By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • The Hoke County Board of Commissioners on Friday approved a motion to have the SFL+A architect firm build the county’s proposed Parks and Recreation center, including Hoke’s first public swimming pool. Commissioners had already agreed to pay about $1 million to SFL+A to have the company create a...
Month: August 2020
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Parks & Rec football canceled, soccer a maybe
By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Hoke County Parks and Recreation made the decision to cancel football and cheerleading for the fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, but soccer registration is still open in hopes of possibly starting late in the season. Parks and Recreation Assistant Director Luis Renvill confirmed the cancellations. The programs...
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Health Department monitors schools
By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • With schools back in session on a hybrid schedule, the Health Department is working with the school system to monitor students and teachers’ health. While some surrounding counties – and major colleges and universities in North Carolina – have identified clusters of coronavirus on campus, as of Tuesday...
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Class on container vegetable gardens offered
N.C. Cooperative Extension, Hoke Center, is offering a zoom class called Growing Fall Vegetables in Containers. Class is on Thursday, August 27th at 10 a.m. on Zoom. Container types, soils, watering, fertilizing and of course what to plant will be covered. There is no charge for this class! You must register on Eventbrite for the...
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Plate sale to benefit domestic violence center
The Hoke County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center in Raeford is holding a chicken and fish plate sale by pre-order with pickup set for Friday, August 21. Plates are $7 and can be ordered by providing your name, phone number and the number of chicken or fish plates desired. To place an order by...
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Man found dead in Raeford, homicide suspected
The Raeford Police Department is investigating the death of a man who investigators say was the victim of a homicide. A 911 call came in at 4:37 a.m. Monday in reference to the case. Police responded to a house on Saunders Street in Raeford and found Mathew Leon Peterkin, 41, dead behind the residence. Raeford...
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Online learning plagued with technical difficulties due to state system issues
By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Hoke County Schools welcomed students back to in-person classes Monday and Tuesday on a hybrid schedule, while other students will spend the entire fall semester learning online. Technical difficulties caused problems for some families as they tried to set up their children’s at-home online learning for the first...
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Three more virus-related deaths brings toll to 12
By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Three more Hoke County residents have died of coronavirus-related causes, bringing the local COVID-19 death toll to 12 people since the start of the pandemic. The most recent deaths were a white woman who died August 9 at FirstHealth of the Carolinas, and a man of unknown race...
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Commission moves forward with pool, courthouse plans
By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • The Hoke County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to move forward with the next steps toward building a public swimming pool and recreation center, and will meet again Friday to discuss building a new courthouse. The board voted unanimously to send out a request for qualifications, known as...
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Applications sought from non-profits for food, shelter and covid relief
Hoke County non-profits have been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.Hoke County has been chosen to receive $ 21,323 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county.In addition to Phase 37, Hoke County has been...
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Main Street blocked into at least next week
Caption: Work began on South Main Street nearly a month ago. (File photo) What was supposed to be a two-week closure of Main Street near Unilever has stretched to nearly a month, and will continue at least into next week. City Manager Dennis Baxley told Raeford City Council at a meeting this morning that crews...
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Emergency management eyes Isaias as storm approaches
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_image shortcode_id=”cvxvx2wn0o” align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1673|http://www.hokenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Screen-Shot-2020-08-03-at-5.06.55-PM-300×220.png|medium[/cmsmasters_image][cmsmasters_text] By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Tropical Storm Isaias looks to bring some wind and rain to Hoke County overnight Monday and into Tuesday, but will hopefully move out of the way fairly quickly, Hoke Emergency Management Coordinator Andrew Jacobs said. Downtown Raeford began to see some intermittent rain...
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Now under Tropical Storm Warning
Caption: 11 a.m. advisory showing track of storm predicted with most likely time of arrival for tropical force winds. The National Weather Service issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Hoke County. The warning reads: …TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT… A Tropical Storm Warning means tropical storm-force winds are expected somewhere within this area within the...
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Tropical Storm Isaias heads our way
The National Hurricane Center is now predicting a slightly later and more inland approach for TS Isaias, the line in this chart showing arrival of tropical storm force winds Monday evening. Forecasters from the National Weather Service say storm rain totals of 4-6 inches between Monday at 1 p.m. and Tuesday at 1 p.m. are...