South Robeson High shelter reopened
LUMBERTON — Robeson County has reopened the shelter at South Robeson High. It opened briefly, but was shut down because of electrical issues, and has now reopened. More than 1,300 people are at the...
View ArticleSandbag wall off West Fifth Street gives way
LUMBERTON — At 3 p.m. today as what remains of Florence continued to drench Lumberton, Lumber River floodwater was rushing into West Lumberton after a sandbag wall that was constructed at the last...
View ArticleCounty under tornado warning
LUMBERTON — Robeson County is under a tornado warning until 4 p.m. Staff report Source
View ArticleLink to check Duke Energy outages
Check Duke Energy outages at this link. https://s3.amazonaws.com/outagemap.duke-energy.com/ncsc/default.html Source
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The Robesonian office flooded again by a hurricane
LUMBERTON — For the second time in less than two years, The Robesonian’s office on Roberts Avenue has been flooded by a hurricane. The newspaper this time had water enter the building that rose about...
View ArticleSeHealth announces openings
LUMBERTON — The following SeHealth affiliates will be open during normal business hours on Monday: Southeastern Health Mall Clinic; Southeastern Medical Clinic Rowland; Southeastern Medical Clinic St....
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Generosity rules during disasters
RALEIGH — When natural disasters or other emergencies hit our state, North Carolinians respond in droves — and I’m not just referring to the crucial and praiseworthy work of our public employees who...
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School system again without central office
LUMBERTON — For the second time since October, 2016, the Public Schools of Robeson County finds itself without a permanent central office. Hurricane Florence, as it did much of the county, swamped the...
View ArticleDOT provides update on road conditions
The following is an update for roads in the state Department of Transporation’s Division 6, which includes Robeson County. It is provided by Andrew Barksdale, a spokesman for the system. Heavy rains...
View ArticleShelter opens at Red Springs High
LUMBERTON — A fifth shelter for evacuees from Hurricane Florence has been opened at Red Springs High School, and more than 1,300 evacuees are now ine one of those being operated by the American Red...
View ArticleCounty board won’t meet tonight
LUMBERTON — The Robeson County Board of Commissioners will not meet tonight because of the aftereffects of Hurricane Florence. No makeup date has been decided. Staff report Source
View ArticleAlive After 5 event Thursday postponed again
LUMBERTON — Because of Hurricane Florence, the Thursday night Alive After 5 performance by The Fantastic Shakers has been postponed.. The band was scheduled to perform in May but that was postponed...
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Brooks’ hard work pays off
PEMBROKE — Growing up, Luke Brooks was around The University of North Carolina at Pembroke football team following his father, Paul, the team chaplain, and on the Grace P. Johnson Stadium sidelines for...
View ArticleAlamac Road closed to all but emergency vehicles
LUMBERTON — Alamac Road has been closed to all vehicles except emergency vehicles, according to Emily Jones, public information officer for Robeson County. Staff report Source
View ArticleSeHealth announces openings on Tuesday
LUMBERTON — The following SeHealth affiliates will be open on Tuesday during normal business hours: Gibson Cancer Center (radiation oncology services only); Southeastern Health Mall Clinic[ outheastern...
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HERE WE GO AGAIN
LUMBERTON — With the sun finally showing itself, Robeson County residents, punch drunk from a second epic hurricane in two years, ventured outside to take inventory of just how bad it is. Hurricane...
View ArticleCounty working to get up distribution center
LUMBERTON — The county is working hard to establish a distribution center that can serve people who have been robbed of necessary possessions by Hurricane Florence. Channing Jones, the county’s...
View ArticleCummings says I told you so as Robeson suffers
It takes a special kind of person to exploit human suffering for political gain, but another adjective is needed to describe the person who would do that during the catastrophic event and not...
View ArticleCity opens warehouse to collect donations
LUMBERTON — Sharon Hunt has done it once, and she will do it again. On Tuesday, Hunt, the recently retired assistant to the city manager for Lumberton, was preparing a 53,000-square-foot warehouse at...
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Antiques shop can’t duck Florence
LUMBERTON — Bill Greene mopped up the excess water near the door at the front of Somewhere In Time Antiques on Kahn Drive in Lumberton on Monday. With the murky flood waters surrounding the shop that...
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