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ELLERBE — The addition of a flowing flume of water has given the Rankin Museum’s annual Geology Dig new life. Last Saturday was the second dig with the flume. Before, the children’s imaginations would have […]

ROCKINGHAM — A two-time congressional hopeful is throwing his support behind a third-party candidate. Democrat Christian Cano announced June 14 that he is endorsing Libertarian Jeff Scott for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District seat currently […]

ROCKINGHAM — Animal advocate Tessie Caulder handed her fifth or sixth orphaned fawn over to a state wildlife officer Friday, after finding the animal crippled and dehydrated on the side of the road. She nursed […]

ROCKINGHAM — Ned’s Pawn Shop will relocate — about 50 yards — to the property formerly occupied by Bojangles on East Broad Avenue later this year. Bryan Greene, owner of Ned’s, said the move will […]

ROCKINGHAM — A South Carolina man has been arrested in Richmond County on assault and kidnapping charges. Robert Paul Wiggins Jr., 44, of Sumter, South Carolina, allegedly attacked another individual and also held them against […]

ROCKINGHAM — Three Winston-Salem men are facing drug charges after Richmond County sheriff’s deputies say they discovered nearly a half-pound of pot in their vehicle during a June 8 traffic stop. Adolfo Noyola Lopez, 24, […]

The deadline for church briefs is noon Thursday for publication the following Friday. To have your event listed, email Christine S. Carroll at [email protected], call her at 910-817-2673 or drop off your news at 607 […]

ROCKINGHAM — The larger of the two willow oak trees on Harrington Square will be cut down in July on the recommendation of an arborist and will coincide with the city’s planned renovation of the […]

ROCKINGHAM — Bean bags will be flying at the VFW post Saturday in an effort to help an organization that helps foreign interpreters settle in the U.S. Interpreters like Nassir Ahmad. Ahmad served as an […]

ROCKINGHAM — Gruesome wins. When National Beta Club judges saw a freeze frame of “Frankenstein” staged by students from Richmond Early College, they knew nothing could top it — not even two other “Frankenstein” tableaux […]

HAMLET — The “nerd herd” graduated from RCC’s Saturday Academy on Thursday, at the end of a stiff competition designed to assess what they had learned about computer coding, 3-D modeling and the basics of […]