Two local charter schools have a significantly higher percentage of white and wealthier students a report from Public Schools ...

UNC-Chapel Hill historian Kathleen DuVal won a Pulitzer Prize for her book "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America." ...

The Action Pathways Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina serves several counties, including Bladen and ...

The Border Belt Independent and local news partners hosted a listening session for young people at The News Reporter office ...

Families First and the Southeastern Family Violence Center say they are already hurting from funding cuts. More could be on ...

This is the first in a two-part project about the children’s mental health crisis in Bladen, Columbus, Robeson and Scotland counties. Read the second story, which focuses on the foster care system, ...

By Carli Brosseau and Sarah Nagem. By the time Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene resigned in January 2023, it was clear that state investigators were chasing leads far beyond a recorded phone call ...

“It’s a complicated issue that needs proper evaluation,” Hicks said. “We say that respectfully.” The Cherokee argue that evaluation should happen through the Office of Federal Acknowledgement, created ...

By Ben Rappaport. [email protected] . It was supposed to be beautiful: Thick green husks of sweet corn growing eight feet tall for as far as the eye could see across Ethan Jordan’s farm in ...

After Hurricane Florence pummeled Bladen County in 2018, Amanda West had to start over. West, the owner of Over Yonder Coffee, Teas, & Creamery in Bladenboro, said flood waters were 3 feet deep inside ...