May, 2024 – Hoke County Edition

Athlete of the Week: Robert Reedy

May 24, 2024 North State Journal Staff

Robert Reedy, a senior on the Hoke County boys’ golf team, is the Athlete of the Week. Reedy, a co-captain of the Bucks golf team this year, was one of two golfers to make the […]

Hoke’s Nicholas Bryant prepares to hit a target. The elite skeet shooter is also now working with Hendrick Motorsports. (Photo courtesy Bryant’s Facebook page)

Leak takes two state bests in track and field

May 24, 2024 North State Journal Staff

Hoke County’s spring sports seasons came to an end, as three individual athletes went as far as they could go in the championships of their respective sports. Track and field Hoke County sophomore William Leak […]

Surveying error raises costs for new high school project

May 24, 2024 Ryan Henkel

n a construction update on the new Hoke County High School, at its May 14 meeting, the Hoke County Schools Board of Education was told the district had to eat into a large portion of […]

NC Transportation Board member Lisa Mathis and Transportation Secretary Joey Hopkins stand next to a Future I-685 sign. PJ Ward-Brown / North State Journal

US 421 to become I-685 from Greensboro to Sanford

May 24, 2024 Jordan Golson and PJ Ward-Brown

LIBERTY — State and local leaders gathered Monday in Randolph County to celebrate the designation of U.S. Highway 421 as the future Interstate 685. The event, held next to the under-construction Toyota Battery Manufacturing plant, […]

Hoke volunteer fire depts. receive more than $50K in grants

May 24, 2024 Ena Sellers

The North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal announced the recipients of the 2024 Volunteer Fire Department Fund, also known as Fire Grant, on May 15. Three departments in Hoke County received more than $50,000 […]

Athlete of the Week: William Leak

May 18, 2024 Cory Lavalette

Hoke County track and field’s William Leak is our Athlete of the Week. The sophomore has achieved an incredible feat by qualifying for the state championship in long jump, triple jump and high jump. Not […]

Aiden Derieux, now a graduate of SandHoke Early College High School in Raeford, shakes the hand of Hoke County Schools Superintendent Kenneth Spells Friday night, at McDonald Gymnasium at Hoke High School. Aiden was one of 119 graduates in the class of '24. Photo courtesy Alison Jones / Hoke County Schools

SandHoke Early College High School Graduates – Class of 2024

May 18, 2024 North State Journal Staff

SandHoke Early College High School Graduates Class of 2024 Emmanuel Angeles Mendez Jesus Emmanuel Arroyo* Serenity Yvonne Boley Aaron Brockington Clinton Bullock Bryan Anibal Cabezudo Torres Mackenzie Nicole Caldwell** Joshua Calhoun Grecia Yazmin Castrejon-Resendiz April […]

Month: May 2024