A Pfeiffer Falcon was the only player from the USA South Athletic Conference to participate in the recent United States ...

At the Albemarle City Council meeting on Monday night, councilmembers voted 4-3 to pass their proposed 2025-26 city budget.

The Stanly County Board of Commissioners recently made membership adjustments to three boards delegated to county approval.

Local teachers and staff throughout the county were honored for their 2024-25 academic year achievements at the recent Stanly ...

Next weekend, the town of Oakboro will be kicking off the summer of 2025 with a full afternoon of music, food truck vendors ...

Neal Robbins is the publisher of the North State Journal, North Carolina's only statewide newspaper.

Marriage licenses were issued to the following in Stanly County in March: • Jackie Jo Fontenot Abraham and William Funador Garcia, Jr. on March 15. • Riley Storm Bennett and James Daniel ...

Homes of Hope recently recognized James “Jim” Sawyer of Albemarle as its 2025 Volunteer of the Year. “Jim’s dedication to Homes of Hope Inc. began long before the organization officially ...

When Ezra Morton opened East Albemarle Texaco in the 1960s, he probably didn’t think about whether the business would still be going 60 years later. But, if he did, he would be glad to know that ...

GREENSBORO — A Mexican national and high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was arrested Tuesday in Nogales, Arizona after being indicted for allegedly helping lead a large drug trafficking ...

If you’ve traveled between N.C. Highway 740 and the Stanly County Airport recently, you’ve no doubt seen considerable grading and earth moving along the north side of Airport Road, as crews ...