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 ...

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 ...

Darryl Ford, chief deputy of the Scotland County Sheriff's Office, talks about staffing shortages at the local jail. (Photo by Tony Wooten) For three months last year, C.C. shared a small cell with ...

The Columbus County Community Foundation awarded the Border Belt Independent a $5,000 grant to fund Data Point, a concise feature that focuses on numbers and statistics highlighting an issue or trend ...

Jillian McPherson-Edge, chair of the Columbus County Board of Elections, suggested during a meeting in May that the county reduce its number of early-voting sites from five to one ahead of the ...

The campus of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Photo from school website) If you drive through the campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, there’s a good chance Flock ...

Sara Graham's cousin, Sheron Moore, and grandmother, Helen Eller, attend vigil in Lumberton on Monday, August 10, 2026. (Photo by Heidi Perez-Moreno) Kirsten Locklear Oxendine was working her shift as ...