Area News

The 48th annual Bethlehem Star Lighting is scheduled for Saturday, December 7, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the stage near the Pavilion on the west side of Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church. The first segment of the Star Lighting will highlight performances of the Alexander Central Jazz Band under direction of Matt Cockran and a…

(updated Dec. 4, 2024) A Tree Lighting event will kickoff Taylorsville Hometown Christmas on Thursday, December 5, at 5:30 p.m. at Alexander County Courthouse Park at 101 West Main Avenue. In conjunction with this event, a new Christmas Bingo Challenge will encourage families to visit downtown businesses; the first 100 families completing five activities across…

By ANGELA FARR KING The Taylorsville Town Council held their monthly regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. The Town Council entered into a public hearing to consider designating the Downtown Taylorsville Historic District as a Local Historic District. According to legal documents reviewed at the meeting, the Alexander County Historic…

The Alexander County Board of Commissioners heard a favorable audit report from Beau Hildebrand, of Martin Starnes & Associates, CPAs, at their December 2, 2024, meeting, according to a county press release. Hildebrand presented the 2023-2024 audited financial statements. The CPA firm issued an “unmodified opinion,” which means they found no material misstatements that led…

Alexander County Schools will be closed for staff and students on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (This was initially a two-hour delay, then changed to a three-hour delay, before officials finally closed schools for Tuesday.) School officials urged everyone to be safe as they get out and about this morning due to overnight snowfall and black…

By ANGELA FARR KING Mr. Lee Swanson is new to East Alexander Middle School, but not new to Alexander County Schools. He has spent the last year and a half as an Assistant Principal at Alexander Central High School. Mr. Swanson took the helm at EAMS on Monday, November 18, and he radiates enthusiasm for…

Bond was set last Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, for defendants Areli Aguirre-Avilez and Heidi Wolfe, who are accused of the 2019 deaths of five people in Alexander County. Areli Aguirre-Avilez is charged with five counts of Felony-First Degree Murder, Felony-Domestic Violence Protective Order Violation with Deadly Weapon, one count of Felony Statutory Rape Of Child…

A local resident is accused of killing his grandmother, according to the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 9:18 PM on Monday, November 25, 2024, the Alexander County 911 Center received a call from a concerned family member requesting a welfare check at 194 Russell Gap Road, Moravian Falls. Deputies were dispatched to the location,…

  The new Town of Taylorsville Chirstmas tree, which is 39 feet tall, was assembled on Friday, Nov. 22, at Alexander County Courthouse Park, at 101 West Main Avenue. A tree lighting event will kickoff Hometown Christmas events on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Taylorsville Tree Care, LLC, donated labor and use of a crane and…

DO YOU KNOW THIS TRUCK? The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a larceny that occurred in the Wittenburg area on November 21, 2024, at approximately 4:00 AM. If you have any information regarding this incident, or if you have details about the vehicle involved, please contact the Sheriff’s Office at 828-632-2911 or reach out…