As neighboring South Carolina deals with an outbreak, local health officials are working to get more children vaccinated.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act shifts a greater share of the food program’s administrative costs to North Carolina and the state's counties.

The N.C. Department of Public Transportation plans to make Second Street in downtown Lumberton safer for pedestrians.

The Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy, which was at risk of closure four years ago, is now seen as a model for success.

The detention centers in Scotland and Richmond counties are overcrowded. A new facility would serve both counties.

The Bladen County East Arcadia School has roots dating to the 1920s (Photo by Heidi Perez-Moreno) The Bladen County school board voted 5-4 on Monday to close East Arcadia School, a decision that ...

The Bladen County school board is considering closing East Arcadia School in Riegelwood. (Screenshot from Google Maps) When East Arcadia School dismissed students in December for the holiday break, ...

East Columbus Jr.-Sr. High School teacher Martin Dee Migue goes over chemistry problems with students Ian Martin and Alejo Pena-Garcia before exams. (Photo by Les High) Martin Dee Migue had been ...

If Richard Sceiford ever dreamed of donning a hard hat, it would have been for a stage role as a construction worker. But the lifelong thespian now spends much of his day in a work zone in downtown ...

St. Andrews was acquired by Webber International University in 2011. (Julia Wall for The Assembly) The nonprofit organization that owns most of the land once belonging to St. Andrews University, which ...