The escaped inmate has been identified as Zion Britt, 26, of Lumberton. Britt was last seen on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at approximately 9:15 p.m. Britt was last seen wearing a black zip-up coat with a hood, ...

Last weekend’s ice storm brought a threat for power outages — though, fortunately, only about 1,000 outages were reported in Robeson County through the storm’s duration. This weekend’s potential storm ...

PEMBROKE — With cold temperatures and winter weather in the forecast, the UNC Pembroke baseball and softball teams have made adjustments to the opening weekend schedule. The softball team will open ...

PEMBROKE — CSX will temporarily close numerous railroad crossings in western Robeson County in February as part of a larger project performing maintenance on one of its railways. The project will ...

RCC Diamond Eagle Baseball, 1 p.m., Jan. 31: Robeson Community College (RCC) is launching its first baseball season in 2025, with its official inaugural season opener scheduled for Jan. 31, at home at ...

LUMBERTON — Renae Taylor, UNC Health Southeastern’s vice president and chief nursing officer, was named to Becker’s Healthcare’s 2025 CNOs to Know List published on Jan. 9.

Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began in 1991 recommending the vaccine for all children at birth, acute ...

LUMBERTON — The Lumberton boys basketball team led from start to finish in Tuesday’s game against Purnell Swett. But it wasn’t until early in the fourth quarter that the Pirates were able to make a ...

Lumberton outscored the Rams 17-5 over the final eight minutes, including two more 3s by Whitley as part on an eight-point quarter. The Pirates scored the game’s final 11 points, holding Purnell Swett ...

The bowling team gives Lumberton High School yet another strong athletic program this winter, paired with the boys’ basketball team, which won the Robeson County Shootout and is 14-2 overall, and the ...

PEMBROKE — After helping the UNC Pembroke men’s basketball team extend its win streak out to six games, senior Nygell Verdier has been named as the Conference Carolinas Offensive Player of the Week ...

ST. PAULS — The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) recently sent Robeson County a letter of intent to file suit against the county for violations of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation ...