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Local farms are open for summer activities and events

Press Release - July 1, 2022 0

See photos from the N.C. Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament on the RO's Facebook page.

2022 Youth Hunter Education Skills state champions decided

Press Release - May 4, 2022 0

North Carolina Zoo closes Aviary to the public as precautionary measure...

N.C. Zoo - January 24, 2022 0

Rockingham Dragway announces 2022 schedule including ‘Street Outlaws’

Rockingham Dragway - December 22, 2021 0

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Rockingham is featured as an inset in the Sandhills Discovery Map, with arrows pointing to other tourist destinations in Richmond County.

Richmond County included on Sandhills Discovery Map to attract visitors

Staff Report - May 13, 2021 0

he COVID-19 shutdown prevented visitors from sampling the offerings at the Western N.C. Pottery Festival in Dillsboro. This photo is from an earlier festival.

Pandemic, shutdowns have staggered tourism, imperiling rural N.C.

Julie Havlak - Carolina Journal News Service - January 8, 2021 0

Outdoor activities, such as paddling down Hitchcock Creek, and the inaugural Epicenter Festival are credited for giving Richmond County a 6.7 percent boost in tourism spending for 2018.

Outdoors, Epicenter cited for Richmond County tourism growth

William R. Toler - August 16, 2019 0

Lambeth hired as Richmond County’s new tourism director

Staff Report - February 27, 2019 0

Jennifer Seaman will begin work as the new director of the Hamlet Depot and Museum and downtown coordinator.

Hamlet hires new museum director

Amy Guinn - February 16, 2019 0

City of Rockingham staffers are filling in at the Richmond County Visitor's Center while the Tourism Development Authority searches for a new executive director.

Richmond County seeking new tourism director following resignation

William R. Toler - February 14, 2019 0