UPDATED TO CORRECT DAY: The Hoke County Board of Education will hold a special called meeting Monday, October 28 at 6 p.m. at the Hoke County High School Media Center. (From Alison Jones, Director of Public Relations, Hoke County Schools)
Month: October 2024
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North Raeford Fire directors want firefighters’ charges dropped
By Catharin Shepard • Editor • A few days after the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office announced that two North Raeford Fire Department firemen had been arrested for allegedly embezzling from the station, the chairman of the fire department’s board of directors told The News-Journal that the situation wasn’t as it first appeared, and the station’s...
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Bears in the backyard? Resident warns of sighting
By Catharin Shepard • Editor • David Hudson has lived in Hoke County for a long time, and he’d never encountered a bear near his home in Timberland until just recently. With clearing going on for the four-lane widening of the road between Raeford and Aberdeen, and the approaching start of construction on the project,...
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Hoke commission, school board candidates answer Q&A
To help voters get to know the positions of candidates running for the Hoke County Board of Commissioners and the Hoke County Board of Education, The News-Journal sent out questionnaires to each of the candidates running for those offices. The responses we received from those candidates who participated are presented here, unedited. The News-Journal initially...
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Hoke County Athlete Spotlight: Ismerlin Santos-Eulogio – Men’s Soccer
Scott Boucher, Sports Writer Boucher: How long have you participated in soccer? Eulogio: I have been participating in soccer since I was a little kid. Boucher: What got you interested in soccer? Eulogio: The thing that got me interested in soccer would be seeing my dad and my older brother practicing in the backyard yard...