Southern Pines

It's been a year since shooting attacks on two Moore County electrical substations left thousands of residents without power for days in freezing weather. Investigators have made no arrests, but the effects still reverberate in the county and across the power industry.

The proposal would create a statute making it a high-grade felony to purposefully damage or attempt to damage an energy facility, including those that transmit or distribute electricity or fuel. Senators on Tuesday opted to tack on cybersecurity safeguards before sending the bill to the House.

The shootings at a Moore County substation had cut power to 45,000 customers, as well as schools, businesses and a hospital.

Duke Energy completed repairs Wednesday on electric substation equipment damaged in shootings over the weekend in central North Carolina.

Tens of thousands of people are bracing for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.

Lee closed with an even-par 71 to finish at 13-under 271 after the Australian flirted with the tournament record of 16 under set by Juli Inkster in 1999 at Old Waverly.

It’s been 15 years since the championship was last played at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club. Pine Needles previously hosted the Women’s Open in 1996, 2001, and 2007. Annika Sorenstam, the winner in 1996, is back this year.

For decades, the tree was chopped down for timber. Now, growing research shows that longleaf pine is especially resilient to climate change.

Abbey Lahey is a middle-class working mom who yearns for the finer things in life. And during a trip to the mall to return a Marc Jacobs handbag that she…

Abbey Lahey is a middle-class working mom who yearns for the finer things in life. And during a trip to the mall to return a Marc Jacobs handbag that she…