Government offices closing ahead of Florence
LUMBERTON — Various local government offices and operations are setting Hurricane Florence hours. All Robeson County government offices will be closed all day Thursday and Friday in anticipation of the...
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City scrambles to protect water plant from Florence
LUMBERTON — City employees were scrambling at the water plant off Lowery Street on Wednesday, putting up a berm and working to prevent Hurricane Florence from flooding the facility and shutting it...
View ArticleCall to 211 gets key info on Florence
LUMBERTON — As Robeson County prepares for the potential effect Hurricane Florence, United Way of Robeson County is preparing to meet the most pressing needs of county residents. People who need help...
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Storm dampens business for some
LUMBERTON — One of the early casualties of Hurricane Florence is commerce. Various local retail businesses announced Wednesday they will be closed at least Thursday and Friday. Among them is Biggs Park...
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Two incidents of price-gouging investigated in Robeson
LUMBERTON — The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two reports of price gouging ahead of Hurricane Florence. “Every reported incident will be turned over to the Attorney General’s...
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Florence’s worry more wet than wind
LUMBERTON — In a turn of events, Robeson County is now looking at less wind but more rain from Hurricane Florence, which is now projected to take a southward bend afrer making landfill near Wilmington...
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A need for paid family leave
As Hurricane Florence approaches North Carolina, thousands of families are figuring out the best ways to care for their ailing loved ones. This challenge is especially real in the face of the rushing...
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Florence’s worry more wet than wind
LUMBERTON — Robeson County residents, hunkered down and awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Florence, awakened to what appeared to good news this morning, that the hurricane some feared would hit North...
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Shelters begin filling up
LUMBERTON — Arnold Walker Jr. and many of the more than 200 people who sought refuge Thursday in the Red Cross shelter at Lumberton High School in the first hour after the shelter opened had the events...
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STORM WEAKENS, THREAT DOESN’T
LUMBERTON — Robeson County residents, hunkered down and awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Florence, awakened Thursday to what appeared to good news, that the hurricane some feared would hit North...
View ArticleShelters have room for people fleeing ahead of Florence
LUMBERTON — There still is room at the Hurricane Florence relief shelters in Robeson County, according to emergency management officials. Shelters are now open at Lumberton, Purnell Swett and St. Pauls...
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City pumping water out of levee in advance of storm
LUMBERTON — City officials today were concerned about a changing forecast related to Florence, which now calls for perhaps twice as much rain as originally predicted, and has them worried about a...
View ArticleCity customers should call 910-671-3865 to report outages
LUMBERTON — The city is advising electrical customers that utility crews will not be dispatched to fix power outages if winds are above 3o mph. The city is asking people to call 910-671-3865 to report...
View ArticleCounty not cutting off water
LUMBERTON — Robeson County officials are reassuring their water customers that there are not plans to cut off the water during Hurricane Florence. According to Kellie Blue, the assistant county...
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More than 700 at the four county shelters
LUMBERTON — More than 700 people are taking cover from Hurricane Florence at four county shelters being managed by the American Red Cross, and there is room for about 1,000 more, mostly in Pembroke....
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Another shelter to open at South Robeson HIgh
LUMBERTON — There will be room for 447 more people at county shelters when a fifth one opens Thursday at 8 p.m. at South Robeson High School. The decision was made as other shelters are filling up as...
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St. Pauls ready for possible flooding
ST. PAULS — Water was the main topic during Wednesday’s meeting of the St. Pauls Board of Commissioners. The water price, the possibility of flooding and water quality in some apartments in St. Pauls...
View ArticleCounty crews fixing water line break
LUMBERTON — Public Works crews with Robeson County have fixed a water line break that occured this morning on Pine Log Road. Staff report Source
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Sandbags being used to prevent flooding
LUMBERTON — More than 100 volunteers are feverishly stuffing as many as 5,000 sandbags that will be used to form a barricade at the CSX intersection with Interstate 95 through which the Lumber River’s...
View ArticleCity tells residents to stock up on water
LUMBERTON — City officials are advising residents to fill up bathtubs with water and find other means to store it as well in case the ability to process clean water is compromised by Hurricane...
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