The Pilot Newspaper

06/06/2026

Moore County Schools is closer to finding a new home and funding for its currently beleaguered information technology building.

Following several false starts, the district is looking to place the facility on a parcel behind the football field at Union Pines High School.

Until recently, the district planned to use state lottery dollars to fund the $3.3 million project; however, lottery funding cannot be used for facilities that do not contain students.

Moore County Schools is closer to finding a new home and funding for its currently beleaguered information technology building.

06/06/2026

Like the phoenix rises from ashes, so do the towering longleaf pines and wispy wiregrass of the Sandhills. This region was shaped by consistent wildfires hundreds of years ago to be what it is today.

It is also why several entities, including the local division of The Nature Conservancy and the state Forest Service, conduct prescribed burns each year. Not only does fire help existing plant life flourish, it clears excess debris from properties to prevent larger, uncontrolled wildfires.

Like the phoenix rises from ashes, so do the towering longleaf pines and wispy wiregrass of the Sandhills. This region was shaped by consistent wildfires hundreds of years ago to

06/06/2026

UPDATE 6/6 8:35 a.m.: The missing juvenile reported by South Pines Police on Friday has been located and is safe.

06/05/2026

The Sandhills CC men’s golf team closed out the program’s sixth consecutive national title and the seventh overall today in New York. Freshman Sebastian Haug won individual medalist as well. https://www.thepilot.com/sports/sandhills-flying-high-after-sixth-straight-national-golf-crown/article_cb411db9-f5be-4762-9f61-887f2db313c1.html

06/05/2026

Briefing Podcast: Moore County's high school sports season has wrapped up after extended runs into championship territory. Reporter Jonathan Bym details why he believes this school year boasted the best athletics seasons Moore County has seen. Listen to it here: pilot-radio.com/podcasts/the-pilot/

06/05/2026

Still Us Foundation announces that its signature adaptive golf program, formerly known as Engaged Golf, has been reimagined and renamed Still Us on the Green.

The program welcomes people experiencing brain change and the loved ones who walk beside them — spouses, adult children, neighbors and professional caregivers — onto the same green, in the same patch of sunlight. There are no scorecards, and all swings are welcome.

Still Us Foundation announces that its signature adaptive golf program, formerly known as Engaged Golf, has been reimagined and renamed Still Us on the Green.

06/05/2026

The State Highway Patrol released the details and the identity of the person who died as a result of a head-on collision near Robbins Friday morning.

A 25-year-old woman died in a head-on collision in northern Moore County Friday morning, the State Highway Patrol reports.

06/05/2026

The county’s estimated population growth between 2024 and 2025 showed an increase of 2,200 people in Moore, due in large part to two factors: proximity to Fort Bragg and the area’s draw as a retirement destination. A comparatively low increase in the labor force reflects that, with just over 60 additional people joining the labor pool over that same period.

Moore County has seen just over 1,000 new participants from January 2024 through March of this year, resulting in a labor force of 46,568 people.

Recently released county unemployment statistics show a shrinking labor force in Moore County. The number of employed and unemployed individuals both fell over the year, with 163 fewer people reported

06/04/2026

A young rider catches air at the Southern Pines Elaine T. Baillie Skatepark. On Saturday, May 30, professional skateboarder Felipe Gustavo made a special appearance and signed boards for fans.

Professional skateboarder Felipe Gustavo made a special appearance at the recent Skate Jam on Saturday, May 30, at the Southern Pines Elaine T. Baillie Skatepark.

06/04/2026

If the inaugural ninth-grade class of Red Wolves at the Moore Innovative High School are the standard bearers, the bar has been set high.

The school district’s newest educational offering, housed in Van Dusen Hall on the Sandhills Community College campus, wrapped up its first year last month, and as the numbers roll in, students’ educational outcomes far exceed state averages.

If the inaugural ninth-grade class of Red Wolves at the Moore Innovative High School are the standard bearers, the bar has been set high.