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Candidate plans barbecue rally
DAVIDSON COUNTY – Former state legislator Cal Cunningham of Lexington is hoping some home cooking in his native county at a barbecue fundraiser Tuesday will bolster his campaign for the Democr...
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Thomasville traffic stop ends with gunfire
THOMASVILLE – A Thomasville police officer shot a motorist during a traffic stop Friday after the person pulled a gun on the officer, authorities said. Officers responded to Julian Avenue and E....
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Davidson County Board of Education members Allan Thompson (left) and Kenny Meredith are shown at the site of proposed new middle and high school at intersection of Midway School and Hoy Long roads. DON DAVIS JR. | HPE LAND FOR SALE: Davidson officials want county to buy site for schools
DAVIDSON COUNTY – Davidson County school officials will make a request to the Davidson County Board of Commissioners that the county purchase 133 acres in the northern part of the county to bu...
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Brown Middle School students confer after a question. Members of the team are (from bottom, clockwise) Caleb Bryson, Brad Luther, Shanna Welch, Olivia Ward Trent, Tyler Miller and Robbie Hughes. DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Book battle to the wire: Central Davidson wins annual competition
DAVIDSON COUNTY – A team of Brown Middle students Thursday nearly dethroned the defending champion of the annual Davidson County Battle of the Books, finishing second in the annual competiti...
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Study: Sewer spill less than thought
THOMASVILLE – A third-party environmental study of last summer’s sewer spill has been released by Thomasville officials, indicating the spill that led to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency i...
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Alex Jordan, a fourth-grader, pours water into the top of his science exhibit named “Heron’s Fountain,” after the famous Greek mathematician by that name. Heron invented a method of moving water through fountains without electricity.  SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Young scientists show promise
THOMASVILLE – A day after winning first place in the ninth annual Hasty Elementary School Science Fair, Erica Saintsing continued basking in the fact that she won the fair’s top prize Tuesday. “...
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The Wil-Cox Bridge as seen from the boat launch area of York Hill access. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE Davidson OKs bridge purchase
LEXINGTON – The historic Wil-Cox Bridge will not be demolished as part of the project to replace the Interstate 85 bridge over the Yadkin River. The Davidson County Board of Commissioners on Tue...
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Businessmen Mike Floyd, (from left) Jay Browning, Zac Pickard and Steve Swaney, along with Councilman David Yemm (not pictured), are organizing the new Thomasville Uptown Merchants Association. The group aims to bring new life to the city’s downtown district by bringing more people who could, in turn, become customers of the businesses in the district. Don Davis Jr. | HPE Thomasville businesses join forces to draw customers
THOMASVILLE – Several business owners in downtown Thomasville are leading an effort to create a new Thomasville Uptown Merchants Association. “Business climate is slow,” said Mike Floyd, the ope...
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Doug Langford enters data into a computer attached to a vehicle’s onboard computer during inspection at Texaco Xpress Lube on Samet Drive. The computer communicates with the DMV in Raleigh. Don Davis Jr. | HPE The golden rule: DMV says inspections required before renewals
HIGH POINT – After a year of transition, there’s still one fact about the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles’ new no-sticker inspection and registration process that drivers seem to be missing, a...
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Donald Palmer, Ledford High School athletic director, poses with some of the items to be auctioned at the school’s booster club fundraiser. Don Davis Jr. | 
HPE Pony up: Ledford boosters prepare for annual auction
DAVIDSON COUNTY – Dozens of items will be auctioned off later this month to benefit the Ledford High School Athletic Booster Club during the club’s annual fundraiser in High Point. The fifth a...
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