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Tuesday, 02 March 2021 17:57
Scotland Regional Hospice celebrates Social Work Month
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LAURINBURG — Scotland Regional Hospice is helping celebrate this year’s Social Work Month in March with the theme “Social Workers are Essential” to highlight the invaluable contributions social workers make in our society, especially as this nation addresses the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tuesday, 02 March 2021 14:03
2021 N.C. boll weevil assessment remains at 75 cents per acre
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RALEIGH — The board of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina has set the 2021 boll weevil assessment at 75 cents per acre of cotton. The amount remains the same as in 2020.
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Tuesday, 02 March 2021 12:52
RichmondCC celebrates first student accepted into N.C. State co-admission program
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HAMLET — As long as he can remember, 19-year-old Brandon Swallow has dreamed of building machines that would make life easier for people. In fact, at age 8, he used his K'NEX Classic Construction building set to build a robotic arm to pick up toys and a crossbow to defend…
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Monday, 01 March 2021 16:42
Richmond Early College announces honor roll for first semester
Written by Richmond County Schools
We, at Richmond Early College High School, are extremely proud of our honor roll students. In order to be named to the honor roll, students must earn all A’s or all A’s and B’s in both high school and college courses. These honors reflect the students’ hard work, determination, and…
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Monday, 01 March 2021 11:30
Sending Texas a little love from East Rockingham Elementary
Written by Richmond County Schools
East Rockingham Elementary School Counselor Sarah Radford is part of a group of elementary counselors nationwide who have a group on Facebook. The group bounces ideas off of each other, asks each other questions, and collaborates about the school counseling profession.
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Monday, 01 March 2021 11:24
RichmondCC partners with VBC to prepare people for life-changing careers
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HAMLET — Stacey Drake was getting help with her resume at the Career & Transfer Center on the Hamlet Campus of Richmond Community College when she learned about a pre-employment class that was preparing people to work for a local company. Having recently moved to the area from Virginia and…
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The other week while it was raining, I was checking my computer about some history of Richmond County. I happened to run across a subject of waterways located in the county. I recognized all the names except one, and that was Seaburn Spring and Branch.
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Friday, 26 February 2021 10:58
Future nurse finds better start to her education at RichmondCC
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HAMLET — College can be expensive when you don’t make the right choices. This is what April Xiong of Maxton learned when she began working on her goal to become a nurse practitioner.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2021 11:18
North Carolina Zoo presenting livestream ice carving challenge
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ASHEBORO — The North Carolina Zoo will livestream Better on Ice, An Ice Challenge Virtual Event Sat., Feb. 27 in celebration of International Polar Bear Day.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:49
N.C. State turfgrass researchers collaborate with NCDOT for roadside grasses
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — North Carolina State University’s Turfgrass Program has been working on the selection, installation and evaluation of zoysiagrasses along roadsides throughout the state in collaboration with the N.C. Department of Transportation.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:40
FirstHealth Urogynecology named InterStim Center of Excellence
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
HAMLET — FirstHealth Urogynecology has been named an InterStim Center of Excellence, making it the first facility in North Carolina to earn this prestigious designation for treating overactive bladder and incontinence.
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Monday, 22 February 2021 16:47
NCDOT honors first class of HBCU/MSI Fellowship Program
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RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation is honoring the first class of the Office of HBCU Outreach’s HBCU/MSI Fellows Program.
Friday, 19 February 2021 11:40
AT THE MOVIES: Performances save 'The Little Things' from being borefest
Written by Jordan Lester
As 2021 pushes into February, the first film in HBO Max’s series of titles releasing in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously has hit.
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All my life I’ve liked animals, small or large, didn’t make no difference. Being raised on an old farm, we would go through a lot of mules, cows and horses.
