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An investigation by NC Policy Watch found the state’s disaster recovery office changed its own rules and awarded Rescue Construction Solutions with contracts worth $80 million.Read more Continue reading NC awarded troubled company millions as Hurricane Matthew survivors remained displaced
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Bladen County Schools had the highest teacher vacancy rate of North Carolina’s 115 public school districts. Read more Continue reading Bladen County has the highest teacher vacancy rate in North Carolina
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Charles Graham has rejected party orthodoxy, gone internet viral, and run a dozen points ahead of the Democratic ticket. Now, his bid for an upset congressional victory highlights the challenge for North Carolina’s moderate rural Democrats.Read more Continue reading Between place and party
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Overdoses and overdose deaths from opioids have increased in Columbus County in the last five years, an analysis shows. Read more Continue reading Opioids take heavy toll on Columbus County; solutions are hard to come by
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The Fore family knew it was risky to open a restaurant during the coronavirus pandemic. But they took a chance, like many new businesses owners have done recently – and it paid off. Read more Continue reading How one family’s entrepreneurial spirit endures in Scotland County. ‘We’re overflowing’
The Thompson-High family, owners of The News Reporter since 1938, are the winners of the 2021 Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. The award is presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. A news release from the University of Kentucky announcing the award notes that The News Reporter and The …Read more Continue reading Border Belt publisher’s family to receive prestigious Gish Award
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By Rebecca Woltz Young Dakoda Cribb was struggling in elementary school, earning C’s and D’s on his report cards. Then, in the third grade, he joined a program through Partners in Ministry in Scotland County that aims to help children improve their reading and math scores. Three years later, Dakoda is getting A’s and B’s, and he says he understands the importance of learning. “When …Read more Continue reading New community center will serve Scotland County families in need
Today the Border Belt Independent highlights staff writer Ivey Schofield, who majored in languages but has found her calling in journalism. She splits her time between The News Reporter in Whiteville and the BBI. Q. Tell us a little about yourself. I grew up in a small town in South Carolina called Eastover. After graduating high school, I moved almost 1,000 miles away to …Read more Continue reading Writer profile: Ivey Schofield
Ellery Locklear started selling watermelons in high school. He got an old tractor running and used an acre of his family’s land to create a business for himself — hawking the summer fruits from the back of his pickup truck. Since then, Locklear, now 41, has grown his Pembroke farming business to 100 acres and six greenhouses. He still grows watermelons – strawberries provide his …Read more Continue reading UNCP hub builds the business of farming
