Seven Lakes News

Despite uninterrupted hot weather and heavy water usage in June, Moore County is holding its own when it comes to water supply.

The Moore County Board of Commissioners on Monday approved District Attorney Maureen Krueger's request to pursue two grants.

Two different fires brought R.G. Smith home to Carthage. In the town where he grew up, he watched his new modular house literally rise from ashes.

A court appearance for the husband accused of murdering his wife, a popular assistant principal at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, was continued Monday in Moore County Superior Court.

The seventh annual Weymouth Garden Tour will offer garden lovers the opportunity to stroll through and become immersed in gardens that before could only be reflected upon by looking over the fence or by wistfully peering from the street trying to imagine what delights could be experienced within the garden setting.

A teenager died in a one-vehicle wreck Tuesday morning on Dowd Road near its intersection with Beulah Church Road.

A man accused of killing his wife Sunday night called 911 to report the shooting, according to the Moore County Sheriff's Office department.

Jennifer Blair Waller and Richard Thomas Oldham, both of Cary, were married at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at The Village Chapel in Pinehurst.

In a report to the Moore County Board of Commissioners, the County Government Efficiency Advisory Committee calls the proposed 2009-2010 budget "reasonable" but "not without risk." The committee advises the commissioners not to lower the tax rate.

Tired of delays, Vass town leaders grilled Moore County officials about inaction on sewer facility issues Monday night.

Doug Middaugh says the rumor about a proposed purchase of the Robbins water plant by the village of Pinehurst "is far more than a rumor and hardly 'put to rest.'" In an e-mail message to Pilot Light, Middaugh says that the public record documents discussion of a Pinehurst-Robbins partnership concerning operation of the water treatment plant in ...

The Moore County Board of Commissioners has joined the local ABC board in opposing proposed legislation that could wrest control of the county ABC system from the local board.

Three major budget requests presented to the Moore County Board of Commissioners Monday night hold the line at the 2008-2009 spending level.

Lisa Mace, daughter of Kenny and Gayle Mace, of Seven Lakes, was crowned by Amanda Watson, the reigning Miss North Carolina, as the first Miss Greater Sandhills at a pageant Saturday night at Owens Auditorium.

Windy March rains have washed Moore County off the drought map. Ben Vaughn checked it out and learned that the county was removed from the state's drought monitor on St.

The new chairman of the Moore County Republican Party told the county convention Saturday that "Obama must fail for America to succeed." Bob Levy was elected chairman by acclamation by almost 200 delegates gathered in Owens Auditorium on the campus of Sandhills Community College.

Pinehurst residents have renewed their pleas for water system improvements. Their comments came at the conclusion of an updated report from McGill Associates, the engineering firm that conducted a comprehensive ...

A Thursday night work session of the Moore County Board of Commissioners turned into a debate about water needs in Pinehurst and the county's response to those needs.

Moore County is taking its railroad crossing dilemma to Congressman Howard Coble.

Steve and Lynn Ritter of Seven Lakes, N.C., announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Anne Ritter, to James Hollis Wood, son of Tommy and Gail Wood of Decatur.