Nate Horne, a Terry Sanford High School sophomore, had 10 birdies and two eagles for the lowest score on the Donald Ross course in its 81-year history.
Bill Kirby Jr.
Bill Kirby Jr. is a veteran journalist who spent 49 years as a newspaper editor, reporter and columnist covering Fayetteville, Cumberland County and the Cape Fear Region for The Fayetteville Observer. He most recently has written for CityView Magazine.
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Column: Writer Dylan Nigh Lives a Purposeful Life And Shares It With Others
The award-winning author has written two novels during his time as a Fort Bragg soldier, and plans to write more.
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Column: Fayetteville Mayor Pays Homage to Fallen Fort Bragg Soldiers
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week, including a taste of downtown for School of Medicine students, Crime Stoppers honored, and more on Terry Sanford’s championship golf team.
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Column: Johnnie Evans Remembered as Gentleman Farmer with Heart for Others
The three-term Cumberland County commissioner, who died July 23, remembered for his “shepherd-like care for people” and devotion to the county.
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Column: Terry Sanford Golfers Put Exclamation Point on Historic Season
The high school team won the 2026 PGA High School Boys Golf National Invitational, capping off “one of the greatest seasons in North Carolina high school golf history.”
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Column: First Class of Students Arrives at New School of Medicine
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week, including Highsmith-Rainey ExpressCare closure, Arts Council changes, National Night Out, and CAMEO Collective grant.
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Column: E.E. Smith High School Alums Planning Centennial Celebration
Events commemorating the 100th year of the school, which moved to its current Seabrook Drive campus in 1954, kick off September 18 and conclude on May 31.
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Column: Northwood Temple Church Pastor Remembers Last Founding Member
“One of the most precious saints has gone home,” Rev. John Hedgepeth said about Carolyn Riddle Strickland. She died at age 94 on July 4.
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Column: Fayetteville Police Chief Appointed to Governor’s Crime Commission
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week, including the new School of Medicine, a career expo, and a new book on Cumberland County’s role in the American Revolution.
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Column: A Farewell Curtain Call for Actor Remembered on Haymount Hill
Stage actor Ricardo Morgan will be remembered for his love of local theater and his passion for arts in the community. He died July 7 at age 62.
