December 2025

Data Point: Border Belt Counties Are Among the Most Economically Distressed in N.C.

Bladen, Columbus, Robeson, and Scotland counties rank among the most challenged in four key economic development indicators.

The local elections board disagreed on whether to offer Sunday early voting for the 2026 primary in March.

North Carolina awarded grants to 15 colleges to offer free training to child care specialists to address the statewide shortage.

Both health care systems had public hearings this month about their proposals to build community hospitals along the U.S. 74 corridor.

The cremated remains of the rapper, still omnipresent three decades after his death, now lie in a Lumberton grave.

D3 Delivery received funding from the city to pilot a program aimed at helping people who were incarcerated or recovering from addiction.

President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes Lumbee recognition, into law.

The discovery of TFA in blood and water samples raises questions about Chemours’ role in adding to the pollution burden.

The philanthropist gave Robeson Community College $24 million and Bladen Community College $12 million.

Campuses have reached different conclusions about whether syllabi are public records. Now the UNC System wants to dictate that they are.