6 Ways to Reach Your Goals 24/7 With Workout Anytime

Workout Anytime in Aberdeen is under new ownership and giving you a lift to reach your fitness goals 24/7 — no matter the day, time, your age or your fitness knowledge. With their spacious [...]

Women’s Rugby Celt-abrates New Season

The Celts, aka the Southern Pines Women’s Rugby Club has been playing together for just under 5 years — a run that was put on pause due to COVID-19. Now, the team is back and ready to build on [...]

Meet Jodi Ohl: A Self-Taught Artist on a Mission to Spread Her Love of Color

After turning to art during a difficult time, Jodi Ohl dove into what brought her joy — eventually taking a leap of faith to leave her job as a banking manager and pursue her creative passions [...]

Swaymous: Meet Southern Pines’ Leather Craftsman

James Alford has been kicking it downstairs at Cabin Branch Tack Shop in Southern Pines for about 30 years now, repairing everything from saddles to leather boots and quite literally [...]

Agora Bakery Officially Open in Pinehurst

Pinehurst’s newest French café, Agora, is now open in the historic Pinehurst Bank building. Equipped with an in-house chef and a baker that specializes in gluten-free and dairy-free goods, [...]

Ashten’s Starts New Chapter, Reopens Dining Room

After taking a few weeks off this summer, Ashten’s has reopened its doors as what owner Ashley Van Camp calls “Ashten’s 3.0.” There are quite a few changes, so let us [...]

Carthage Tortoise Returns Home After Breaking Loose and Roaming Through Town

STORYTIME: Upon discovering the absence of his teenaged African spurred tortoise on Saturday, Aug. 28, Randal Caswell immediately sprung into action, posting a lost pet ad with The [...]

Your Guide to Living Life Like a Gilmore Girl in Southern Pines

If we had a dollar for every time out-of-town visitors told us “this is just like Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls!” after walking around downtown Southern Pines, we’d be able to [...]

Woman Reunited With Lost Class Ring, 41 Years Later

Forty-one years ago, Margie Snow was wading around in the lake at Cardinal Park when her class ring from Magnolia High School in Lumberton went MIA. Fearful of telling her grandmother, who was [...]

A Q+A With Meat Master Ed Mitchell

Don’t let Ed Mitchell’s down-home persona fool you. This guy is a pro — so much of one he has his own sauce line, has been featured in the book-turned-Netflix documentary, [...]