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Dosher receives new emergency department equipment
Dosher Memorial Hospital Foundation announced in February that the Orton Foundation, the North Carolina affiliate of The Moore Charitable Foundation, had awarded $25,000 to the Dosher Hospital Emergency Department (ED) to purchase six new patient transports and ten bedside procedure stands. The new equipment has arrived.
Southport aldermen settle on 3.5-cent tax increase
The City of Southport adopted its first budget since the merger of its water and sewer systems – and the loss of any future revenue from those systems – with Brunswick County. The Southport Board of Aldermen, which had previously considered raising the tax rate by one cent...
Fire inspection fees have become a burning issue
Southport Baptist Church Pastor Devon Varnam and others from the church were taken aback recently when it received a bill for a fire inspection fee in the amount of $1,958.84. The invoice bore the logos of the City of Southport and the Southport Fire Department, and it listed an Atlanta remittance address.
SOI 10U, 12U teams win districts, advance to state
The Southport Oak Island AAA (ages 9-10) and Major (ages 11-12) baseball teams will be playing in the Diamond Youth Baseball Division II state tournaments July 6-12 at Lockwood Folly District Park. They advanced from the District 5 championship tourney last week at Ocean Isle Beach Park.
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point welcomes new commander on 'hallowed ground'
That’s how Major General Gavin A. Lawrence, commanding general of Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, referred to Fort Johnston during the Assumption of Command Ceremony for Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU). Fort Johnston once served as the home of the commander of the 596th Transportation Brigade at MOTSU.
Meet new South Brunswick football coach Daniel Yow
South Brunswick High School has its newest head football coach. The Southport school announced the hiring of former Mooresville defensive coordinator Daniel Yow on May 24, ending a months-long search for the school's third head football coach in the last eight years. Yow, 39, takes over for Rocky Lewis, who stepped down from his...
Measure gives Bald Head Island OK to study adding groin
Bald Head Island could be first beach town in the state to have two terminal groins now that the North Carolina General Assembly has amended the law that governs the number of such structures allowed on the state’s coastal shores. Village officials were quick earlier this week to say...
For many in NC, it took years to rebuild after past hurricanes
As floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew surrounded Dorothy Moore's Red Springs home of 39 years, all she could do was turn to the heavens."I'm standing there and the water's just rising, and it's coming really fast," Moore recalled. "And I'm like, oh, my God. And I just started praying."Matthew left her roof in shambles, with water damage throughout the inside of her home."To have all that water come and all that damage and not be in a flood zone, that was, that was something else," Moore said.Structurally, the foundation, the bricks, were split.She tried to rebuild, but then Hurricane Florence came...
UNC System issues new DEI guidance in light of Board of Governors repealing 2019 policy
New guidance has been sent to North Carolina universities to help them navigate changes to diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The four-page document that was sent to legal staff in June details how all 16 University of North Carolina System schools will abide by "institutional neutrality," a concept that aims to keep universities from weighing in on political matters or social issues.This all became necessary when the UNC Board of Governors voted to repeal its DEI policy in May. That policy had been in place since 2019.The guidance specifically discusses 13 topics, although it prefaces them by saying they do...
Struggling Salt Life, Soffe parent could cut 224 NC jobs
The struggling apparel company behind the Salt Life beachwear and Soffe activewear brands plans to eliminate 224 jobs in North Carolina if efforts to sell itself fall through. In notices filed with the state Department of Commerce, Delta Apparel Inc. said it’s trying to sell the company. If it isn’t able to close a deal, it would cut 181 jobs in Cumberland County, 46 jobs in Robeson County and 22 jobs in Cabarrus County, the Duluth, Georgia-based company said.
Granville County man wins $487,750 prize in Cash 5 lottery game
An Oxford man bought a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won $487,750 jackpot on Monday night, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced. Jack Dixon bought his winning Quick Pick ticket using Online Play. The odds of matching numbers on all five white balls are one in 962,598. On Tuesday, Dixon...
Ahead of July 4th, North Carolina’s best beaches ranked
With July Fourth festivities just around the corner, many North Carolina residents will be searching for the perfect beach destination to watch fireworks in the sand. Luckily, there is no need to travel out of state to find an ideal beach getaway.
NC officers team with feds to locate missing children in Triangle: Operation We Will Find You 2
The U.S. Marshals Service announced they recovered 200 missing children as part of a nationwide investigation called Operation We Will Find You 2.Over six weeks in May and June, federal and local authorities teamed up in seven districts, including North Carolina's Eastern District. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, their efforts in North Carolina focused on 12 counties (New Hanover, Brunswick, Harnett, Onslow, Pitt, Wake, Johnston, Robeson, Cumberland, Sampson, Nash, and Pender)."Before the operation started, we had approximately 50 open cases as it relates to missing and endangered children," said Glenn M. McNeill, Jr., U.S. Marshal...
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