Bounty Taps Southern Pines for Second Location

A casual farm-to-table restaurant with a seasonal menu, full bar and its own beer brand is set to open in early 2026. Bounty Farmhouse Kitchen & Tap has snagged the corner spot in the Target [...]

Meet a House-Call Hair Stylist with a Shear Passion for People

Love Is in the Hair Meet Lily Santana Parks, a hairstylist who founded house-call hair service The Traveling Tress. Whether her clients are elderly, recovering from surgery or recently [...]

This Craft Studio Lets Kids Get Messy

Good Crafternoon In case you missed it, KidCentric Creative Studio is open for creativity to roam wild. Located at 290 SW Broad Street, next to Maisonette, the craft studio is filled with color, [...]

Claus a Scene: 2025 Holiday Event Guide

Moore Humane Society Has New Digs in the Works

Let’s Get This Tail Waggin’ After years of fundraising, the Moore Humane Society has broken ground off N.C. 22 near the Moore County Airport. The new building will have [...]

Crossroads Coffee Celebrates Grinding for a Decade

Crossroads Coffee in Vass is celebrating its 10th anniversary this Friday, Nov. 14. The coffee shop started with a group of five men, all in the military and all avid coffee lovers. But they [...]

Unleash Your Pole-tential at Moore County’s First Pole Fitness / Dance Studio

Unleash Your Pole-tential The poles are in. Empower Studio, the first pole fitness/dance studio in the area, officially opens this Saturday. Owner Devin Garner was a labor and delivery nurse for [...]

Embers BBQ Cooks Up Good Deeds

Meating Them Where They Are In response to the government shutdown and loss of snap benefits, David Bungarz decided he could help with his restaurant, Embers BBQ. In a social media post [...]

Veterans Day in the Pines 2025

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Make a Deposit: Support the Food Bank and Other Local Efforts During Shutdown

With the federal government shutdown dragging on and no clear end in sight, a major impact hit Saturday, Nov. 1 — funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the country’s [...]