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.

More voters turned out for the 2026 primary in Columbus and Scotland counties than in 2022. But Bladen and Robeson counties saw decreases.

Butler won the Republican primary for Scotland County Sheriff on Tuesday, beating three other candidates, according to unofficial results from the N.C. State Board of Elections. Butler won 51.76% of ...

Here are the results for Robeson County's 2026 primaries, including Board of Education and County Comissioners.

Here are the results for Columbus County's 2026 primaries, including Sheriff and County Comissioners. This page will update regularly after polls close.

Parents are pushing back against a proposal to shutter East Arcadia School, which was founded as a Rosenwald School in the 1920s.

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 ...

Students recite the Scout Law before a meeting at Chadbourn Elementary School. (Photo by Les High) Every Scouting America meeting at the Chadbourn Elementary after-school program begins like thousands ...

Kirkland Bass catches air for friends and family at the U.S. 701-U.S. 74-76 overpass in Whiteville Sunday. Photo by Les High A winter storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow and brought bitter cold ...

Sleet and freezing rain could cause power outages and icy roads in southeastern North Carolina this weekend. Robeson County is under an ice storm warning until 1 a.m. Monday, according to the National ...