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California captured the team title, while Lisa Herman of Oklahoma completed a wire-to-wire victory to win medalist honors at the 2026 PGA High School Girls Golf National Invitational. The Invitational was held at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club on Pinehurst Courses No. 1 and No. 5 this week. California led from the opening round and finished at 20-under-par 836 (283-274-279), the only team in the field to finish under par. Pinecrest finished second at 6-over-par 862 (293-277-292).

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Anything but the basic needs were being pushed aside during early plans for the future forensic lab facility at the Moore County Sheriff’s Office. But a $425,000 windfall from the recently passed state budget earmarked to the Sheriff’s Office will help to fill the space to enhance its investigative abilities. Sheriff Ronnie Fields said the funding will go toward a firearms ballistics space in the lab, to be built on the Rick Rhyne Public Safety Center property.

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The Town of Aberdeen is implementing mandatory water usage reductions as of 8 a.m. Friday morning. Assistant Town Manager Philip Richardson said the measure, formally called Stage II – Mandatory Water Reduction Level 1, is meant to allow for sustainable well production and reduce stress on the water supply pumps. “Ideally we want the pumps to run no more than 12 hours each day to maintain our wells and keep our tanks full,” Richardson said.

First Bank continues expanding services across the Carolinas, announcing a merger agreement between parent company First Bancorp and Florence, South Carolina-based First Carolina Bancshares Corp. and its banking arm, Carolina Bank & Trust Co. The stock-and-cash transaction is valued at $166 million, based on First Bancorp’s July 13 stock price of $64.22, including 1,967,017 shares of First Bancorp common stock and $40 million in cash.

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