Area News

A home in Bethlehem was damaged in a fire on Thursday, February 20, 2025, and burned down later that night. The house was located at 376 Old Schoolhouse Road, Taylorsville. Alexander County Fire Marshal Mark Earle noted that the occupant was the home owner, Rebecca Ann Davis. The fire was reported at 4:01 p.m. Bethlehem…

A private garage in the Stony Point Community was destroyed due to an explosion and subsequent fire on Sunday afternoon, February 23, 2025. Alexander County Deputy Fire Marshal Garrett Huffman said the incident occurred at 47 Olive Road, off Stewart Rock Road in Stony Point. It was reported about 3:27 p.m. The property owner, Tom…

On Saturday, February 22, 2025, at approximately 7:40 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Alexander County on NC 16 at Alspaugh Dam Road. A 1997 Toyota Camry, traveling northeast on Alspaugh Dam Road, failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a 2017 Toyota Tacoma…

A Taylorsville man has been charged in connection with a road rage shooting over the weekend. On Sunday, February 23, 2025, at about 5:58 p.m., Alexander 911 Communications received a call of a road rage incident in which shots were fired into a vehicle off Teague Town Road, in the Bethlehem Community, according to Sheriff…

School buildings will be open but Alexander County Schools will be on a remote day, Thursday, February 20. Staff should use one of the options from the inclement weather procedures document. (This is a change from an earlier announcement, which had a two hour delay.)

posted Feb. 19, 2025, 5 p.m. Per Edward L. Hedrick IV, Chief District Court Judge, due to the possibility of black ice, Alexander County Civil District Court AT THIS TIME will be on a two hour delay on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. All plaintiffs and defendants will need to be at calendar call by 11:30…

Submitted by Dr. Denita Dowell-Reavis, Alexander County Schools Testing and Accountability/Communications Director Elections for Alexander County School Board will be taking on a new look. The school system must redraw the voting districts into seven equal portions by December to match the 2020 census. The new districts would not affect the boundaries of schools nor…

Due to forecasted extreme weather and the Winter Weather Advisory for Alexander County, the school system will operate as a Remote Day, Wednesday, February 19, 2025, for students. Buildings will be open for staff. Alexander County School Staff should use one of the options in the inclement weather procedures.

With several inches of snow forecast for Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, The Times’ management made the decision to print and distribute the newspaper a day early, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, to facilitate the paper distribution. Local and state officials are urging folks to do necessary travel before the wintry weather hits. According to information from…

The N.C. Department of Transportation is planning to convert Gill Childers Road at Three Forks Church Road in Taylorsville to an all-way stop. (Aerial view courtesy of Alexander County GIS) Message boards were deployed last week to notify drivers of the change and will remain on site for about a month. State forces will convert…