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Alexander County Health Department received notification of two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing Alexander County’s cumulative total number of confirmed cases to six, said County Public Information Officer Gary Herman during a Code Red phone tree call on May 5th. The new confirmed cases work at Tyson Foods in Wilkes County where numerous employees…

A Taylorsville man has died and two other people were airlifted with injures in a collision on NC 16 this week. On Monday, May 4, at approximately 1:10 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and is investigating a fatal collision in Alexander County on NC 16, just north of Taylorsville in the area…

Between preparing healthy food, adhering to strict nutrition standards, navigating student food allergies, and offering service with a smile, Alexander County Schools (ACS) nutrition professionals have a lot on their plate. To celebrate their hard work and commitment, ACS will celebrate School Lunch Hero Day on May 1. These school lunch heroes have served over…

Alexander County has zero active confirmed cases of COVID-19, with a cumulative total of four confirmed cases. All four cases have fully recovered, according to information in a Code RED phone tree call by Alexander County Public Information Officer Gary Herman on April 28. The Governor said remote learning will continue and he extended the…

The Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina delivered approximately 4,000 pounds of food to the Christian Crisis Center in Alexander County on Tuesday, April 28. Due to limited staff and volunteers, numerous agencies arrived that morning to help unload the truck and stock the center. Food included frozen turkeys, chicken wings, thigh quarters,…

The Alexander County library re-opened for curbside service at all locations beginning Monday, April 27, at 9:00 a.m. Patrons can now call in to check out materials and pick them up at the back door of the main library, the front door of either branch. Items can be returned in the drop boxes. The library…

(updated April 27 to reflect statement by Dr. Hefner) Governor Roy Cooper today (April 24, 2020) announced that North Carolina K-12 public schools will continue remote learning through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Cooper was joined by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson and the Chair of the State Board of…

Residents are advised to Stay At Home and non-essential businesses in North Carolina will remain closed through May 8, said Gov. Roy Cooper during a press conference April 23, 2020. Governor Roy Cooper today issued Executive Order No. 135 extending North Carolina’s Stay At Home order through May 8. The orders extending closure of restaurants…

State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and State Health Plan (Plan) Director Dee Jones announced Wednesday, April 22, 2020, that they have secured more than 20,000 COVID-19 tests at Mako Medical in Raleigh. The FDA-approved tests will be used to test more than 16,000 corrections officers and other employees at the state’s 56 correctional institutions…

The Alexander County Board of Commissioners met online on Monday, April 20, for a COVID-19 update, as well as action on water and sewer projects. Leeanne Whisnant, Director of Consolidated Human Services, said she was notified at approximately 5:00 p.m. on April 20 that Alexander County had one (1) new confirmed case of COVID-19, for…