RALEIGH — It was 250 years ago this week that North Carolinians fought in their first formal battle for American independence. But they didn’t fight it in North Carolina — and they didn’t fight ...

Mac Legerton, the co-director of the Robeson County Cooperative for Sustainable Development, speaks to the Robeson County Board of Commissioners about PFAS contamination in the water supply near the ...

About 40% of Americans are obese. Wouldn’t it be great for them — and for American society at large, which spends roughly $170 billion a year on obesity-related medical costs — if there were a safe, ...

The canvassing had been scheduled for Friday, then for Monday, but was delayed each time due to the Red Springs protest. The board will now meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for the purpose of voting to ...

WILMINGTON — The Fairmont girls basketball team took a 39-17 setback in Monday’s nonconference game at Hoggard. Hoggard (1-0) led 17-1 at the end of the first quarter, 22-6 at halftime and 31-10 at ...

Pembroke’s Christmas Parade will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, beginning at the State Employees’ Credit Union and ending at the Milton R. Hunt Memorial Park. A tree-lighting ceremony will take ...

LUMBERTON — Civic Credit Union announced Monday a statewide partnership with The Salvation Army to support its annual Winter ...

During this year’s Scholarship Dinner, attendees heard from Ashleigh Brooks, a cosmetology student at RCC and a recipient of the Julian T. Pierce Memorial Fund Endowed Scholarship. Brooks, who is ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis is holding up Mississippi’s nominations for federal judgeships and U.S. attorneys because he wants Sen. Roger Wicker to help the Lumbee Tribe gain full federal ...

Southeastern Community Action Partnership served 116 children at the three Robeson County sites that closed. Only 30 Head Start participants — kids between 3 and 5 — transferred to other centers. Some ...

The current tally shows Sumpter with 360 votes and Burney with 359, with four write-in ballots also cast. The election-night ...

Unfortunately for the Braves, Sinclair was the only player to eclipse 10 points against Coker and the team shot only 20-of-61 from the field, or 32.8%. As that percentage indicates, she was also the ...