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Dawn light crosses a lawn toward a painted-brick home with a covered porch, weathered teak chairs, and mature pine and dogwood trees.

The Pinehurst Harness Track Is Back in Session. Most of Its Students Have Never Worn a Harness.

Covered porch with painted brick, gray stone steps and a brick walk overlooking a lawn framed by mature pines and an autumn dogwood.

Walthour-Moss Belongs to the Hounds Again This Fall. Here's How to Share It.

Covered brick front porch with timber beams, stone columns, a wooden bench, and a paved walkway.

The New Shops Along NC 211 Are Betting on a Road That Won't Be Finished Until 2027

Warm white brick house with a raised porch, broad stone steps, and a curved walk across the lawn

Southern Pines Prices Rose 3.4% This Year. Downtown Fell 12%. Both Numbers Are True.

Custom lake house with a timber porch beyond a sloped lawn and stone path, seen from a weathered dock.

Lake Sequoia Just Dropped Three Feet. Here's What Changed at the Docks, and What Didn't

Brick porch with a glowing lantern and glass sidelight, overlooking a paver walk, magnolia, and lawn at dusk.

Whispering Pines Quit Driving Out for Dinner This Year

Great room with a fieldstone fireplace, timber trusses, oak floors, and tall windows overlooking pine trees.

The Sunrise Theater Nearly Closed in the 1980s. That's Why Its Fall Lineup Looks Like This.

Estate home with a circular motor court, stone entry piers, cedar portico, and mature trees.

A Pinehurst Listing Says the Membership Transfers. Here's What That Actually Buys You.

Traditional home with a stone chimney, painted brick, porch, and mature trees behind the roofline.

Weymouth Heights: Three Development Phases and the Historic District Boundary

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