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As this pandemic continues, most people are practicing social distancing and for good reason. Why, these days I can’t even steal a kiss from my wife.
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Monday, 06 April 2020 10:49
RichmondCC Dialysis Tech graduates filling many tech positions at kidney care centers
Written by RichmondCC
HAMLET — Graduates of the Dialysis Technology program at Richmond Community College are filling vital technician positions at Davita Dialysis and Fresenius Kidney Care centers throughout Richmond, Scotland, Robeson and Moore counties.
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 12:30
RichmondCC ready to enroll students in new EMS program, hires coordinator
Written by RichmondCC
HAMLET — Richmond Community College will begin registering students for the new Emergency Medical Science program that will start this fall semester. Registration opens Wednesday, April 8, for fall semester.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:55
Broadway musical, Phil Vassar shows rescheduled for summer dates at the Cole
Written by RichmondCC
HAMLET — While many people have found creative ways to be entertained at home during this time of restrictive travel and gathering, the Cole Auditorium has confirmed new dates for the remaining two shows of the 2019-20 DeWitt Performing Arts Series.
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Friday, 20 March 2020 17:25
FirstHealth recognizes Certified Nurses Day
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
PINEHURST — Certified Nurses Day was nationally recognized this week to honor board-certified nurses across the nation who have advanced their careers. Now, more than ever, we celebrate the 346 board certified nurses who work across the FirstHealth system for their professionalism, leadership and commitment to excellence in patient care.
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Most people who live in our great country have both winter and summer clothes. The winter weather calls for heavier clothing, while our hot summers call for lighter clothes. Folks shovel snow in the winter and bathe at the beach in the summer months.
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Monday, 16 March 2020 18:31
Musicians pay tribute to Ray Charles at Cole Auditorium
Written by Betty Gallo McIntyre
HAMLET — Doors opened at the Cole Auditorium last Wednesday as attendees eagerly awaited the combined talent of multiple Grammy-Award winning, world-renowned performers.
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Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:05
Honor Roll students named from Rockingham Middle
Written by Richmond County Schools
Last last month, Rockingham Middle School announced the students who made "A" Honor Roll for the second nine weeks.
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ASHEBORO — The public will get a chance to glimpse into the past as the North Carolina Zoo plans to open a time capsule from 1984 that’s buried at its iconic African Pavilion.
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Tuesday, 10 March 2020 14:12
Alumnus, former basketball player honors late UNCP professor
Written by Mark Locklear - UNC-Pembroke
PEMBROKE — Most college graduates can single out the one professor whose influence had a lasting impact long after the classroom.
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Monday, 09 March 2020 15:47
'Georgia On My Mind' at the Cole Auditorium on March 11
Written by RichmondCC
HAMLET — The fifth show of the Dewitt Performing Arts Series is “Georgia On My Mind.” This is your chance to hear the wonderful music of Ray Charles on Wednesday, March 11 at the Cole Auditorium located on the main campus of Richmond Community College.
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Monday, 09 March 2020 15:34
North Carolina Zoo announces birth of a second Southern white rhino this year
Written by N.C. Zoo
ASHEBORO — The North Carolina Zoo is excited to announce another southern white rhino was born at the Zoo on Feb. 24, 2020 — the second rhino birth so far this year. The female calf was born to mother Linda and father, Stormy. The Zoo will announce details of naming…
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Friday, 06 March 2020 18:42
COLUMN: Out in the backyard: A place where memories are made
Written by J.A. Bolton
When I was growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s, my backyard could go for half a mile or more. When I told Momma that I was going out in the backyard, it could mean a lot of different places. Why, I might be going way down in the woods…
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Friday, 06 March 2020 18:16
Colorectal cancer survivor now helps others facing a cancer diagnosis
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
PINEHURST — In 2007, Dan Flynn was a busy cartographer and weekend golfer with a wife and two sons, ages 3 and 4. Then he started passing blood. A colonoscopy revealed stage 2 colorectal cancer. Everything changed.
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