HearSway: What You Need to Know

We know you like local headlines, and we know your time is precious, so we’re bringing you a brief rundown of news stories making waves in Moore County. Newsletter subscribers see it first. Sign up here.

For more news in your inbox, think about subscribing to The Pilot’s Briefing, a free twice-weekly newsletter from The Pilot.

Screening Bus Here For a Lung Time

Here for a Lung Time Thanks to a donation by The Foundation of FirstHealth, FirstHealth of the Carolinas now [...]

O’Donnell’s Turns 25

All Roads Lead to ODs  O’Donnell’s Pub celebrates 25 years Sunday, April 6. If the walls of this [...]

Monkee’s on the Move

Monkee’s of the Pines is swinging its Southern Pines location over to a new storefront at 162 NW Broad [...]

The Feral Cat Fix

Help Meow-t The Sandhills Spay Neuter Veterinary Clinic is participating in Alley Cat Rescue Inc.’s Feral [...]

MyGym Flips Into a New Space

After months of holding classes in temporary locations, Robin Braeckel and Laura Peña are working to [...]

Junction Hall Project Suspended

Junction Hall Project Suspended The would-be developers of a long-vacant downtown Aberdeen building [...]

Pop Up Passes Baton

Pop Up Passes Baton Popular vendor market Pop Up in the Pines changed hands last week. Crystal Eads-Brown, [...]

Dunrovin Could Be Yours

Now Where Am I Gonna Get My Snake Oil? The owner of Moore County’s most popular and only roadside [...]

Mockingbird Says Goodbye

Bye, Bye, Birdie  Beloved downtown Southern Pines gift shop Mockingbird on Broad is closing after 15 [...]

Time to Raise the Roof

A local group that has been working to help areas hit by Helene has just received nonprofit status, and is [...]

Carthage Plans for Facelift

Coming Soon: More Places to Strut Your Stuff  Carthage has finalized a design for its downtown [...]

Buggy Factory Abruptly Closes

Buggy Factory Abruptly Closes The Buggy Factory by Southern Pines Brewing Co. closed suddenly on Monday night. [...]

Moore to Help WNC

Moore Mobilizes to Help WNC In case your algorithm isn’t showing you the devastation left by Hurricane [...]

Target Opening Date Set

We’re on Target for October  More specifically, we’ll be in Target this October — [...]

Town Vs. Town Softball Match

Just for Hits and Giggles They’re not regular town governments, they’re cool town governments. To [...]

MamasteFit Releases Book

There Goes the Motherhood Sunday, Oct. 6, 3-4:30 p.m.: Join The Sway and The Country Bookshop to [...]

Girls Just Wanna Swing Clubs

A new season of The Girls Golf Club of Whispering Pines is on the horizon, and will commence once school is [...]

Welcome to Chuy’s

No, it’s not the chain. Downtown Southern Pines will be home to a new local [...]

Knot Your Average Massage

Knot Your Average Massage Familiar with Thai massage? Us either until now, thanks to Southern Massage 910. [...]

Tiny Tats Take Off

It’ll Be Fine It can be difficult to find a fine line tattoo artist but we have one right in our area [...]

New Space Available in DTSP

Drumroll Please We don’t usually do this sort of thing, but those interested in seeing how downtown [...]

Check Out This Library Park

Park Across the Street The Friends of Aberdeen Library have received a $35,000 grant from T-Mobile to [...]

Addorable Church to be Restored

Going To The Chapelllllllll And they’re gonna get carrieddddddd … away with restoration. You may [...]

Dryvebox Drives into Pinehurst

Hey, Dryver You may see a golf simulator in Tufts Park this weekend. It’s called Dryvebox, and [...]

Meet The Woman Who Cuts the Cheese

Meet The Woman Who Cuts The Cheese Sarah Kaufmann is spending her week carving two sculptures out of giant [...]

New NC IDs Anything but Superbad

So You Went With McLovin? The N.C. DMV will begin issuing new driver licenses and other IDs with increased [...]

Southern Pines Bear Sightings

Bears Heard We Were Choosing Them And they’ve sent a delegate to investigate. This week, a black bear [...]

All Aboard The Open Express

Blow My Whistle Baby The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Rail Division announced that NC By Train, the [...]

Tot New Eatery in the Works

Tot New Eatery in the Works Downtown Southern Pines is getting a tater-ly new concept with Taglios: a quick [...]

