Month: <span>September 2021</span>

Sandhills Community College’s Continuing Education College and Career Readiness (CCR) division offers classes to help individuals earn a High School Equivalency diploma, learn English, improve spelling, math, and writing skills, or prepare for college-level English or math courses. These classes are at no cost and employ various instructional methods designed to meet students’ unique learning...

By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • The Hoke County Health Department and Cape Fear Valley Health both announced this week they are now offering booster COVID-19 shots for people who are eligible to receive one. The booster shot is only available in the Pfizer vaccine, as boosters of the Moderna and Johnson and Johnson...

By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • If the North Carolina General Legislature comes through with $31 million in funding for a new Hoke County Courthouse, Metcon will work with Silling Architects to design and build it. The county expects to spend another estimated $5-6 million to build a new county administration building alongside the...

By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Hoke County officials plan to investigate using part of about $5 million in federal funds to build shelters for the homeless and those escaping domestic violence. The county commissioners voted Monday to consider a proposed plan for how to use the money Hoke has received from the American...

A charity motorcycle ride set for Saturday, October 2 will help raise money for the justice-involved community and returning citizens. The ride is set to start at the 211 sports complex located at 3195 Red Springs Road in Hoke County. The registration begins at 9 a.m. with kickstands up at 10 a.m. The registration costs...

By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Hoke County’s incumbent state senator won’t seek another term in office when his current term is up in 2022. Sen. Ben Clark III, a Democrat who represents both Hoke County and part of Cumberland County in North Carolina’s state Senate District 21, said Monday he won’t run for...

A man died Monday after his vehicle crashed into a tree and caught on fire in Hoke County. A press release Tuesday from Fort Bragg officials said a paratrooper was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Hoke. The paratrooper was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division. The North Carolina...

After a year of being sidelined by the pandemic, the Downtown Raeford Business Association (DRBA) will present Raeford’s First Friday this October with live entertainment and plenty to see and do. The First Friday on Main Street in Raeford is set for 6-10 p.m. Friday, October 1. The event will feature a performance by the...

Hoke County Department of Social Services Director Terry Stanton and his family lost their home in a house fire last week, and are gratefully accepting donations to help them get back on their feet. “We lost everything, but we have been getting donations for clothes and people have been giving us financial donations to buy...

The North Carolina Fall Festival is returning to Hoke County this year with a golf tournament, Senior Day, the Turkey Bowl football game and the annual street fair in downtown Raeford. Golfers can now sign up to participate in the First Annual Marvin Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament as part of the upcoming 2021 North Carolina...

Hoke County Sheriff Dr. Hubert Peterkin said Thursday that deputies have raided and closed a sweepstakes operation that didn’t have the county’s permission to open its doors. Officers were busy Thursday morning clearing out a warehouse near Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters on U.S. 401, after learning that a business owner had moved sweepstakes machines...

By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • A “Place” for hungry diners in Raeford has a new owner and is reopening with a brand-new menu and extended hours of operation. Frank’s Place, founded in 2019 by former Hoke County Coroner Frank Crumpler, is now Jess’s Place – named after Jessica Vanallen, who is launching her...

A rash of vehicle break-ins in the community caused local law enforcement to warn residents to lock their doors and not leave valuables inside cars. “Hoke County residents – as a community, we are undergoing a hefty amount of breaking and entering of motor vehicles, as well as vehicles being stolen. Several neighborhoods in the...