/tags/southern-pines Southern Pines en-US Copyright Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:47:14 GMT /politics/2024-07-18/richard-hudson-rnc-speech-congressman-republican-convention North Carolina Congressman Richard Hudson was one of the featured speakers Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:47:14 GMT /politics/2024-07-18/richard-hudson-rnc-speech-congressman-republican-convention Colin Campbell /arts-culture/2024-06-14/us-open-daily-pilot-newspaper-pinehurst-southern-pines This week, The Pilot will publish Open Daily — a pop-up daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of the U.S. Open — for the eighth time. In an era where newspapers are declining and vanishing rapidly, Open Daily and The Pilot have persisted. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:25:20 GMT /arts-culture/2024-06-14/us-open-daily-pilot-newspaper-pinehurst-southern-pines Mitchell Northam /news/2023-12-01/a-year-after-the-moore-county-power-grid-attacks-questions-and-challenges-remain It's been a year since shooting attacks on two Moore County electrical substations left thousands of residents without power for days in freezing weather. Investigators have made no arrests, but the effects still reverberate in the county and across the power industry. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:33:40 GMT /news/2023-12-01/a-year-after-the-moore-county-power-grid-attacks-questions-and-challenges-remain Jay Price /news/2023-03-15/north-carolina-senate-harsher-penalties-utility-damage The proposal would create a statute making it a high-grade felony to purposefully damage or attempt to damage an energy facility, including those that transmit or distribute electricity or fuel. Senators on Tuesday opted to tack on cybersecurity safeguards before sending the bill to the House. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:57:08 GMT /news/2023-03-15/north-carolina-senate-harsher-penalties-utility-damage Associated Press /business-economy/2022-12-12/small-businesses-moore-county-power-outage The shootings at a Moore County substation had cut power to 45,000 customers, as well as schools, businesses and a hospital. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:44:22 GMT /business-economy/2022-12-12/small-businesses-moore-county-power-outage Sam Bermas-Dawes /news/2022-12-07/duke-energy-equipment-damaged-moore-county-shooting-fixed Duke Energy completed repairs Wednesday on electric substation equipment damaged in shootings over the weekend in central North Carolina. Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:19:51 GMT /news/2022-12-07/duke-energy-equipment-damaged-moore-county-shooting-fixed Associated Press /news/2022-12-06/moore-county-resources-where-find-shelter-food-wifi-power-outage Tens of thousands of people are bracing for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:23:45 GMT /news/2022-12-06/moore-county-resources-where-find-shelter-food-wifi-power-outage Mitchell Northam /sports/2022-06-06/lee-wins-us-womens-open-record-million-golf-pine-needles Lee closed with an even-par 71 to finish at 13-under 271 after the Australian flirted with the tournament record of 16 under set by Juli Inkster in 1999 at Old Waverly. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:08:51 GMT /sports/2022-06-06/lee-wins-us-womens-open-record-million-golf-pine-needles Associated Press /sports/2022-06-01/hiatus-us-womens-open-golf-returns-southern-pines-needles-usga-wie-west-sorenstam It’s been 15 years since the championship was last played at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club. Pine Needles previously hosted the Women’s Open in 1996, 2001, and 2007. Annika Sorenstam, the winner in 1996, is back this year. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 22:59:23 GMT /sports/2022-06-01/hiatus-us-womens-open-golf-returns-southern-pines-needles-usga-wie-west-sorenstam Mitchell Northam /environment/2021-09-28/longleaf-pine-resiliency-restoration-climate-change-southern-north-carolina For decades, the tree was chopped down for timber. Now, growing research shows that longleaf pine is especially resilient to climate change. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 23:39:12 GMT /environment/2021-09-28/longleaf-pine-resiliency-restoration-climate-change-southern-north-carolina Celeste Gracia, Kaia Findlay