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Scotland Co. Commissioners weigh solutions for county’s EMS
LAURINBURG — Scotland County commissioners will return Monday to a difficult question they have been wrestling with for weeks: How can the county stabilize its struggling EMS department?
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Fantasy football weekly with Travis Petty Jr Week 4
It’s Week 4 of the NFL season, and we’re already a quarter of the way through the season. Though it’s still early, your fantasy team is either above .500 or below .500, but we still have 14 more weeks to go.
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Scotland commissioners co-sign $19.5 grant application with SCS
LAURINBURG — Scotland County Schools’ application for a $19.5 million needs-based capital outlay grant during a special-called meeting Wednesday.
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UNCP students witness the beauty of impermanence through Buddhist Sand Mandala
PEMBROKE — For four days, students passing through the Chavis Student Center mall at UNC Pembroke watched something extraordinary take shape — one grain of colored sand at a time.
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Scotland County tests Democrats’ rural staying power
LAURINBURG — North Carolina’s southern border used to be dotted with Democratic lawmakers representing rural districts in the General Assembly.
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Johnson sentenced to life in 2022 Tara Village killing
LAURINBURG — Four years after Melquian Hakeem McLean was fatally shot inside a Tara Village apartment, the man convicted of killing him has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Scotland soccer continues to spiral after loss to Lumberton
LAURINBURG — For the fourth consecutive game, the Fighting Scots boys soccer team found themselves on the losing side Wednesday against the one-win Lumberton Pirates.
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Lady Scots rally past Terry Sanford in five-set thriller
LAURINBURG —A back-and-forth fight goes to the Lady Scots.
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‘Phantom’ showing, live organ coming to Lumberton theater
LUMBERTON — The Phantom’s Masquerade Featuring Mark Andersen with soloist Daniel Britt will take the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Carolina Civic Center in Lumberton.
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Tribal Supreme Court gives ruling on referendum process
PEMBROKE — The Lumbee Tribe Supreme Court ruled Sunday that an ordinance passed earlier this month by Tribal Council which declares clean drinking water a fundamental right for the Lumbee people will become effective unless a majority of the tribal public votes to rescind it in a referendum.
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Fantasy football weekly with Travis Petty Jr Week 3
We are already three weeks into the NFL season, and let’s say it’s been a crazy season already. The Los Angeles Chargers, who were favored by many to be a lock for the playoffs, are 0-2, and the Las Vegas Raiders, who were projected to hold a top-10 pick, are…
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LRDA no longer accepting WIOA applications after grant funding ends
LAURINBURG — Residents in Scotland County seeking employment and job-training assistance through the Lumbee Regional Development Association will no longer be able to apply for the program after LRDA was not awarded new Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding for the county.
