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Property tax rate set at 67 cents The property tax rate in Alexander County will decrease 12 cents as the Alexander County Board of Commissioners adopted the 2023-2024 budget at the Monday, June 19, meeting. With the decrease, the property tax rate will be 67 cents per $100 valuation, effective July 1, 2023. The vote…

Alexander County’s first-ever Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 17, at Alexander County Courthouse Park in Taylorsville. Various musical groups entertained the crowd. The event was sponsored by by the Alexander County NAACP, Alexander County Government, Town of Taylorsville, beautician Amy Teague, attorneys Edward L. Hedrick, V, Robert E. Campbell, Harbinson & Brzykcy, and Benbow, Davidson,…

Chief Coty Fox of Vashti Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite the community to come out to the 46th Annual Vashti Day Celebration on Saturday, June 24, 2023. This year’s celebration is to include breakfast, a parade, and homemade ice cream. Breakfast will be from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and is dine in…

MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2023 — FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON The National Weather Service Office in Spartanburg, SC, has issued a Flood Watch for Alexander County, NC, and adjacent areas. WHAT: Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. WHERE: Portions of piedmont North Carolina and western North Carolina, including…

  By ANGELA FARR KING The Alexander County Board of Education met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 13, at 6:00 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by ACHS Student Body President, Grant Sizemore, and Student Body Vice President, Taylor Brown. As the 2022-2023 school year comes to a close, it’s a…

By MICAH HENRY “I had a wonderful childhood. I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” said Frankie Bumgarner, who along with his sister, Sharon Bumgarner Sharpe, submitted the winning essay in the Times’ 2023 Father of the Year contest. Both agree: their dad, Fred Wilson Bumgarner, is tops. At 90, Fred is a family treasure, having…

The near-death and new life of Will Boggs, 2005 crash survivor By MICAH HENRY Until this month, the last The Times had heard from Alexander County resident Will Boggs IV, he was 15 years old and recovering from debilitating and traumatic injuries he’d sustained in a crash in Florida on a trip with family to…

On his first morning on the job, Thursday, June 8, 2023, new Alexander County Manager Shane Fox met with county government department heads at the Alexander County Services Center in downtown Taylorsville. Fox told staff he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting at Appalachian State University and worked for Martin Starnes and Associates CPAs for…

Submitted by Denita Dowell-Reavis, Ed.D., Alexander County Schools Communications Director In a world where it is easy to quit, that’s exactly what 19-year-old Kadin Daughaday avoided. Despite multiple life challenges, Kadin will be one of the 256 seniors who walk across the stage at Alexander Central June 9 to get his diploma. Kadin was in…

By ANGELA FARR KING It was a night for rezoning requests at the June 2023 Town Council meeting held on Monday, June 5, at Town Hall. Brian Burgess, the County and Town Planner, brought forth four properties with requests for rezoning. A public hearing was held for each before the Town Council made their decisions.…