ASHEBORO – The Asheboro City Council met for its monthly meeting last week with quite a busy agenda. The council first held three legislative hearings with the first being for an application to apply initial city zoning on more than 2,200 acres of NC Zoological Park and NC Zoological Society property recently annexed into the […]
David Smith is serving his fourth term as Asheboro’s mayor. (Randolph Record file photo) ASHEBORO – David Smith won’t run for re-election as Asheboro’s mayor next year, so that will mark the end of more than a quarter-century of time as an elected city official. Smith said Friday he thought it was important to provide […]
ASHEBORO – There were 666 ballots cast in early voting in Randolph County for this week’s special second Republican primary. The 13 days of early voting at the county’s Board of Election headquarters had as few as 26 voters on the first day and as many as 87 on Friday. There were 79 voters Saturday […]
The Randolph County board of commissioners approved additional funding for the Ramseur water and sewer improvements capital projects at its April 1 meeting, funded through directed grants from the state. The funding will be used to replace the sludge removal system and improve the disinfection system by adding an ammonia-feed system for the creation of […]
ASHEBORO – Randolph County will have at least one new county commissioner following the 2024 election. Challenger Lester Rivenbark of Asheboro headed the Republican field in Tuesday’s primary for the District 5 seat. Rivenbark received 8,479 votes for a safe lead on repeat commissioner candidate Chris McLeod, a Denton man who had 6,031. Incumbent Maxton […]
Robbie Brown, left, was sworn in as the new police chief in the City of Asheboro last week. Brown, formerly assistant chief, replaced retired Mark Lineberry. Brown, who moved up through the ranks of the department since he was hired as a patrol officer in 1995, was joined by his wife, Brittany, and Asheboro […]
ASHEBORO – More than 1,300 voters went to the polls in Randolph County during the first four days of early voting for March’s primary. Early voting began last Thursday. On the first day, there were 504 voters, followed by 424 last Friday, 241 on Saturday and 146 on Sunday. The highest turnout each day was […]
ASHEBORO – The next county manager for Randolph County will come from a city within the county. The county’s Board of Commissioners announced the hiring of Archdale city manager Zeb Holden. He has been in that position in Archdale since 2016 for part of a total of 19 years in local government. The county commissioners […]
ASHEBORO – “The Veteran’s Battlefield” is a documentary that focuses on challenges for North Carolina veterans and it’s a valuable production as it relates to Randolph County, Hope Haywood said. “We’re working to have healthier veterans right here in our communities,” said Haywood, a county commissioner. The first of the documentary’s three screenings in Randolph […]
ASHEBORO — Asheboro City Schools (ACS) board members and executives were surprised by representatives from the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the General Assembly today with the announcement of a $29.7 million needs-based grant award to revitalize the 62-year-old South Asheboro Middle School. The award comes after more than 100 applications from over […]
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