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Purple pinwheels throughout the Sandhills commemorate Overdose Awareness Day
PINEHURST — More than 900 purple pinwheels will be spinning in Hoke, Moore, Montgomery, Richmond and Lee counties on August 31 as the Sandhills Opioid Response Consortium commemorates International Overdose Awareness Day. The event is the world’s largest annual campaign to end drug overdose, remember without stigma those who have died and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind.
COLUMN: Life before air conditioning
The months of July and August seem to be the hottest time of the year in the Sandhills of North Carolina. Only a late evening storm or shower seems to cool us off.
Next week's NASA rocket launch could be visible in the Sandhills
ROCKINGHAM — There will be more than just the sun rising in Richmond County’s morning sky next week.
Richmond County included on Sandhills Discovery Map to attract visitors
ROCKINGHAM — As executive director of the Richmond County Tourism Development Authority, it’s Meghann Lambeth’s job to bring in visitors.
Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork: FirstHealth celebrates 25 years
PINEHURST — As health care heroes at FirstHealth of the Carolinas continue to deliver care amid the COVID-19 pandemic, they are taking time to celebrate a momentous event in the organization’s history: its 25th anniversary. The organization invites the public to learn about its history and join the commemoration at its new 25th-anniversary website: www.firsthealth.org\25years.
Sandhills couple indicted for failure to pay employment taxes, file tax returns
A federal grand jury in Greensboro, North Carolina, returned an indictment (Tuesday), charging a North Carolina couple with federal employment tax and individual income tax violations.
Samaritan Colony recognized as one of the Sandhills’ necessary service providers with a $50K gift from the SECU Foundation
ROCKINGHAM — The State Employees Credit Union Foundation awarded the Samaritan Colony a gift of $50,000 for COVID-19 relief.
Different Race, Same Goal: 1 in 8K Run for Moore going virtual in 2020
PINEHURST — The annual 1 in 8K Run for Moore, which raises funds to benefit the Foundation of FirstHealth’s Cancer CARE Fund and the Moore Free & Charitable Clinic, is going virtual for 2020.
Celebrating together while apart: FirstHealth Cancer Survivors Day goes virtual
PINEHURST — Cancer survivors throughout the Sandhills will gather together — while staying apart — for the 33rd annual National Cancer Survivors Day.
Bandit Flight Team to honor health care workers across the Sandhills
PINEHURST — The Bandit Flight Team, a North Carolina-based group of formation pilots, will perform a flyover of multiple towns in Moore, Richmond, Hoke and Lee counties on Saturday, May 16 to honor area healthcare and emergency services workers.
