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The Carthage Board of Commissioners on Monday voted to deny a developer’s request to build a 78-lot subdivision near McNeill and Rockingham streets.
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Herman Thompson, a trail-blazing Southern Pines lawyer who received advice from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a young Civil Rights organizer, has died. He was 91.
Pinehurst’s growth can be quantified, to a degree, by looking at end-of-year calls for its police and fire departments, but the numbers don’t tell the full story.
Quite often, movies don't live up to the hype or the previews. Businesses can be even worse.
Bobby Teague is partial to the original paint hue: meadow green, it’s called. Standing next to his restored 1952 Ford F1 truck, he recalls taking his future wife, Patricia, out on their first date in this vintage classic. It was 1980, just two short years after he’d acquired his grandfather’…
The largest electricity provider in Moore County is gearing up for the peak of hurricane season.
Roy S. “Swede” Boreen, who survived Pearl Harbor as a young Navy sailor and made multiple trips back to Hawaii to honor the memory of those lost, passed away last Saturday at Brookdale Senior Living in Pinehurst, where he lived. He was 102, and among fewer than 1,500 Pearl Harbor survivors r…
First Day of School at Episcopal Day School in Southern Pines Wednesday, Aug. 10.
Scenes from the first day of school at The O'Neal School in Southern Pines.
The coronavirus pandemic derailed just about everything for everyone including Dr. Brian Sherrington’s plans to celebrate his retirement after 44 years as a local pediatrician.
A Cameron man has become the third Moore County resident to claim a six-figure prize this month in the N.C. Education Lottery.
John Dempsey has always been something of an anomaly.
The Pinehurst Village Council has again delayed action on a plan that would provide a framework for growth in Pinehurst South over the next several decades.
Culminating more than thirty years as town attorney for Southern Pines, Doug Gill retired at the end of the Southern Pines Town Council meeting Tuesday. At the same time, the town announced it would hire Mac McCarley, a partner with Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein LLC, to serve as its next le…
Vogue Styles beauty salon is partnering with other hairstylists in the community to provide free hairstyling services to K-12 grade girls on Sunday, Aug. 28, starting at 1 p.m., at the Aberdeen Community Center, 708 Keyser St., in Aberdeen.
A Carthage woman recently won $100,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket, making her the second Moore County resident to claim a six-figure lottery prize this month.
As municipalities strive to meet the needs of their growing populations, adequate sewer and water infrastructure has become an essential part of adjusting to this newfound growth.
The Moore Humane Society rescued 10 beagles as part of a nationwide effort to remove over 4,000 adult dogs and puppies from a breeding facility for an animal testing site in Virginia.
Student meal prices in Moore County Schools will be reinstated at the 2019 rates when schools reopen at the end of the month.
During its work session on Monday, the Aberdeen Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance that sets aside nearly $2 million for capital development projects.
The Boys and Girls Club of the Sandhills is one of 30 nonprofits in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida participating in a Duke Energy philanthropy program that matches excess goods with agencies in need.
The American Red Cross and McDeeds Creek Elementary School will be hosting a blood drive on Monday, Aug. 22, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Scenes from the 67th annual Farmers Day and the parade through town.
After months of dealing with backlogged requests for septic system inspections and permits, it seemed like the Moore County Environmental Health Department was finally making progress on its caseload — and they were.
Moore County Schools administrators are asking the board to redirect some of the district’s COVID-19 relief funding to cover shortfalls in its local budget for the upcoming year.
Moore County Schools is now prepared to start using updated social studies standards for elementary and middle schools that were due to go into effect a year ago.
An Aberdeen man has been found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury after prosecutors say he slashed through another man’s neck with a boxcutter.
The O’Neal School has added five new directors to its administrative team, and three will be filling new roles for the school.
In partnership with the NCWorks Career Center, Sandhills Community College offers workshops through the Continuing Education Career Development division to help those in job transition improve job interviewing skills, create resumes, learn to use computers, budget and to develop positive wor…
A parched piece of ground was the perfect blank canvas for Laura Whitehead. The Southern California native appreciated the desert aesthetic and decided to try her hand at growing cacti.
Screams of joy reverberated through a West End couple’s home after they learned they had won a large prize playing the Powerball.
The Pinebluff Board of Commissioners recently signed off on a plan to improve the town’s aging water system.
Southern Pines is one step closer to getting more electric vehicle charging stations.
Lowes Foods, a Carolinas based grocer with more than 80 stores in North and South Carolina, has a strong history of supporting local farmers and vendors. They are looking for new local products and will hold a virtual vendor summit on Sept. 28. In this meeting, local entrepreneurs will meet …
Robbins, which suffers from a water system where parts date back as far as the Great Depression, has landed a major state grant to update and improve the delivery network of pipes.
Moore County is getting a new, 100 percent-accessible playground.
