The One Big Beautiful Bill Act shifts a greater share of the food program’s administrative costs to North Carolina and the state's counties.

The N.C. Department of Public Transportation plans to make Second Street in downtown Lumberton safer for pedestrians.

The Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy, which was at risk of closure four years ago, is now seen as a model for success.

The detention centers in Scotland and Richmond counties are overcrowded. A new facility would serve both counties.

The Bladen County East Arcadia School has roots dating to the 1920s (Photo by Heidi Perez-Moreno) The Bladen County school board voted 5-4 on Monday to close East Arcadia School, a decision that ...

The Bladen County school board is considering closing East Arcadia School in Riegelwood. (Screenshot from Google Maps) When East Arcadia School dismissed students in December for the holiday break, ...

Jessica Scott was overjoyed to see her son, Nakoma, be honored during the Lumberton High School football team’s Senior Night. She donned a T-shirt with No. 28 emblazoned on the back and beamed with ...

The Border Belt Independent is proud to announce Heidi Perez-Moreno has joined the staff as a full-time reporter. Perez-Moreno is a graduate of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. As a ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project. In February and early March, a Johnston County Superior Court judge held an evidentiary hearing related to a claim filed by Hasson ...

After Hurricane Florence pummeled Bladen County in 2018, Amanda West had to start over. West, the owner of Over Yonder Coffee, Teas, & Creamery in Bladenboro, said flood waters were 3 feet deep inside ...

At the Southeast Crossroads Industrial Park in Lumberton, the sounds of traffic whizzing by on U.S. 74 are drowned out by the steady clang of excavators and cranes. Sixty miles to the east along the ...