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Children in rural southeastern North Carolina are experiencing a mental health crisis, and there aren’t enough professionals to treat them.Read more Continue reading Crisis in children’s mental health takes a heavy toll in rural southeastern NC
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The Lumbee hosted a Dance of the Harvest Moon powwow over the weekend at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center in Maxton.Read more Continue reading Scenes from the Lumbee Dance of the Harvest Moon
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Gunshots rang out during a football game at Lumberton High School on Sept. 8, marking the second such shooting in less than a year. Read more Continue reading A struggling NC high school football team tackles extra challenge: gun violence
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After a nearly three-month delay that included squabbles over Medicaid expansion and casinos, NC lawmakers passed a $30 billion budget. Read more Continue reading Check out what’s in new NC budget for Bladen, Columbus, Robeson and Scotland counties
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Crews removed debris from a 20-mile stretch of the Back Swamp Drainage District in Robeson County in hopes of preventing flooding. Read more Continue reading In flood-prone Robeson County, a push to remove trash and trees from waterways
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By Ben Rappaport benrappaport@borderbelt.org The Columbus County school board on Monday adopted a localized version of the so-called Parents’ Bill of Rights that limits instruction about the LGBTQ+ community and requires teachers to notify parents when students want to change pronouns. The move, which had unanimous support from the school board, follows the passage of Senate Bill 49, a controversial measure that became law when …Read more Continue reading Columbus County school board adopts local Parents’ Bill of Rights
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Most school districts in North Carolina’s Border Belt showed improvement in student test scores last school year, new data shows. Read more Continue reading Test scores improve in NC’s Border Belt schools but remain below pre-pandemic figures
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Three school districts in NC’s Border Belt had a higher teacher vacancy rate than the state average of 5.41% last school year. Read more Continue reading Do schools in NC’s Border Belt need more teachers? Here are the numbers
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As North Carolina gears up for its first elections in which voters have to show photo identification, officials are urging people to get IDs.Read more Continue reading NC is preparing for its first elections under voter ID law. Is the Border Belt ready?
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Bladen County is one of the first counties in NC to ban transgender youth from parks and recreation sports. Read more Continue reading Bladen County takes cue from state, bans transgender youth in parks and rec sports
