Instant Teams Lands in Southern Pines

Let’s Take This Offline If you’re fully remote but can’t stay on mute all day, touch grass on the way to the first IRL space by Instant Teams, a company [...]

Girls Create Cycle of Support

Mallory Gaddy, 16, and Carolyn O’Connell, 15, both sophomores at Union Pines High School, have launched Moore County Her Drive — the local chapter of the national nonprofit. They are [...]

A New Store to Root For: Rhizome Houseplants

Next time you’re looking for something to spruce up your space, stop into Rhizome Houseplants. You may recognize owner Chelsea Fields from her old store in Sanford, Eyelight Coffee. [...]

It’s Not Just You Getting Ghosted 

A team from the Rockingham organization Pee Dee Region Paranormal is hunting for literal ghosts at what’s left of an old brick jailhouse in Carthage. The group is filming its findings for a [...]

Local Vet To Climb Mount Kilimanjaro

A Cut Above the Everest Conquering Kilimanjaro. Say that five times fast. Ben Powers, a Pinehurst resident and Army veteran, is preparing to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to [...]

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 Found, agrees. Owner Heidi Clarke, who is also the head baker at Buggy Town [...]

Southern Pines Growler Co. Gets Decked Out

Change is in the Ale Southern Pines Growler Co. is prepping for porch-sitting weather with the addition of a 16×50 outdoor deck. Bench seating will be around the perimeter of the deck, and [...]

Saddle Up, There’s a New Herd of Painted Ponies

Grab your naayyyybors, friends, and family because Carolina Horse Park’s Painted Ponies have migrated back to Downtown Southern Pines for the winter. These fiberglass beauties are painted [...]

Ready Player One: Rec Room Bar Arcade Opens

It’s all fun and games until — actually it’s just all fun and games. Rec Room, Southern Pines’ first bar arcade, wants to level up downtown hangouts. The space has a retro vibe [...]

Leadmine Says Bye to Belvedere  

The Leadmine is closing its doors in downtown Southern Pines’ Belvedere Plaza for good. Owner Orlando Jinzo had previously said the restaurant was taking a break at least until the end of [...]