GREENSBORO – The Eastern Music Festival is proud to announce a collaboration between legendary banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and the Eastern Festival Orchestra. As the opening Saturday of the festival’s 2024 season titled “Celebrations and Rhapsodies”, the evening celebrates virtuosic musiciansh…
Former Wake Forest player has been a part of last two championship teams
Wesleyan Christian lost the 2024 NCISAA 4A baseball state championship series two games to one against Metrolina Christian. Wesleyan was the No. 1 seed and won last year's championship.
Kyle Larson has arrived at North Wilkesboro Speedway for the start of Sunday night's All-Star Race following a busy afternoon in which the NASCAR star qualified fifth for the Indianapolis 500.
So many thoughts, so little time and space …
The UNC System, UNC School of the Arts and the attorneys for plaintiffs announced a $12.5 million settlement agreement Friday that will resolve claims and lawsuits by 65 alumni.
Baseball
REIDSVILLE — In the world of gymnastics, the name Robert Bourdreaux still turns some heads.
FOREST CITY — In a game that featured several major shifts in momentum heading down to the wire, a slide at home plate for the winning score gave East Rutherford an 8-7 win over Morehead in the bottom of the eighth inning in the fourth round of the 2024 NCHSAA state playoffs Friday night.
Audrey Jenkins has been Grimsley's high jump record-holder since her freshman year. With quick success, improvement has been slow but patience has paid off in a prolific high school career.
LINVILLE — Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is once again offering its adult field course series for 2024, allowing participants the chance to explore Grandfather Mountain like never before and take a deeper dive int…
The Dudley boys and girls each won the NCHSAA 3A Midwest Regional outdoor track meet for the third consecutive year with this year’s coming on Saturday at Jay M. Robinson in Concord.
Doug Barron won the Regions Tradition on Sunday for his third PGA Tour Champions victory and first major title, shooting a 4-under 68 to hold off Steven Alker by two strokes. Barron finished at 17-under 271 at Greystone in the first of the season's five senior majors.
LINVILLE – Grandfather Mountain, the nonprofit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is welcoming guests to celebrate the beauty of this season by partaking in our Rhododendron Rambles, a series of guided strolls that showcase the park’s blossoming rhododendron …
Brad Keselowski moved to the front when Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick hit each other with nine laps left and held on to win the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. It was Keselowski's first victory since 2021 and his first triumph since rejoining magnate Jack Roush as a co-owner…
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s boys individual tennis 2024 championships were decided on Saturday at four different locations across the mid-state.
GREENSBORO – As part of its 63rd season, which will take place through June 22 through July 27, the Eastern Music Festival recently announced a free performance by the United States Air Force Heritage Winds Quintet on July 10. Comprising four esteemed EMF alumni who now serve in the United S…
STONEVILLE — Due to overcrowding at the Rockingham County Animal Shelter, it is not uncommon for the shelter to transfer animals to other organizations, where they have a better chance of being adopted, but those transfers are usually via vehicle.
Baseball
Week No. 1 of the 2024 NCHSAA state baseball and softball playoffs are officially in the books, and out of the seven teams from Rockingham County that made the postseason cut, just two advanced to the third round.
The Commissioner’s Trophy Awards are designed to recognize member schools’ athletic programs that do outstanding work in community service. Schools had their “team or teams” identify a need within the community and create a plan to conduct the service project. Each team had a sponsor, who wa…
Josh Berry's path to NASCAR's top series was filled with doubts. Berry spent about a decade toiling at small tracks, learning the lessons needed to achieve stock-car racing success. The 33-year-old Berry is now driving the No. 4 Stewart-Haas machine previously run by NASCAR champion Kevin Ha…
WENTWORTH — Colby Gunter has a small-town soul. After graduating from Rockingham Community College on May 9, he’s headed to UNC-Chapel Hill to study biology, then will apply to medical school.
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