Area News

Over 600 residences and businesses are now on the Alexander County waiting list for the new Open Broadband wireless internet. The company’s first planned Point of Presence in Alexander County is a tower on Linney’s Mountain adjacent to downtown Taylorsville. This achievement was announced in a company email newsletter for October. Open Broadband staff are…

By MICAH HENRY It was a day filled with hustle and bustle mixed with poignant moments of reflection and fine camaraderie — the day when two Alexander County veterans boarded the Honor Flight to Washington, DC. On September 21, 2019, Sgt. David White, age 70 of Ellendale, and Specialist Jerry Lackey, age 71, of Taylorsville,…

By MICAH HENRY The combined forces of the Alexander County Veterans Committee (VetCom), formed as an action branch from local veterans groups, has now achieved the federal non-profit 501(c)19, War Veterans status. The notification was announced Tuesday, October 22, at the VetCom meeting at the DAV Chapter 84 Building in Taylorsville. VetCom is made up…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services clarified requirements regarding the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification, on Oct. 15, 2019. To ensure consistency surrounding this classification, USCIS is issuing three Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) adopted decisions. Through these adopted decisions, USCIS clarifies that it requires evidence of a court’s intervention to provide relief from abuse, neglect or abandonment…

The Taylorsville area gained another tasty meal option on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, with the opening of a new Little Caesars location at 825 NC Hwy. 16 South, in the Walmart shopping center. Owners Jon Gambill, of Wilkesboro, and Jerry Davis, of West Jefferson, welcomed Taylorsville officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday morning. Gambill…

By MICAH HENRY All 12 of the candidates for local municipal elected positions turned out on Tuesday, October 15, for the Town of Taylorsville Candidate Forum, sponsored by the Taylorsville Business Association, held at the CVCC Alexander Center for Education. TBA President Jennifer Martin welcomed the audience to the event, and Brett Fansler, CVCC Alexander…

The Alexander County Christmas Parade is scheduled for the first Saturday in December, which is Saturday, December 7, 2019. This year’s parade is the 73rd annual edition of the opening of the holiday season in Alexander County! The deadline for Parade entries continues through the month of November. Beginning in December, there we be a…

A federal drug case, under investigation with a task force since 2018, has resulted in several convictions, according to Alexander County Sheriff Chris Bowman. He noted that the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office is and has been a Joint Task Force member since 2013, along with federal agents in Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and officers is…

The Taylorsville Business Association will host a Municipal Candidate Forum on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at CVCC-Alexander Center, Room 103 (Commissioners’ Room), at 7:00 p.m. The event will be streamed on Facebook Live on the Taylorsville Business Association page at https://www.facebook.com/TaylorsvilleBusinessAssociation/ for those not able to attend in person. Town Mayoral and Town Board of Commissioners…