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The Bladen County school system has money to hire teachers and teacher assistants. But it’s struggling to find people who want the job. Read more Continue reading Could pay raise help this rural NC school district find teachers? Leaders hope so
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The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina said it bought 75 body-worn cameras at a cost of more than $220,0000.Read more Continue reading Robeson County sheriff’s deputies get body-worn cameras
A finance officer for the Scotland County town of East Laurinburg used more than $11,000 in taxpayer money for personal utility bills and other “questionable expenses,” according to the state auditor. Read more Continue reading Finance officer stole thousands of dollars from small NC town, state auditor says
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Fair Bluff, NC, has been mapping out what it hopes will be a more hurricane-resistant future after hurricanes Matthew and Florence.Read more Continue reading This North Carolina town is mapping a more hurricane-resistant future, brick by brick
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Laurinburg, NC, wants to build a new fire station after its North Side Station was damaged by Hurricane Florence. But the rising cost of building materials is yet another barrier. Read more Continue reading Laurinburg’s quest for a new fire station after Hurricane Florence still isn’t over
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The staff of Bladen County EMS are exhausted after 18 months of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Read more Continue reading Surge in COVID cases is taking toll on Bladen EMS workers
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At least 14 people have been shot in Robeson County, NC, since Aug. 1, including a 9-year-old girl. Recent shootings mark a violent end to summer. Read more Continue reading Shooting of 9-year-old girl is latest in string of gun violence in Robeson County
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Dr. Robin Gary Cummings, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, recently sat down with the Border Belt Independent to talk about what’s happening on campus and beyond.Read more Continue reading UNC Pembroke wants to ‘grow our own’ business and health care workers, chancellor says
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UNC Health Southeastern has set up a mobile morgue to handle the increasing number of patients dying from COVID-19, the medical center’s top leader said Saturday. Read more Continue reading Hospital gets mobile morgue as COVID deaths surge in southeastern North Carolina
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The death toll from COVID-19 in southeastern North Carolina is higher than it has been in months as hospitals fill up with people sick from the delta variant. Read more Continue reading COVID-19 death toll is spiking in southeastern North Carolina. Here’s the data
