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

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

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

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

Robeson Career and Technical Education Center and Robeson Planetarium and Science Center opened Monday. (Photo from Public Schools of Robeson County) The Columbus County Community Foundation awarded ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story was produced with The Assembly. The Border Belt Independent is part of The Assembly’s statewide network of local news outlets. For decades, drivers turning from U.S. 401 onto the campus of ...

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 ...