Blog – Moore County Edition

Sep

21

2022

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Southern Pines Town Council approves Belle Meade expansion

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SOUTHERN PINES — The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, September 13, with multiple public hearings involving potential developments on the agenda. The meeting kicked off with a resolution to officially change the name of the Town’s Community Center to the E.S. Douglass Community Center after former Southern Pines mayor Emanuel S. Douglass. The council then heard four public hearings, starting with the conceptual development project by the St. John Paul Catholic School and Church for the rezoning of a 42.2-acre parcel. The hearing was first brought before the council in April for a private school, athletic field, cemetery, rectory,…

Sep

07

2022

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By Maureen Krueger

KRUEGER: The Cobra Effect

Opinionscolumn, economy, editorial, inflation, opinion

It seems like Democrat leaders are lacking common sense and an understanding of history. What President Joe Biden, his Democrat minions, and his media lapdogs have instead is a massive spending agenda masked in Orwellian newspeak. They blithely and disingenuously refer to their $737 billion prodigal plan as an Inflation Reduction Act, their $ 2.2 trillion spending spree as Build Back Better, and their $350 billion spendthrift scheme as the American Recovery Act. According to economic experts at the Penn Wharton Business School, the Inflation Reduction Act will have little to no effect on inflation. The Congressional Budget Office…

Sep

07

2022

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By Associated Press

NC board says Democratic legislative candidate can still run

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RALEIGH — The Democratic nominee for a key North Carolina legislative seat this fall remains a candidate, the State Board of Elections ruled on Friday, rejecting a local decision that found evidence she didn’t live in the district where she’s running. Along party lines, the Democrat-majority board voted 3-2 to reverse the findings of the Currituck County Board of Elections, which last week declared there was “substantial evidence” that Valerie Jordan didn’t meet the residency requirement to run for the 3rd Senate District seat. Jordan’s Republican rival, current Sen. Bobby Hanig, had filed the candidate protest against Jordan, contending that…

Sep

07

2022

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By North State Journal Staff

Woman killed in Robbins mobile home shooting

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Sheriff Ronnie Fields announces an investigation following a shooting death in the Robbins area of Moore County. On September 3, 2022, at approximately 10:00 pm, Moore County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of someone going door to door in the area of Sunset mobile home park in Robbins, North Carolina. Prior to arriving, deputies received a second report of a disturbance and gunshots fired in the same area. Deputies arrived at the 100 block of Sunset Place in Robbins, North Carolina, to find 23-year-old Laura Hernandez, also from Robbins, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound. Hernandez had been shot…

Sep

07

2022

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By Randolph Record

The Festival D’Avion is coming to Moore County

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The Festival D’Avion, a celebration of freedom and flight, is set to take place at the Moore County Airport in Carthage this October. The event, which will occur on October 28 and 29, will offer a variety of air displays, special activities, entertainment for kids, and even live music. All five branches of the military will be recognized with static aircraft exhibits honoring the men and women who have served in the armed forces. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmesandhills.com. In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Fighter Squadron…

Sep

01

2022

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By U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson

HUDSON: The problem with socialism

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“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” This famous line by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reminds us that while government handouts may sound good, someone still has to foot the bill. Despite inflation remaining at a 40-year high, last week, President Biden announced his plan to unilaterally “cancel” hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. This gimmick is little more than an attempt by Biden to boost his abysmal and well-deserved approval rating and will likely worsen our nation’s dire economic condition. What’s more, this debt will not…

Aug

31

2022

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By Bob Sutton

Whispering Pines man runs baseball league

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WHISPERING PINES — Alec Allred of Whispering Pines is making a career out of baseball, and it’s not on the field. He’s the president of the Old North State League, a summer college circuit that wrapped up what he called a successful season earlier this summer. “This is my full-time job now, trying to coordinate everything,” Allred said. “It’s a lot that goes into it, but it’s a ton of fun.” The Sandhills Bogeys, who are based in Pinehurst, won the 2022 championship, beating the Hendersonville Honeycrisps in the final. Allred, 27, grew up in Ramseur, and his family has…

Aug

31

2022

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By A.P. Dillon

Leandro case: Motion to dismiss appeal by intervenors cites Assoc. Justice Earls’ own recusal order

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RALEIGH — On Aug. 23, legislative leaders filed a motion to dismiss certain plaintiffs from the decades-old Leandro education funding case that has made its way to the N.C. Supreme Court. The motion, filed by attorney Matthew Tilley of Womble Bond Dickson LLP on behalf of lawmakers, argues that the claims of the Plaintiff-Intervenors, also called the Penn-Intervenors, are “not at issue in this appeal.” Furthermore, the motion asserts the plaintiffs can’t be considered “a party aggrieved” and that their appeal should be dismissed for “lack of appellate jurisdiction” because the only claim they have made “was severed from the…

Aug

24

2022

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By Michael Barone

BARONE: The Espionage Act of 1917 once again rears its ugly head

Businesscolumn, editorial, FBI, Mar-a-Lago raid, op-ed, opinion

When federal agents removed top-secret documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence last week, they carried with them a search warrant citing possible violations of the Espionage Act. Ah, the Espionage Act! How that must have sounded comfortingly confirmatory to those leftists who still believe, despite the total lack of evidence, that Trump was elected and governed in collusion with Vladimir Putin’s Russia. These reports surely have some folks gleefully contemplating the prospect of the 45th president being consigned to the ten years in the slammer that is the maximum penalty for violations of the Espionage Act. But as…

Aug

24

2022

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By U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson

HUDSON: We will never forget

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It’s been one year. But we will never forget. On August 15th, 2021, Kabul, Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban. This event marked the end of our nation’s 20-year involvement in the country. It also marked a blatant moral and national security failure that has had lasting consequences for our country, allies, and the people of Afghanistan. Kabul’s fall one year ago was tragic, it was predictable, and it could have been prevented. President Joe Biden ignored the advice of his military commanders. His rushed and disorganized effort to pull the United States out of the region cost American and Afghan…