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Items sought for Scotland 2021 grads

LAURINBURG — With the community collection effort for local nursing homes winding down Thursday, The Laurinburg Exchange will begin a new collection drive on Friday.

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Local family celebrates big birthdays … 102 and 85

LAURINBURG — A local family celebrated a total of 187 years of birthdays this past weekend.

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East Laurinburg charter set for repeal

RALEIGH — The Scotland County town of East Laurinburg may soon see it charter taken away if the General Assembly acts on a recommendation by the N.C. Local Government Commission and the State Treasurer’s Office.

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Local nurse joins elite world-wide group

LAURINBURG — Ashley Edwards of Richmond County and an emergency room nurse at Scotland Memorial Hospital, is just the 56th nurse in the world to join the “High Five” club, which means she has obtained all five certifications of the Board Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN).

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Legislators investigating N.C. High School Athletic Association’s $41 million piggybank funded by public schools

RALEIGH — State lawmakers have begun a sweeping investigation of the N.C. High School Athletic Association, a move that could lead to changes on how high school sports are governed.

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‘I am very concerned …’

LAURINBURG — Scotland Health Care Systems is once again seeing a rise in COVID numbers and its staff is urging residents to continue taking precautions by wearing masks, utilizing social distancing and to be vaccinated.

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