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 ...

St. Andrews was acquired by Webber International University in 2011. (Julia Wall for The Assembly) The nonprofit organization that owns most of the land once belonging to St. Andrews University, which ...

Two Bladen County school board members, including the chairman, lost in Tuesday’s primary election. Board Chairman Mackie Singletary lost to Walter Hester in the Republican primary for the District 2 ...

When the Columbus County sheriff resigned for the second time in early 2023 amid mounting allegations of misconduct, county commissioners had to act quickly to appoint his replacement. The small, ...

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 ...

The town of Red Springs in Robeson County has been without an official mayor-elect for four months. (Photo by Morgan Casey) The N.C. State Board of Elections denied a protest appeal from a Red Springs ...

Kenneth Keith walked up to the speaker’s podium on Monday donning a bright red-and-white varsity jacket with “1969 East Arcadia Alum” embroidered on the front. Keith had a message for the Bladen ...