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Tar Heel Bus Tour makes stop at The News Reporter, Border Belt Independent
By Justin Smith Publisher, The News Reporter A Carolina blue bus filled with more than three dozen faculty members and senior administrators from UNC Chapel Hill stopped at The News Reporter Wednesday to learn about community journalism. The group, joined by Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, was part of the multi-day Tar Heel Bus Tour, which sends one bus on a westward route from Chapel Hill and …Read more Continue reading Tar Heel Bus Tour makes stop at The News Reporter, Border Belt Independent
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Crisis in children’s mental health takes a heavy toll in rural southeastern NC
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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Kids in foster care often need mental health care. But options are limited in rural NC
A lack of mental health resources is especially apparent for children in foster care in rural southeastern North Carolina. Read more Continue reading Kids in foster care often need mental health care. But options are limited in rural NC
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Hurricane survivor to ReBuild NC: ‘Are we just a number? Is anybody out there a human being?’
Hal Lowder, Whiteville’s emergency management director whose house was damaged by storms, is tangled in Rebuild NC’s bureaucracy.Read more Continue reading Hurricane survivor to ReBuild NC: ‘Are we just a number? Is anybody out there a human being?’
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While 3,100 hurricane survivors lack permanent homes, ReBuild NC employees earn big salaries
ReBuild NC “believes it has enough funding to cover its obligations to homeowners that have applied for assistance.”Read more Continue reading While 3,100 hurricane survivors lack permanent homes, ReBuild NC employees earn big salaries
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What a public defender’s office will mean for 3 rural counties in southeastern NC
North Carolina’s newly passed budget includes money for eight new public defense districts, including one in the southeastern region. Read more Continue reading What a public defender’s office will mean for 3 rural counties in southeastern NC
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Border Belt People: A Q&A with former Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guard Edward Tatum
By Kerria Weaver kerriaweaver@borderbelt.org Edward Tatum of Elizabethtown served in one of the nation’s most prestigious military units, the Old Guard, as a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Va. The Old Guard assists with funerals at Arlington National Cemetery and guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It is the oldest active-duty unit in the Army, founded in 1784. Its …Read more Continue reading Border Belt People: A Q&A with former Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guard Edward Tatum
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Apple snails were found near the Lumber River. That’s a bad thing
Apple snails are are invasive species native to South America. Scientists recently discovered them near the Lumber River in Robeson County. Read more Continue reading Apple snails were found near the Lumber River. That’s a bad thing
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Scenes from the Lumbee Dance of the Harvest Moon
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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In rural Bladen County, schism in United Methodist Church hits close to home
Elizabethtown used to be home to six United Methodist churches. Today, there is one. Many UMC congregations have voted to disaffiliate. Read more Continue reading In rural Bladen County, schism in United Methodist Church hits close to home