Partners for Children and Families announced that Stuart Mills, its executive director, has been appointed to the statewide Financial Literacy Council by Gov. Roy Cooper.
The Sandhills SAR Chapter invites the community for a day of living history on Saturday, Aug. 6, to honor the 241st anniversary of the attack at the Alston House, now known as the the House in the Horseshoe, a North Carolina State Historic Site.
An upcoming community event aims to address an uptick in gang activity in Moore County.
Moore County recently saw its highest positivity rate for coronavirus testing since mid-February.
Clyde Maness, a Moore County icon with an equal love for people and bluegrass music, died on Sunday. He was 80.
Back in 2017, the founders of Father Vincent Capodanno High School had little else beyond a bunch of compelling ideas.
The start of school later this month will bring an adjustment for families who once again have to work school lunches into their budgets.
The Moore County Board of Commissioners could decide later this month
A West End home has been destroyed in a Saturday afternoon fire that officials say will be under investigation for some time.
The Pinehurst Village Council on Tuesday approved a zoning amendment that will clear the way for Pinehurst Resort and Country Club to build a parking garage on Carolina Vista Drive.
Within a year, residents will be able to enjoy a new public park in the form of the Whitehall Tract, 157 acres of pristinely preserved longleaf pine forest in Southern Pines.
Finding a tee time at certain local courses this week might be hard to come by with the world’s top youth golfers in town for the annual U.S. Kids Golf World Championships.
A safe place to stay, whether for a few nights or a few months, is usually the most immediate need for women escaping domestic abuse.
Mozart was likely the most famous seven-year-old in history. Then there’s King Tut, Shirley Temple, and who could ever forget Drew Barrymore as Gertie in E.T. ?
FirstHealth Hospice has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an overall caregiver and family satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20 percent of all eligible SHP clients for the 2021 calendar year.
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On July 27, 1950, Johnnie “Ralph” Holder became the first Moore County resident to be killed in action during the Korean War. He was only 20 years old.
Business leaders, health care and technology innovators and elected officials came together at the inaugural FirstHealth Innovation Summit held earlier this spring in Pinehurst to share knowledge, inspire and drive innovation.
Southern Pines has recently launched the process to update its Comprehensive Long-Range Plan (CLRP) and is seeking town residents to assist in the process.
State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the respective boards of trustees of the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System have approved a resolution honoring retiring State Rep. Allen McNeill for his contributions to the retirement systems of North Carolina.
The local Sandhills Bogeys baseball team name cleverly plays off the golf connection here in Moore County, but perhaps it also has some roots in the military meaning: an unidentified object observed as a mere spot on a radar screen and moving quickly.
The Ruth Pauley Lecture Series, a renowned Sandhills-based lecture series announces its 2022-23 speaker lineup, including Dr. Mark Stoler, foremost scholar on George C. Marshall who wintered in Pinehurst for 15 years.
The Pinehurst Village Council on Tuesday approved a zoning amendment that will clear the way for Pinehurst Resort and Country Club to build a parking facility on Carolina Vista Drive.
The Moore County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of two men after a search warrant was executed following the discovery of an Eagle Springs woman's body left on the side of the road in Jackson Springs on Tuesday.
A Greensboro resident has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left a man dead and four other people wounded at a party near Pinebluff.
On a hot, quiet, early Saturday morning in June, the parking lot of the Robbins Elementary School stirred with a flurry of activity. Signs were placed at the entrance to the parking lot, pop-up tents and tables were strategically positioned.
For the past few years, businesses and community organizations have contributed to the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation, a nonprofit organization that owns and operates the U.S Kids Golf World Championships.
A troupe of 19 theater students from North Moore High arrived last month as newcomers to the International Thespian Festival.
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, including its Hoke and Richmond campuses, has been recognized as one of the top hospitals in North Carolina by U.S. News & World Report.
Turns out Southern Pines couldn’t wait until 2040. Amid a flood of new development proposals, Southern Pines is taking the first steps toward redefining what future growth in the town will look like.
The audience was smaller than at most high school graduations, but you wouldn’t have known it from the exultant cheering that echoed the announcement of each name. “This is a Pinckney graduation,” Principal Kenna Wilson reminded the crowd at New Covenant Fellowship Church. “It is absolutely …
Thousands of electric customers in Moore County lost power after a thunderstorm barreled through the area on Saturday evening.
Multiple fire crews responded to a blaze that caused heavy damage to a Carthage home on Saturday afternoon.
An Army veteran was killed and four other people, including his mother, were wounded in a shooting at a party near Pinebluff on Saturday.
A village businessman recently launched a website aimed at “elevating Pinehurst history, engagement and improvement.”
With less than four months to go before the general election, the Moore County Board of Elections was busy making preparations at its most recent meeting Thursday.
