The Robeson County town of Rowland has 30 days to establish a viable long-term financial plan or risk a takeover from the state, the Local Government Commission said Tuesday. Rowland, home to about ...

Some say a pact between the state and Smithfield Foods “failed miserably.” Those who worked on the agreement explain why.

The Robeson Career and Technical Education Center opened Monday in Pembroke, marking the county’s first new school in more than 40 years.

North Carolina officials largely sided with Republicans to limit Sunday voting across the state ahead of the November election.

The new Wire Pasture access point in the Lumber River State Park is now open–with a visitors’ center that honors Lumbee culture.

It would have been easy to confuse Monday night’s meeting of the Bladen County Board of Commissioners with a church service. Board Chair Cameron McGill was up out of his seat, walking around the front ...

East Columbus Junior-Senior High School teacher Martin Dee Migue goes over chemistry problems with students. (Photo by Les High) Martin Dee Migue had been teaching high school chemistry in the ...

Dozens of people attended a community meeting in Red Springs on Monday, June 15, 2026. (Photo by Heidi Perez-Moreno) When Antoinette Locklear-Hurtt became the Red Springs police chief in January, town ...

Elizabethtown has plans for four major projects that could help transform the small Bladen County community into a hub for growth and innovation. Home to about 3,200 people in southeastern North ...

Angie Lowery, a citizen of the Lumbee Tribe, stands outside her home in Robeson County. (Andrew Jones/KFF Health News) This story is republished from KFF Health News. Soybean fields surround Angie ...

If Richard Sceiford ever dreamed of donning a hard hat, it would have been for a stage role as a construction worker. But the lifelong thespian now spends much of his day in a work zone in downtown ...