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Members of the Board of Trustees at Sandhills Community College unanimously voted on Aug. 4 in favor of leasing a new workforce trades building in Raeford to support the community’s interest and desire to fill positions in Hoke County for area businesses. The first two courses that will launch this fall will be small e

The Sandhills Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is developing the 2055 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), a long-range plan that will help guide future transportation investments across Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Whispering Pines, Pinebluff, Taylortown, Foxfire, and surrounding areas of Moore Coun

ROCKINGHAM — FirstHealth of the Carolinas is pleased to announce that its echocardiography labs in Pinehurst, Troy, Raeford and Rockingham have been granted accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in Echocardiography in the area(s) of Adult Transthoracic, demonstrating the organization’s ongoi

HOPE MILLS, N.C. (WNCN) — A funeral service was held Saturday afternoon in Hope Mills for a married Fayetteville dad and Fort Bragg soldier who was killed during the controlled demolition of an Iranian drone in Iraq last month. Staff Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, died on Sunday, July 19, during the incident involv

ROBESON COUNTY N.C. (WPDE) — The Robeson County Sheriff's Office is asking residents in the Balfour Road area of Hoke County to review surveillance footage as investigators continue searching for a missing Parkton man. Timmy Jacobs, 42, was reported missing by family members Sunday, Aug. 2, after he was...

JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. – A 36-year-old Fayetteville man is facing a long list of charges after authorities said he led deputies on a high-speed chase that went off road through a livestock gate, electric fence and cow pasture. The incident began August 5 when the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office...

HOPE MILLS — Outside Southview Baptist Church, a woman pressed her hand against the hearse carrying the flag-draped coffin of Staff Sgt. Michael Swinton before collapsing into the arms of a man beside her. Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, was killed in action July 19 during the controlled detonation of a downed Iranian dr

Tucked away on a quiet lane in St Pauls, North Carolina, there is a place where cats other shelters gave up on finally get to live safe, happy lives. Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary takes in blind cats, along with those living with FIV and FeLV, and gives them a real forever home.

Dunrovin Country Store near Vass on U.S. Highway 1 was destroyed by a fire Saturday evening. Several area firefighters battled the blaze after it broke out between the first and second floors around 6:30 p.m., with heavy flames fanning out from the closed store. The first unit arriving on scene...

ROXBORO, NC — A Robeson County family is pleading for help as the search for 42-year-old Timmy Jacobs stretches into its sixth day. Jacobs has not been seen since July 31, and relatives say the silence has been especially hard because he normally stays in touch. His brother, Jason...