Vass News

Truth told, Wendy Preble never cared very much for church life. "I always had a very private belief in God, a genuine feeling of spirituality," she insists.

A silver alert has been issued for a Vass woman. The Vass Police Department is looking for Bonnie Littlejohn Gaddy-Hodges, who is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment.

A Silver Alert is in effect for a 64-year-old Moore County woman who was last seen in Fayetteville.

The impact of the economic recession is further slowing progress toward the long-delayed sewer plant project for Vass.

The AAFP has hailed House passage of a bill that would provide a permanent fix for the sustainable growth rate, or SGR formula, as a victory for both Medicare patients and their physicians.

The AAFP, along with the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a number of other medical groups, has responded quickly and forcefully to calls by the American College of Cardiology , or ACC, to overturn a new CMS rule that would provide a 5 percent to 8 percent increase in Medicare physician payment rates for primary care physicians during the next ...

The AAFP is rallying support for a House bill that would provide a permanent fix for the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, formula and, thus, avert a 21.2 percent reduction in the Medicare physician payment rate scheduled to take place Jan.

The AMA threw its support behind health system reform on Nov. 9 during the 2009 interim meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Houston.

ACameron man being held in the county jail in the murder of a 12-year-old girl has been charged with attacking and injuring a guard Saturday at the center.

Taylortown Mayor Ulysses Barrett Jr. was the top vote-getter among 13 candidates running for five seats on the Town Council.

The Moore County Schools recently held the sixth annual Eileen Vansant Volunteer of the Year Celebration at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines.

The baffling water war between the village of Pinehurst and Moore County is growing tiresome.

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2:12 p.m. Doug and Pat Vass of Wilmington, N.C., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on October 3, 2009.

K2 Solutions Inc. has officially withdrawn its application to rezone property on McIntosh Road to allow the training of bomb-sniffing dogs for the Marine Corps.

Health care reform is the Academy's most pressing issue right now, according to incoming AAFP President Lori Heim, M.D., of Vass, N.C., who vowed to help the Academy "tell the story of family medicine and how important are as the underpinning of a successful health care system." Newly installed AAFP President Lori Heim, M.D., enjoys a special ...

Five people were arrested Tuesday as the result of an undercover operation on charges of distributing controlled prescription pills.

The Aberdeen Town Board is still on the fence about approving a change to the zoning ordinance to allow a military dog-training facility to set up shop in its jurisdiction.

Two Spring Lake women face several charges after being arrested Monday by Moore County Sheriff's Department officers during a drug investigation in the Mount Pleasant community outside Vass.

The American Board of Family Medicine, or ABFM, has announced that it is joining forces with the American Board of Internal Medicine, or ABIM, to establish a pilot program for Recognition of Focused Practice, or RFP, in Hospital Medicine.

It's nice when you can share a snack with your kids but sometimes a mom just needs a quiet moment to herself to relax and indulge her senses.