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Alexander County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Director Jeffery Sigmon has announced that local paramedics with the department can now administer whole blood to traumatically injured patients. Trauma is the leading cause of death for individuals up to the age of 45 years in the United States. Uncontrolled hemorrhage remains the number one cause of preventable…

The Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center will hold a Steak Dinner Fundraiser at the Center’s Educational Complex (70 Hiddenite Church Rd., Hiddenite) on  Friday, April 19, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $50, available online by visiting hiddenitearts.org or by calling 828-632-6966.

  On Monday, April 8, 2024, quite a few folks around Alexander turned out to experience a partial solar eclipse. Although North Carolina lies outside of the path of totality, people around Taylorsville were able to see the moon obscure more than 80 percent of the sun. An Eclipse Party was hosted Monday from 2…

(updated April 8, 2024, at 4:42 p.m.) Millersville Christian Academy was closed on Monday, April 8, 2024, following a delay earlier that morning, brought about when Alexander County Sheriff’s deputies found a suspicious device at a home near the school. Alexander County Sheriff Chad Pennell told The Times that on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at…

The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Taylorsville Police Department, have conducted an ongoing drug investigation involving Matthew Wood and April Atwood since the first of the year, according to Sheriff Chad Pennell. On April 4, 2024, the Sheriff’s Office went to the residence where Wood and Atwood is staying to serve warrants for…

Timothy Carver pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder recently and was sentenced last week to 300-372 months (25 to 31 years) in prison. District Attorney Sarah Kirkman announced that the case was disposed during a recent term of Alexander County Superior Court before Judge Thomas H. Lock. On the night of October 30, 2019, Alexander…

Christopher Lee Brown has pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and was sentenced to 180-228 months (15 to 19 years) in prison. District Attorney Sarah Kirkman announced that the case was disposed during a recent term of Alexander County Superior Court before Judge Thomas H. Lock last week. On October 14, 2020, at about 8:47…

Submitted by Dr. Denita Dowell-Reavis, Director of Communications, Testing, and Accountability for Alexander County Schools Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Elizabeth Curry is moving to Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Superintendent Crystal Hill announced Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that Curry will be Associate Superintendent for Learning and Teaching with the district. Curry’s exit date from…

UPDATE, MAR. 26: Both murder suspects have been arrested. A Newton man is dead following a shooting in Hiddenite this week. On Monday, March 25, 2024, at around 1:30 a.m., Alexander County 911 received a call of a shooting at 295 Old Mountain Village Dr. in Hiddenite, according to Sheriff Chad Pennell. Officers arrived and…

Ben Faulkenberry, County Attorney for Alexander, has been named Interim County Manager following a unanimous vote at a special called meeting of the County Commissioners on Thursday evening, March 21, 2024. Faulkenberry will serve as the interim effective May 1 as current County Manager Shane Fox resigns to take his former position as Town Manager…