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ROCKINGHAM — Five Sandhills-area bands will take the stage at VFW Post 4203 this weekend for a concert to raise money to help those who have or are currently serving in the armed forces.

PEMBROKE — The 4th Annual Lumbee Film Festival, originally slated for later this month, is being moved to the spring of 2022. The decision comes after recent spikes in COVID-19 cases in the county and across the state. 

As we continue this week with some folklore of the Pee Dee River area, we find that, in earlier times, a lot of folks used the ford to cross the river just above Grassy Island.

Until the early 1900s, the Pee Dee River ran free and clear from the North Carolina mountains to the South Carolina coast with no man-made structures to hinder its flow.

ROCKINGHAM — The upcoming Raider Marching Band members will spend the next two weeks prepping for the 2021 season.

ROCKINGHAM — After hoping to start back the Plaza Jam summer concert series this month, organizers have canceled Thursday’s show.

ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County’s motorcycle and music communities are coming together this weekend to help someone who’s spent more than a decade helping others.

HAMLET — The Performing Arts Series is returning this fall to the Cole Auditorium at Richmond Community College with a great line-up of live entertainment.

ROCKINGHAM — A local pre-teen pianist will be featured this week in the virtual World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest.

ROCKINGHAM — With many COVID-related restrictions being lifted, the county’s annual craft beer and chicken wing festival is on for 2021.