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Jayden Hamilton: The Official Richmond County Male Student-Athlete of the Week
ROCKINGHAM — A first-half performance by a Richmond Senior High School football player that landed him amongst elite company highlights this edition of The Richmond Observer’s feature series. Jayden Hamilton, a junior wide receiver and kick return specialist, has been named the Official Richmond County Male Student-Athlete of...
The Week Ahead: Richmond to celebrate homecoming
ROCKINGHAM — Homecoming week has arrived at Richmond Senior High School. As students and faculty celebrate spirit week ahead of Friday’s football game, all of Richmond’s fall sports teams will be in action. Raider soccer continues conference play. Coming off its biggest win of the season, the...
Hamilton’s hat trick paces Raiders past Bucks
ROCKINGHAM — A major contributor to the Richmond Senior High School football team’s growing success this season has been the gift of selflessness. In each of the Raiders now five victories this fall, seemingly a different group of players on both sides of the ball has stepped up to propel Richmond into the win column.
PHOTOS: Raiders vs. Hoke County, Week 7
ROCKINGHAM — A heavy dose of offense was what the Richmond Senior High School football team ordered Friday. Returning to Raider Stadium for the first time in three weeks, the Raiders and head coach Brad Deson blew out Hoke County High School 44-20. Richmond led 28-12 at halftime and...
PHOTOS: Lady Raiders vs. Lee County
ROCKINGHAM — The Richmond Senior High School volleyball team celebrated its senior players Thursday with a comeback victory. Hosting Lee County High School, the Lady Raiders dropped the first two sets before rallying to win the final three sets. Set scores were 23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 26-24 and 15-9. Prior...
In a battleground state, public education advocates encourage voting, sound alarm on Project 2025
Thirty-one days to go. Early Saturday morning, public school advocates had already done their math homework. They knew they had just one month left to talk about the important choice before voters on Election Day. Rep. Julie von Haefen, a past president of Wake County’s PTA and a former board member for North Carolina PTA, […]
North Carolina Board of Ed Outlines Legislative Needs for Hurricane Recovery
Hundreds of miles away from Hurricane Helene’s destruction in western North Carolina, top education officials outlined their initial request to get storm damaged schools re-opened and students back in front of their teachers. NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt told the state Board of Education Thursday that nearly a week after the hurricane struck, […]
Elon University pollster Jason Husser on how voters view key races a month from Election Day
It’s hard to believe, but Election Day is now less than a month away. Indeed, many people have already voted by mail and early in-person voting starts October 17th. So, what do we know about what’s likely to happen? That’s a question several different pollsters have been trying to divine in recent weeks, including Elon […]
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