“These employees do work most people never see, yet their impact is felt throughout our community,” said Marty Pennell, ...

On Thursday, October 30, 2025, at approximately 2:24 p.m. the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal ...

Emily Haas, of Granite Falls, a 2025 graduate of Alexander Central High School, has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award for a ...

On October 22, Sugar Loaf School hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new media center. Fourth graders in Mrs. Natalie ...

The North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services and the Alexander County Department of Social Services have received ...

Suma Bumgarner Hicks, 91, of Newton, passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at The Greens of Hickory. Suma was born on ...

Samuel Everette Jenkins, affectionately known as Sam, was born on September 8, 1935, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He passed ...

Betty Jean Sprinkle Patterson, 98, of Taylorsville, passed away on Monday, October 27, 2025, at Valley Nursing Center in ...

Jerry Mayes, 83, of Taylorsville, departed this life during the early morning hours of Monday, October 27, 2025, at his home ...

Kay F. Barker, 80, of Taylorsville, transitioned from this life on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at Iredell Memorial Hospital ...

Rodney Dale Bentley, 57, formerly of Hiddenite, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Rodney was born ...