Princess Ready for Charming Tenants

This historic venue is ready for its next curtain call. The expansive Princess Theatre in downtown Southern [...]

If You’re Big on the Pig

Get ready to … get bigger? We’re still shopping for a better way to say that. Anywho, Piggly [...]

It’s Honey Business

A fictional man once said, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna [...]

Galaxy Enters a New Phase

Galaxy Enters a New Phase Downtown Aberdeen’s Davenport Galaxy has changed hands — this time to Keith [...]

Pinehurst Gets More Green

Pinehurst Resort has opened a new course for the first time in nearly 30 years — Course No. 10 at the [...]

Cookie Counter Coming to Jeff

Cookie Counter Coming Soon The Jefferson Inn is adding a counter that’ll house the satellite location of [...]

Keep It On the DL

Keep It On the DL There’s now a self-checkout for the DMV, except now there could be an unexpected [...]

Wee Pines Opens Fore Fun

No Ifs, Ands or Putts In case you’ve somehow missed hundreds of social media posts: Wee Pines at Olmsted [...]

Dick’s Opens With a Bang

Here’s Some Dick’s Pics Is it wrong to say this store is having a soft opening? Are we in fact 13 [...]

Wrappers For Hire

Get Wrapped Up In This By: Macy Grymes || Sway Intern Overwhelmed during the holidays? Sister duo, Abbey [...]

Cha Cha Cha Chainges

Our love language is renderings, even if they are just of regular old chain stores. The town of Southern Pines [...]

The No Booze Buzz

Meet Tori Davis, a nonalcoholic drink enthusiast who is creating a business centered around NA drink options: [...]

Chick or Treat

On Monday, Oct. 23, Chick-fil-A Southern Pines turns half of its drive-thru into a lane exclusively for mobile [...]

Local 9/11 Remembrance Events

Monday, Sept. 11: Both members and guests can go to FirstHealth Fitness in Pinehurst to complete either [...]

You Can Rent a Zoo

We Herd You Like Animals Did you know you can rent a mobile petting zoo? You can, from the Pint Sized Pasture [...]

It’s Giving Christmas

Christmas in July has come to its end but prepping for the actual holiday season is, believe it or not, just [...]

Glamping: S’more Than a Feeling

If you want an Instagrammable outdoor party but aren’t in tents enough to sleep in a bag, Glamp-Cation [...]

Village Pine Venue Makes Progress

We Love a Good Progress Report Here’s one from what will soon be Moore County’s newest place [...]

We’re All Engine Ears

And listening for new developments as local officials discuss the possibility of extending a commuter rail [...]

NAV Ends Lease on Indoor Space

The National Athletic Village will lose its gym complex due to a “restructuring” of businesses [...]

Atlas Found Opens in Carthage

Find Yourself in Carthage A new business near the courthouse is a little all over the map — its name, Atlas [...]

Live After Five Makes a Move

Pinehurst’s free concert series is moving from downtown to the Village Arboretum, where you’ll now [...]

New Mural to Paint the Town

Try to rein in your excitement because the Southern Pines Town Council has received preliminary renderings for [...]

Carpe Denim With H2 Co.

Before creating her own small business, Melanie Shanahan attended the Savannah College of Art and Design. She [...]

Fish Co. Closes Its Doors

Fish Co., the 18-seat sushi, sashimi and cocktail concept has officially closed its doors. Owner chef Scott [...]

Curt Brings Back His Cucina

When his meatball grinders sparked a cult following during pandemic-era shutdowns, Chef Curt Shelvey was [...]

Our 2021 Mother’s Day Gift Guide

This week, it’s all about celebrating the lady whose genes we radiate — and whose jeans we emulate. In [...]

The MOD Shop Moves to Broad Street

After weeks spent renovating 210 NW Broad Street, the MOD Shop has moved in — completing its move from a house [...]

The Food Truck Rodeo Must Go On

With the help of a window, food trucks basically practiced social distancing before social distancing was a [...]

A Look at Santo Dios in Vass

After more than 20 years, this little corner restaurant and Vass gathering place has switched hands, becoming [...]

Enter Our Annual Cookie Contest

Because Our Idea of a Balanced Diet is a Cookie in Each Hand You might call your best treats world famous, but [...]

