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)
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October 23, 2024October 23, 2024News
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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October 23, 2024October 23, 2024News
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,...