Richmond County News

Three years ago Robert Lee founded the Richmond County Landlorda s Association with just 22 members.

Lauren Alter, M.D., used to think that she would spend her life as a musician. She even left college to pursue a career in music, eventually playing viola for seven years with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

During Monday night's Richmond County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioners came face to face with a harsh reality.

Thursdaya s release of North Carolina School Report Cards shows many of the individual schools of the Richmond County School system making progress in instruction and student performance, even as some long-term challenges continue to persist.

Rohanen Primary third grade teacher Haley Hall tabulates the votes of the third grade mock Rockingham mayoral election the school held Friday morning.

Monday nighta s Richmond County Board of Commissioners meeting has a busy agenda including discussions on leash laws, the Ellerbe wastewater regionalization project and inland ports.

A big part of my job as Editor of the Daily Journal is to act as gatekeeper of the letters to the editor.

The Humane Society of Richmond County animal shelter passed its annual state inspection on Friday.

Local law enforcement agencies say they will maintain use of non-lethal Taser guns despite a warning released from the Arizona-based stun gun company on Oct.

Philip D. Brown Richmond County Daily Journal As two Black Hawk helicopters lifted off with their second groups of 10 Richmond Senior High JROTC students Friday morning, freshman Gabby Wright began to feel the nerves.

Has there ever been something you wanted to do, a job you wanted to apply for, a person you wanted to ask out on a date, but some nagging voice inside your head talked you out of it? That voice is called fear, and while there are many self-help books claiming you need to eradicate fear in order to move forward, one North Carolina author is saying, ...

Two Richmond County children won the bicycles at the 2008 Annual Richmond County Agricultural Fair, held in Hamlet from last week.

Philip D. Brown Richmond County Daily Journal The three challengers in the race for Rockingham City Council are all running on a platform of change.

Eren Tataragasi Richmond County Daily Journal During Tuesday nighta s Richmond County Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, the board approved a conditional use permit for a new business and asked the county planner to develop a new ordinance for outdoor billboards.

While a lawsuit is set to go to trial today involving the fatal shooting of a Green Beret trainee by a Moore County lawman, local officers say communication has come a long way since 2002 when the Army exercise ended in tragedy.

Members of the Liona s Club categorize and log items entered into the Exhibit Hall and will be judged in a contest during this yeara s County Agricultural Fair which begins tonight in Hamlet.

Bryan Stewart Richmond County Daily Journal Three Richmond County men were arrested by the Richmond County Sheriffa s Office on unrelated drug charges, according to reports from the Sheriffa s Office.

Eren Tataragasi Richmond County Daily Journal As of Oct. 1 anyone who wants to make sure their personal information is a little more secure can now freeze their credit scores online, preventing criminals from opening new accounts or taking out credit cards and loans in their name.

Newly appointed Sandhills Regional Medical Center, CEO, Mike Davis hasna t quite warmed the seat up in his office yet, but on Tuesday afternoon he met with members of the community for the first time at a welcoming reception.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 3:50 p.m. Richmond County authorities are looking for a convicted sex offender.