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  Governor Cooper Signs Order to Tighten Social Distancing Measures, Strengthen Long-Term Care Rules and Streamline Unemployment Benefits Process Executive Order No. 131 Sets Policies for Retail Stores, Enforces Mandatory Rules at Nursing Homes and Expedites Issuing Unemployment Benefits   RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper took action Thursday, April 9, 2020, to the address the spread…

NOTICE OF ALEXANDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING FOR APRIL 20, 2020 Notice is hereby given that the Alexander County Board of Commissioners’ Meeting scheduled for April 20, 2020 at 6:00 pm in Room 103 of the CVCC / Alexander Center will be conducted remotely via Zoom in response to NC Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive…

HS Manufacturing, LLC (“Hickory Springs”), a division of Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company (HSM), a supplier of components for the furniture and bedding industries, has made an emergency capital investment in equipment to produce protective facemasks and medical gowns for healthcare personnel on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release. Efforts…

After a manhunt, local authorities have apprehended a man suspected of kidnapping and assaulting a woman. On April 9, 2020, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Gregory Lee Hartshorn, white male, age 49, was arrested for Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Assault by strangulation, Assault on a female, Assault with a Deadly Weapon with intent to kill,…

By MICAH HENRY The Taylorsville Town Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, for the first time using the online audiovisual meeting platform, Zoom, to avoid a physical meeting due to the COVID-19 coronavirus threat. Mayor George Holleman called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. (You can view a video of the…

The Taylorsville Town Council held its first online virtual meeting, with members conversing over the Zoom video conferencing network, on Tuesday, April 7, at 3:00 p.m. The meeting was recorded and shared with The Times and is available on YouTube and the player below:

Alexander County Sheriff’s Officers seek information on string of car break-ins in Bethlehem area Early Tuesday morning, April 7th around 3:30 AM, two individuals are seen on video walking through neighborhoods on Richey Road near Arbor Springs Drive and Oakmont Drive in the Bethlehem community. These individuals are believed to have broken into several unlocked…

With the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, non-essential businesses have been forced to close and employees are out work in Alexander County, North Carolina, and across the country. The Alexander County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) offers the following information to assist local businesses and citizens. As part of the federal CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security) Act passed…

Apr 6, 2020 RALEIGH — A collection of North Carolina experts today released a composite modeling forecast looking at how COVID-19 could affect North Carolina in the coming months. The models, constructed by experts from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, RTI International, and others reinforced the need for limiting personal contact…

Chief Justice Cheri Beasley issued an order on April 2, 2020, containing seven emergency directives. The order: • Postpones court proceedings for a second time to June 1, 2020 • Continues to direct clerks of court to post notices, such as the attached poster, at court facilities discouraging entry by those infected with COVID-19 •…