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NCDOT to suspend most road construction during the holidays
Written by Press Release
RALEIGH — With a busy Christmas and New Year holiday travel week being predicted, the N.C. Department of Transportation is suspending most road and lane closures on interstates, U.S. and N.C. routes across the state from Friday, Dec. 21, to Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Hamlet Council approves zoning request, receives audit report
Written by Amy Guinn
HAMLET — City leaders last week unanimously approved a zoning-change request, allowing an auto-restoration business to open on Raleigh Street.
Gov. Cooper vetoes NC Voter ID; GOP legislators plan to override
Written by William R. Toler
Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed the Voter ID amendment, drawing the ire of conservative critics.
Berry, McInnis honored by Lumber River Council of Governments
Written by The Richmond Observer
PEMBROKE — Two Richmond County leaders were recognized Thursday night with awards from the Lumber River Council of Governments.
Rain cancels Hamlet's Old-Fashioned Christmas
Written by The Richmond Observer
HAMLET — Heavy rains expected over the next 24 hours has led to the cancellation of a Christmas tradition.
Appeals Court panel revokes Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit
Written by Dan Way - Carolina Journal News Service
RALEIGH — Quoting a Dr. Seuss character, a panel of 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges vacated a vital U.S. Forest Service permit developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline need to continue work on the 604-mile natural gas transmission line from West Virginia to North Carolina. The matter was returned to the Forest Service for further review.
RCC mechanical engineering student getting paid to learn with Plastek internship
Written by RichmondCC
HAMLET — Dakota Honeycutt is getting the best of both worlds. Not only is she getting the majority of her college education for free, she is also getting work experience in her area of study and getting paid for it.
UNCP, Western Carolina earn high marks for free speech
Written by William R. Toler
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is one of two state colleges recently acknowledged by a civil rights organization for bringing its policies in line with the Constitution.
Goodwin, McKissick have questions for Harris about alleged 9th District election fraud
Written by William R. Toler
ROCKINGHAM - Two high-profile state Democrats have several questions they’d like Mark Harris to answer regarding the alleged Bladen County ballot harvesting in the 9th Congressional District race.
Elections bill, including possible 9th District primary, goes to governor
Written by Lindsay Marchello - Carolina Journal News Service
RALEIGH — Once again lawmakers would require a primary if the state elections board calls for a new election in the 9th Congressional District after they scrapped the provision yesterday during a committee meeting.
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Rockingham Police ask for help identifying theft suspect
Written by The Richmond Observer
ROCKINGHAM — Investigators are taking to social media to help find an alleged thief.
Daniel spearheads Christmas Breakfast to help others
Written by The Richmond Observer
ROCKINGHAM ― A group of past and present elected officials in two counties are once again banding together to help Pee Dee-area children have a happy Christmas.
New 9th District primary removed from election-board bill
Written by Dan Way - Carolina Journal News Service
RALEIGH — Republican lawmakers unveiled a new bill at a Tuesday, Dec. 11 news conference which would return the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to two separate boards after years of court battles over the merger. And then they made a major change while the bill was in committee.
Hamlet woman dies in collision with logging truck
Written by William R. Toler
ROCKINGHAM — A late-morning collision with a logging truck left one woman dead Tuesday.
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