Try SPBC’s New 11.5% Stout

Partisan Rock, a Russian Imperial with flavors of plum, chocolate and coffee, was just canned as we were [...]

Valhalla Tattoo Has Moved

The shop has left its Pennsylvania Avenue location and taken up the space vacated by The Estate of Things in [...]

A Bit of Laos in Pinebluff

If you’ve been sleeping on a little place called Southern Chopstix, don’t feel bad. So have we. [...]

A Peek at Ironwood’s New Look

The restaurant closed Monday, and is set to reopen in time for dinner Friday. Crews have worked around the [...]

Follow Along With a Historic Reno

After years of PCS moves, Emily Yopp and her active-duty husband have found their forever home — the historic [...]

Meet the Team Behind Clean Juice

Lane and Lori West love three things above all: Wellness, God, and each other. These values made opening the [...]

The Deets on Whispering Pies

Remember Zerillo’s? The pizza place that opened in Whispering Pines, and was immediately overwhelmed [...]

A New Source for Your Hemp Oil

We knew you were running low. Thankfully, the Hemp Farmacy (yes,farmacy) has opened on Bennett Street in [...]

Locals Sound Off About Uber

Most of us regular folk are overjoyed — but local taxi companies, unsurprisingly, are not thrilled. We told [...]

Carthage Could Get a Splash Pad

County commissioners are making plans to build a water feature at Hillcrest Park. They expect to spend between [...]

Your Uber Has Arrived

We heard that Uber was looking into adding local towns to its map back in November, when an ad for drivers [...]

Woodlake Prolongs Lawsuit

Here's a shocker. The owners of Woodlake have found a Sanford law firm to represent them and file a motion on [...]

Did You Forget Something?

This month (Nov. 3 to be exact) marks our ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of delivering all kinds of awesome to your inbox.

Polls Open at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday

Who cares about local elections, anyway? You should. These folks make important decisions that affect your [...]

Local Businesses are Celebrating

Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. — Village Yoga is offering a free class, followed by mimosas, at its new spot on Magnolia [...]

New Elementary School Approved

After a public hearing that ended at 1 a.m. this morning, the Southern Pines Town Council gave the OK for a [...]

Change is Coming to Midland

Cue Jon Snow. Construction on a new traffic circle at the intersection of Midland Road and N.C.22/Central [...]

Help With Local Relief Efforts

So, we have a three-day weekend to look forward to — yay. Before we pack our bags and head to the beach or [...]

She’s the boss.

We had the. best. time. ever. meeting some of our awesome readers last night, drinking wine, and chatting [...]

They’re Baaaccckkkk

If you had to join the ranks of morning commuters today, the stink of diesel fuel probably invaded your nose [...]

She Gone

The abandoned building, which was once a shoe repair shop, located at 144 W. Pennsylvania Ave. in Downtown [...]

Donuts That Will Make You Waddle

You've been not so patiently awaiting the opening of the newest donut shop in town, but the time has finally come. 

Home Is Where the Yoga Is

Cool Asana is rolling out its welcome yoga mat in the dining room where Rhett’s restaurant on West [...]

Burnin’ Down The House

Permits are all-but approved to burn down the dilapidated structure located on 145 W. Pennsylvannia Ave. in [...]

A Case Of Mistaken Identity?

It happens to the best of us. After a national uproar over Confederate monuments occurred last week, Moore [...]

R. Riveter Racks Up A Ranking

R. Riveter, led by local military spouse Cameron Cruse and her business partner/fellow military spouse, Lisa [...]

Don’t Have A Cow

...or do. Moore Grass Fed Beef, a new initiative by the Moore County Cattleman's Association is aiming to put [...]

SCC Now Offers a Shorter Semester

Procrastinate on your financial aid? Now you have more time to get your act together, thanks to Sandhills [...]

The Sway is Starting a Book Club

What do we love more than being girl bosses at The Sway? Hanging out with other girl bosses, drinking wine and [...]

SCC Dedicates New Veterans Center

The combined lounge and office area in Boyd Library was dedicated Friday in honor of Luke Joseph Ryan, who was [...]

Group Demands Do-Over on Roads

A resident group called Grow Moore Smart has sent a complaint to the state transportation secretary, saying [...]

Contact Us

We're not around right now. But you can send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap.

Start typing and press Enter to search