Press Releases

Surry County will host a Public Open House on Thursday, 12 October 2023, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Surry County Service Center located at 915 East Atkins Street in Dobson, N.C.

A store owner and clerk have been criminally charged following a single-vehicle collision in Rowan County.

Rowan County will host a Public Open House on Tuesday, 24 October 2023, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the West End Plaza located at 1935 W. Jake Alexander Blvd in Salisbury, N.C. Please enter through the former JCPenney entrance.

Yadkin County will host a Public Open House on Monday, 16 October 2023, at 7 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners Meeting Room at the Yadkin County Human Services Building located at 217 East Willow Street, Yadkinville, NC 27055.

El lunes 2 de octubre, 2023, el gobernador Roy Cooper firmó una Declaración Estatal de Desastre, consulte aquí, para la Ciudad Landis, en el Condado Rowan, la cual el pasado 7 de agosto sufrió daños por un tornado de clasificación EF-1; esta Declaración pone a disposición de esa ciudad asistencia adicional.

Possia Sanders has been named facility director at Richmond-Jenkins Juvenile Detention Center in Hoffman. Sanders began his new role on Sept. 25, and will serve as a key leader in the opening of the newly renovated Richmond Juvenile Detention Center in Rockingham upon its anticipated completion in 2025.

On Monday, October 2, 2023, Governor Roy Cooper signed a state disaster declaration for the Town of Landis in Rowan County that suffered damages from an EF-1 tornado on August 7. The declaration makes additional assistance available to the town.

Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall at 6:15 this morning near Emerald Isle with maximum sustained winds of 70mph.