Area News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alexander County Commissioners Jeff Peal, Marty Pennell, Ronnie Reese, and Larry Yoder, along with County Manager Rick French, joined nearly 2,000 other county leaders in Washington, D.C. for the National Association of Counties (NACo) annual Legislative Conference March 2-6, 2019.  Attendees met with members of the Trump administration and Congress on key…

Linney’s Mill will be featured on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Weekend” program on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 9:00 p.m. Set your DVR to record! #VisitAlexanderNC

The moving process has begun at the new Alexander County Services Center, located at 151 West Main Avenue in Taylorsville. On Tuesday, March 5, the Alexander County Parks & Recreation Department and the Alexander County Soil & Water Department will move into their new offices. While the offices will be open to the public, there…

On Thursday, February 28, 2019, at approximately 5:00 a.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Alexander County on Willie McLeod Road just south of NC 127, according to Master Trooper Jeffrey S. Swagger, of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP). A U-Haul rental pickup truck was traveling…

The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office investigators are still searching for clues in the grisly shooting deaths of Chad Lee Kennedy, age 38, and Mark Jefferson “Jeff” Furey, age 57, who were killed earlier this month. Both men died at Kennedy’s residence on Mount Wesley Church Road in the Stony Point Community, according to Alexander County…

A local person has died as a result of influenza. This individual, whose description is not being released by officials to protect the person’s identity (due to federal health laws), is the first death of an Alexander County resident for this flu season, according to Alexander County Health Department Director Leeanne Whisnant. “I think we…

New electronic verification of driving records begins Feb. 25 The N.C Division of Motor Vehicles will start using new technology to protect people from identity fraud by making sure people have a driver license in only one state at a time. Beginning Feb. 25, NCDMV will start using the State-to-State Verification Service to confirm a…

By MICAH HENRY If a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, then a two thousand mile hike begins the same way. That’s something that two people from Taylorsville will soon set out to do: walk the 2,198 mile Appalachian Trail. Retired high school math teacher Robert Duncan, 52, and his son, Gavin,…

The Alexander County Board of Education has chosen Cindy Thomas Sellers to fill the seat left vacant in District 4. The decision came during a special called meeting of the board on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Sellers will fill the seat until the next general election in November 2020, when the two year remainder of…

Alexander County Schools will be on a 2-hour delay for students and staff on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, due to potentially hazardous road conditions. Administration will re-evaluate conditions in the morning.