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Judge allows lawsuit over county’s rezoning to proceed

ROCKINGHAM — Judge Dawn Layton this week issued a ruling in the challenge against the Richmond County government’s rezoning of a property on Marks Creek Church Road to Heavy Industrial last fall, granting two victories to the county but allowing one of the plaintiffs claims to proceed.

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Gap remains in salaries of county boards

LAURINBURG — Earlier this month, members of the Scotland County Board of Education had hoped to bring their monthly salaries into line with their Scotland County Board of Commissioners counterparts.

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County sends new sales tax offer, municipalities say it’s a ‘step forward’

ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County has sent their counter offer to the municipalities in the ongoing discussion about how to resolve the sales tax dispute between the county and municipal governments, and the early reaction from municipal leaders has been positive.

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Hamlet Senior Center to host Juneteenth event

HAMLET — The Hamlet Senior Center host a presentation on the history of Juneteenth on Friday at the center’s celebration ahead of June 19, which President Joe Biden is expected to make a federally recognized holiday Thursday.

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Commissioners to counter the municipalities’ counter offer on sales tax

ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County leadership have now drafted a counter offer to the municipalities’ counter offer on the sales tax issue, which followed from the county’s initial proposal submitted on May 24 and involved the sharing an unknown amount of sales tax revenue between the six municipalities for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

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