The Robeson County Board of Commissioners is now ruled by Republicans for the first time after three members switched ...

Town officials call say a power surge an "Act of God." But lost home appliances and municipal financial documents suggest ...

Two local charter schools have a significantly higher percentage of white and wealthier students a report from Public Schools ...

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 ...

Life-size replicas of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights will be installed in ...

By Evey Weisblat This story was originally publishe d by CityView. An organization that provides millions of pounds of food each year to local residents could have less to distribute because of ...

Now 73, he said he continued to eschew racist ideologies—at the tobacco markets where he befriended Tuscarora residents, in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, and at the General Assembly in Raleigh ...

By Ben Rappaport benrappaport@borderbelt.org This is the first in a two-part project about the children’s mental health crisis in Bladen, Columbus, Robeson and Scotland counties. Read the second story ...

By Heidi Perez-Moreno Beth has always enjoyed cooking. But the kitchen at the home she shared with her ex-boyfriend for 10 years had become a war zone. He would criticize her every move, said Beth, ...

By Sarah Nagem Kathleen DuVal has a lot to say about early American history. Her latest book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, spans more than 700 pages and walks readers through early ...

By Ben Rappaport benrappaport@borderbelt.org It was supposed to be beautiful: Thick green husks of sweet corn growing eight feet tall for as far as the eye could see across Ethan Jordan’s farm in ...

By Jacob Biba This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project. In February and early March, a Johnston County Superior Court judge held an evidentiary hearing related to a claim filed ...