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with a total of six active cases and a cumulative total of 10 confirmed cases. Three of the active cases work at Tyson Foods in Wilkes County, one is a contact of a Tyson employee, one was tested at a local medical office, and the latest…

Alexander County Government leaders posted the following on the County Facebook page on May 8, 2020: “As most citizens are aware, Liledoun Road remains closed approximately 11 months after the flooding that occurred in June 2019. Alexander County Government understands the inconvenience and frustration caused by this road closure. The County wants everyone to understand…

    Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order No. 138 on May 5, 2020, to modify North Carolina’s Stay At Home order and transition to Phase 1 of slowly easing certain COVID-19 restrictions effective Friday, May 8, at 5 pm. Certain businesses remain closed as the state continues battling COVID-19.   “COVID-19 is still a…

Federal and county authorities are investigating and have charged a local man with crimes against a child this month. On Thursday, May 7, 2020, at approximately 9:00 a.m., the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations Division, conducted a search warrant at a residence off of Friendship Church Road in…

  By MICAH HENRY For Marquita Harrison Pope, 56, of Bethlehem, and her brother, Michael Harrison, 59, of the Liledoun Community, Mother’s Day is a definite time of celebration, but it is also bittersweet, as Marquita related in her essay in the 2020 Times’ Mother of the Year Essay Contest. You see, like so many…