By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Hoke’s State Rep. Garland Pierce knows what it’s like to fight for the United States, and what it’s like to lose a loved one in that fight. Pierce, a veteran himself, marked Memorial Day by reading to a crowd gathered on the Hoke Court House lawn, a letter...
By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • The Hoke County Board of Commissioners’ budget for 2021-2022 will include funding to cover a starting salary of $41,127 for newly hired sheriff’s deputies, and a 15 percent pay increase for deputies already working for the department. The amount was actually higher than Hoke Sheriff Dr. Hubert Peterkin...
Hoke County Sheriff Dr. Hubert Peterkin and the National Sheriff’s Association announced this week a new traffic safety PSA created with multi-platinum, award winning country music performer Toby Keith. The PSA was created with support and funding through a cooperative agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Starting this week, the NSA will...
The Hoke County Public Library has reopened, and COVID-19 based capacity limits and social distancing have been lifted. The library asks that patrons who are not fully vaccinated continue to wear a mask when visiting the library. The library is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and offers computer or WiFi use, copies, scans and...
Signups are still open for people interested in helping clean up Hoke County’s roads through a volunteer event set for next weekend. The Hoke County Community Clean-up Day is set for Saturday, June 12 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., with a rain date of Saturday, June 19. People interested in volunteering should meet at the Robert...