The jail in Laurinburg hasn’t passed a state inspection since 2022. But replacing it poses challenges for the poor county.

Sara Graham's cousin, Sheron Moore, and grandmother, Helen Eller, attend vigil in Lumberton on Monday, August 10, 2026. (Photo by Heidi Perez-Moreno) Kirsten Locklear Oxendine was working her shift as ...

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 ...

Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers won the Republican primary on Tuesday, which almost assuredly means he will serve for the next four years. Rogers, who has been sheriff since 2023, won 42.57% of ...

East Columbus Jr.-Sr. High School teacher Martin Dee Migue goes over chemistry problems with students Ian Martin and Alejo Pena-Garcia before exams. (Photo by Les High) Martin Dee Migue had been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Members of the Lumberton Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Las Amigas Incorporated protested a proposed landfill expansion in April. (Photo by Morgan Casey) Viv Tolson Wayne rang ...