2nd Chance Ministries is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call 704-880-8253 or find ...

In other council news, Alexander Crime Stoppers requested street closures for 1st St. SW from West Main Ave. to Main Ave. Dr.

Walmart associates marked the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony, community celebration, and the unveiling of a ...

Alexander County will receive additional opioid settlement funding to support the county’s efforts to curb the opioid ...

A 2016 Acura MDX and a 2013 Dodge Dart, both traveling north on NC 16, collided. This collision caused the driver of the ...

Mary Lackey, of Hiddenite, will turn 100 years old on September 14, 2025, and she still has a wonderful sense of humor, a ...

If you love classic rock, don’t miss the September 6, 2025, installment of the Alexander County Summer Concert Series with ...

Hickory, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

It was a banner day for fire service with the 75th Anniversary of the Hiddenite Fire Department observed on Saturday, August 2. Guests were greeted by firefighters and junior firefighters, who helped ...

Glenda Gale Bowman Sipe, 81, of Taylorsville, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.

Wanda Wallace Millsaps, 75, of Hiddenite, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at her home. Wanda was born April 7, ...

Late last Thursday, September 4, 2025, David Kerley, 75, of Alexander County (whom some of us here were privileged to have ...