The NC Hwy. 16 bridge at Oxford Dam has reopened, according to the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office. NC Dept. of ...

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Alexander County Schools will be out for students on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. That day will be an optional teacher workday ...

Alexander County Schools will be closed on Monday, September 30, 2024, with an optional teacher workday, according to ...

James “Junior” Barry Watts, Jr., 50, of Connolly Springs, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2024, at Frye Regional Medical ...

Elaine Cave Hodges, 82, born to the late Joe Clyde Cave and Vergie Johnson Cave on Friday, October 3, 1941, in Yadkin County, passed away peacefully in Wilkes County on Monday, September 30, 2024, ...

Taylorsville, passed peacefully on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at Frye Regional Medical Center with family by her side. She ...

This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Catawba River from below Oxford Dam to below Lookout Shoals Lake. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! HAZARD…Life-threatening, ...

Alexander County and the Town of Taylorsville have issued a Voluntary Curfew from Friday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m. until Saturday, September 28 at 8:00 a.m. to help ensure the safety of our citizens.

Local electricity providers are reporting widespread outages due to effects from Hurricane Helene. In Alexander County at ...

The Times received two reports of waste water system overflows from the Town of Taylorsville, as shown below: ...