Town officials call say a power surge an "Act of God." But lost home appliances and municipal financial documents suggest ...

The Robeson County Board of Commissioners is now ruled by Republicans for the first time after three members switched ...

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 ...

Two local charter schools have a significantly higher percentage of white and wealthier students a report from Public Schools ...

The Action Pathways Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina serves several counties, including Bladen and ...

By Heidi Perez-Moreno Life-size replicas of the United States’ founding documents are coming to Bladen County. Copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights will ...

By Ben Rappaport benrappaport@borderbelt.org This is the first in a two-part project about the children’s mental health crisis in Bladen, Columbus, Robeson and Scotland counties. Read the second story ...

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 Jacob Biba 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 ...