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 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 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 ...

By Ben Rappaport The Border Belt Independent and local news partners hosted a listening session for young people at The News Reporter office in Whiteville on Thursday. More than a dozen teenagers ...

By Heidi Perez-Moreno Phyllis Williams was devastated when doctors diagnosed her with HIV in 2015. She had contracted the virus during a blood transfusion, and she felt her life would never be the ...

By Ben Rappaport A Columbus County Superior Court judge issued an order Monday requiring the county and the sheriff’s office to release additional public records to The Assembly and Border Belt ...