Alexander County News

Mirroring a statewide trend, unemployment in the Greater Hickory area declined in April, dropping in three of the region's counties and staying the same in Alexander County.

On paper, it looked like two Democratic candidates to become the N.C. State Senate representative of District 42 went head-to-head in Tuesday's primaries.

The race to determine who will take the Superior Court bench in place of the late Chris Collier will up for grabs in November, and the results from Tuesday's primary look like current Assistant District Attorney Lynn Gullett will face local attorney Alex Mendaloff.

An amendment designed to prohibit same-sex marriages in North Carolina was leading by a sizeable margin in partial election returns Tuesday night.

The new superintendent of Catawba County Schools is no stranger to the Catawba Valley.

Lawn signs urging passing drivers to vote for the constitutional amendment on marriage are small and confusing, Chatham County resident Nora Brooks says.

* Michael Jay Millsaps, 52, of Taylorsville, arrested by Alexander County deputies, assault with a firearm on a law enforcement officer, also charged with possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance and filing a false police report, $105,000 secured bond.

Alexander County investigators are searching for the the person on the left who robbed a Taylorsville car wash.