ROCKINGHAM — Trying to go a perfect 3-for-3 in as many days this week, the Richmond Senior High School boys tennis team nearly got the job done. On the heels of back-to-back shutouts against Sandhills Athletic Conference opponents, the Raiders weren’t able to extend their winning streak against Union Pines High School.

Cordova Middle School eighth graders, Edwin Esparza Vasquez and Irving Esparza Vasquez, have earned coveted spots in the Step Up to STEM summer program at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Durham Campus. The one-week residential summer program is known for fostering skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among historically underrepresented groups.

RALEIGH — In response to the recent incident in which a group of people were videotaped pulling two very young cubs out of a tree at an Asheville apartment complex, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reminds the public to never approach or handle bear cubs. On Tuesday, April 16,...

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09) joined Congressmen David Rouzer (NC-07) in introducing a bipartisan resolution to designate April 18th, 2024 as National Lineman Appreciation Day and recognize the more than 115,000 hardworking men and women maintaining America’s electrical infrastructure. Cosponsored by nearly twenty-five Members of Congress,...

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services is announcing the division’s new name: the Division of Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities. This name change reflects the division’s century-long history of critical work with North Carolinians with disabilities....

Dale Kenneth Williams, the son of Judith Read Williams and the late Art Williams, passed away unexpectedly March 12, 2024 at his home in Warwick, Rhode Island. Dale was born Nov. 28, 1972 in Rockingham, North Carolina. He attended schools in Richmond County, graduating from Richmond Senior High School in 1991. He obtained a degree in Accounting at Richmond Community College.

WASHINGTON — The U.S Department of Agriculture today unveiled a new, online Livestock Indemnity Program Decision Tool and farm loan resources available to agricultural producers and cooperators who help producers access USDA disaster assistance, farm loans and other federal farm programs. The new LIP tool and the farm loan informational video resources were developed in partnership with FarmRaise and USDA’s Farm Service Agency. These tools are now available at www.farmraise.com/usda-fsa.

PINEHURST — FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbarics has expanded as Jamilia Broussard, FNP recently joined the team of expert and caring providers. Broussard brings nearly a decade of experience in specialized wound care to her role with FirstHealth. She’s served as a wound care nurse practitioner in Texas and Oklahoma and most recently in Fayetteville, N.C.

ROCKINGHAM — Unable to keep up with its opponent’s speed Wednesday, the Richmond Senior High School soccer team was shut out. Just the fourth time this season the Lady Raiders weren’t able to score, they lost 3-0 to visiting Cape Fear High School. The non-conference game was...

ROCKINGHAM — Picking up its second win in as many days was the Richmond Senior High School boys tennis team Wednesday. Finally able to reschedule an early-season postponement with Hoke County High School, the Raiders rolled to their biggest win of the season. Defeating the Bucks 9-0, its second...

ROCKINGHAM — Another spring season senior night celebration was held on one of Richmond’s athletic fields Wednesday. The Richmond Lady Raider soccer team recognized its six senior players ahead of its home match against non-conference Cape Fear High School. This year’s seniors were Emma Altman, Kaleigh Cloninger, Jenna...

ROCKINGHAM — Led by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the staff of New Horizons Life and Family Services, a small crowd paraded through downtown Wednesday to shed light on sexual assault. New Horizons has organized the march for the past several years in recognition of April being...

RAEFORD — The Richmond Senior High School boys golf team battled the heat during Monday’s Sandhills Athletic Conference match while also managing to lower its score. Playing the season’s first 18-hole round, the Raiders and other SAC golfers traversed the fairways and greens at Bayonet at Puppy Creek.

ROCKINGHAM — A man was allegedly caught with meth and heroin after claiming to be a diabetic. A deputy patrolling the Jefferson Park area on Tuesday noticed a man slumped over in a parked vehicle with his feet on the ground in a yard on Chestnut Drive, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

Albert Junior Purvis, 54, of Rockingham, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at his home. Albert was born Oct. 2, 1969, in Richmond County, a son of Barbara Harden Purvis and the late James Francis Purvis. He was a graduate of Richmond Senior...

ROCKINGHAM — A Moore County man is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a teenager. According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, the agency received a report on April 9 from a parent who was concerned after reading text messages from their 16-year-old “that indicated a relationship with an adult.”

Bar owners who sued Gov. Roy Cooper for shutting them down during the COVID-19 pandemic have won a partial victory at the state Court of Appeals. A unanimous appellate panel agreed the governor had violated bar owners’ rights to the fruits of their labor and equal protection of the laws.

RALEIGH — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is confirming 13 new cases of Chronic Wasting Disease from deer samples submitted since July 1, 2023. This brings the total number of positive results in North Carolina to 24, since the disease was first detected in a Yadkin County deer harvested in 2021.

HENDERSONVILLE — Healthcare students at Blue Ridge Community College and Wingate University experienced the reality of patient needs in a variety of bustling healthcare settings thanks to a detailed simulation exercise held Friday, April 12. The schools transformed the first and second floors of the Health Sciences Center in downtown Hendersonville into a mock hospital including an emergency room, medical-surgical unit, operating room, inpatient and outpatient pharmacy, two urgent care units, and even simulated the transport of patients to the facility.

Most Americans take it as a given that prisons and jails are dreadful places in which to spend much time — especially for the people incarcerated there. That said, even those who proudly embrace the “tough on crime” moniker usually acknowledge that there’s a limit to how miserable prisons and jails can be made.