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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robeson Community College showed its appreciation for philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. (Photo by Morgan Casey) MacKenzie Scott, a philanthropist who has donated billions of dollars to colleges and ...

Interstate 295, the Fayetteville Outer Loop, runs from Interstate 95 in Eastover, across the north side of Fayetteville to Fort Bragg, then down through west Fayetteville to the Hope Mills area, and ...

District Attorney Jon David launched a treatment court in Columbus County. (Photo by Les High) The day after Sheila Hammonds graduated from Robeson County’s family treatment court in 2011, she took ...

L.C. McKenzie, an employee at the Robeson County Church and Community Center, loads frozen chicken into carts for the organization's food pantry in June 2022. (Photo by Sarah Nagem) The Robeson County ...