Columbus County voters will choose between Jody Greene and Jason Soles in the November election.
Ivey Schofield
Ivey Schofield is a staff writer at Border Belt Independent.
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This Columbus County charter school faces unique challenges to meet state standards
Thomas Academy serves students who are in the custody of the Department of Social Services or who have been suspended or expelled.
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Inflation pinches this Columbus crab shack
De’Maya Berry expanded her home business into a building in Riegelwood, then into a food truck that traveled across southeastern North Carolina. By Ivey Schofield iveyschofield@borderbelt.org At 18, De’Maya Berry started selling seafood from home to earn money before pursuing graduate school. At 26, she has expanded, turning her dream into a restaurant in southeastern […]
Posted inCulture
It’s fall festival season. Check out these events in North Carolina’s Border Belt
Fall is quickly approaching, and we all know what that means in southeastern North Carolina: festival season.
Posted inBusiness & Economy
How a Bladen County coffee shop is brewing the next generation of workers
Barefoot Brew and Barefoot Sandwich Shoppe in Elizabethtown employs about 75 Bladen County students who learn job skills.
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Is your neighborhood getting high-speed internet access in NC’s Border Belt?
Two companies will receive millions of dollars in grants to bring high-speed internet access to more people in North Carolina’s Border Belt region.
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Will Bladen County voters increase sales tax to fund school resource officers?
Bladen County voters will decide whether to increase the local sales tax to pay for school resource officers. If they say no, the property tax rate will change.
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Test scores start to bounce back in North Carolina’s Border Belt schools
More students in NC’s Border Belt region passed state exams last school year, but the numbers continued to lag behind pre-pandemic scores.
Posted inEnvironment
PFAS could be labeled ‘hazardous.’ What does that mean for southeastern NC?
The Environmental Protection Agency said the label for harmful “forever chemicals” could force polluters to report toxic releases and clean up contamination.
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New round of grants could help expand broadband access in southeastern North Carolina
Internet providers in southeastern NC are counting on state and federal grants to expand access in the region.