Now that a new school year is underway, we looked at what it takes to transport thousands of Border Belt students.

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

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 ...

Voters in Columbus and Scotland counties won’t get to cast ballots on Sunday ahead of the November election. The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Thursday considered early-voting schedules ...

Robeson Career and Technical Education Center and Robeson Planetarium and Science Center opened Monday. (Photo from Public Schools of Robeson County) When Herman Locklear dreamed up plans for a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jonathan Walters uses a walker or a wheelchair to get around. He suffers from severe nerve pain in his injured leg. Robeson County sheriff’s deputy Jonathan Walters had an uneasy feeling as he and his ...

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 ...

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 ...