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It is time to bite the lemon, the school budget lemon. Make that “lemons” because over the next ten years, lemons and their seeds will flavor sweet tea like new developments dot landscapes. The beginning of the 2025-26 school year revealed escalating student populations, teacher shortages, funding gaps and crowded[Read More…]
Across Harnett, Lee, and Moore counties, the message is clear: we need more volunteers. Despite a slight rebound in national participation, volunteerism in 2025 remains well below pre-pandemic levels. Economic stress, time constraints, and weakened civic institutions continue to reduce formal volunteering through nonprofits, schools, and faith-based groups. Younger generations[Read More…]
Between 2024 and mid-2025, Moore, Lee, and Harnett counties saw significant business investment and development activity, contributing to North Carolina’s recognition as the top state for business by CNBC.
In North Carolina’s Sandhills, where opioid settlement funds are shaping the future of addiction recovery, one critical group, women, remains underserved by housing and support systems designed to help them reclaim their lives. There is a solution, however, to serving both men and women. North Carolina received its first funds[Read More…]
Sylvan Learning of Southern Pines NC is the investment you make for your child's sake. Education. https://sandhills.news/2025/12/07/sylvan-learning-of-southern-pines/11 months ago
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Sandhills News will cover Five Points Horse Trials – Treehouse Event Series Championships today!
Carolina Horse Park, 2814, Montrose Road, Raeford, NC
Carolina Horse Park serves cross country, dressage, jumping and classes with a side of green biscuits from Sept. 5 through Sept. 7.
Love horses? This is where you can enjoy the show and the ambiance equestrians recognize as energy in the air when eventers pass by and revel in their accomplishments and neighs sound another moment of glory—unless they lose. In which case, barn language ensues.
Read the full schedule, plan your days and enjoy! Carolina Horse Park schedule for Sept. 5-7.
Food trucks will be on-site.1 year ago
Moore County Commissioners approve infrastructure upgrades in Pinehurst after Tropical Storm Chantal closed 13 roads and busted a dam in other towns in Moore County. https://sandhills.news/2025/07/16/moore-county-eyes-flooding-solutions-and-approves-1-2m-for-school-turf-projects-as-schools-face-budgets-cuts/1 year ago
Moore, Lee, and Harnett NC opioid settlement funds did not consider residential treatment for women. https://sandhills.news/2025/07/13/sandhills-opioid-funding-misses-the-mark-for-residential-treatment/1 year ago
Harnett County Schools seek community support for student service-learning projects.
https://sandhills.news/2025/07/12/harnett-schools-service-learning-program-invites-community-support/1 year ago
Angier is home to the Corner Grill and locals who know where to find HOMEMADE food!
https://sandhills.news/2025/07/12/locals-crave-the-corner-grills-chicken-salad-sandwich-and-cheesburgers/1 year ago
Fred Lee IV wows the crowd at Kiwanis Park in Sanford, NC.
Book him for your next event.
https://sandhills.news/2025/07/14/fred-lee-iv-wins-the-crowd-at-kiwanis-park/1 year ago
Sandhills News loved the bagpipes in the 4 July 2025 Village of Pinehurst Parade!
See all the photos.
https://sandhills.news/2025/07/05/moore-pinehurst-and-whispering-pines-parades-highlight-community-spirit/1 year ago
