By Catharin Shepard • Editor • After hitting the brakes on a plan for a replacement building on the Hoke High campus, the school board voted last week to consider building a second high school at a cost of $110 million – but it’s not clear yet whether the district can use its $50 million...
Month: February 2023
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Veteran hopes to reunite with life-savers from ’73
[Photo: This black and white image from October 1973 shows the twisted, burned section of a U.S. Air Force helicopter’s fuselage in Hoke County woods following the crash. One of the survivors is hoping to thank the people who came to the rescue that day. (File photo)] By Catharin Shepard • Editor • A veteran...
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Hoke County Commissioner Lonnie Baldwin dies
[Photo: Commissioner Lonnie Baldwin (File photo)] By Catharin Shepard • Editor • Hoke County Commissioner Lonnie Baldwin died Monday, January 30 at the age of 70. The county board announced his passing Tuesday morning, “with profound sadness and heavy heart.” “We are all deeply saddened by the passing of Commissioner Baldwin. This is a tremendous...
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CTE Nurse Aide I program helps build futures in healthcare
[Photo: The first cohort of Nurse Aide I students at Hoke High School include (left to right) Olivia Wallace, Veronica Cunningham, Leydi Hernandez, Aniyah Shaw, Aziza Matos, McKinley Lowery and Baylee White. (Submitted photo)] By Catharin Shepard • Editor • February is Career and Technical Education Month, and we’re sharing some of the stories of...