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Rescue units launch from UNCP
PEMBROKE — When the water was rising in Robeson County and many were leaving, there was one group on its way in. A group of highly-skilled first responders from Oklahoma and Colorado and a National...
View ArticleWaste collection sites open
LUMBERTON — All waste collection sites in Robeson County are open and operating under extended hours, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, and from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday. “Please know crews are...
View ArticleTime to fortify against another biblical flood
We can’t fathom a county, a county seat, a school system and a community facing greater challenges than those here in Robeson County on this day, a week removed from a second catastrophic hurricane in...
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The soggy view inside Mayfair
Across the city, county, region and beyond, the combined punch of two 1,000-year floods in the last 23 months has taken a toll. So many have experienced the loss of cars, homes, businesses, jobs,...
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LORRAINE WILLOUGBY BREWER LUMBERTON — Lorraine “Pat” Willoughby Brewer, 73, died on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, an UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, N,C. She was born in Robeson County, N.C., on May 16,...
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UNC football delivers win for those hurting from Florence
LUMBERTON — On Saturday afternoon, a transfer truck featuring an oversized University of North Carolina football player barrelled its way through downtown Lumberton and parked in front of the Chestnut...
View ArticleOne lift-station down at Mayfair
LUMBERTON — The city of Lumberton dropped of portable toilets at Mayfair on Saturday because one of the tow lift-stations at the subdivision is underwater and not working. The lifr-station at the north...
View ArticleCounty lifts curfew
LUMBERTON — The curfew that had been effect for Robeson County in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has been lifted. Source
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I-95 open in both directions
LUMBERTON — The reopening of Interstate 95 on Sunday was greeted with relief all around, not only by those who depend on the major highway, but by those who maintain it. With warnings that it may be...
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Polls differ on coming ‘blue wave’
RALEIGH — Will Democrats deliver a punishing blow to Republicans in this year midterm elections in North Carolina or will the much-vaunted “blue wave” prove to be more of a ripple? No one yet knows the...
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NCHSAA adjusts fall sports schedule
CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors and Commissioner Que Tucker have made the decision to adjust the playoff calendar for fall sports following historic...
View ArticleCrime report
Victoria Alford, of Pearl Street in Lumberton, reported to the Lumberton Police Department that someone broke into her home and stole a 49-inch, LED Smart TV, valued at $1,000; an Xbox, valued at $60;...
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Star power
Sean Penn and his organization, J/P Haitian Relief Organization, spent time in Lumberton this weekend giving support to those recovering from Hurricane Florence. Penn was given a tour of the flooded...
View ArticleTrash pickup back on schedule
LUMBERTON — Lumberton and Pembroke are back on schedule for roadside trash pickup following suspension of services for Hurricsne Florence. Lumberton and Pembroke. Lumberton is handled by Waste...
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More than 400 still taking shelter from the storm
LUMBERTON — As of late Monday afternoon, 451 people were staying in the three emergency shelters still open for use by Robeson County residents displaced by Hurricane Florence and the floodwaters the...
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Local teams search for normalcy
PEMBROKE — Though the majority of the area is still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Florence extended from coastal North Carolina to Robeson County, a source of good news came last week...
View ArticleFlorence claims second life in Robeson
MARIETTA — A 51-year-old Franklinville woman has become the second Hurricane Florence-related fatality in Robeson County. According to a report by Trooper B.L. Bullard, of the state Highway Patrol,...
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The following incidents of breaking and entering were reported to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office: Regina Oxendine, Solomon Road, Pembroke; NBL Internet Cafe Sweepstakes, Interstate 95, near mile...
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Police chief, town manager charged with crimes
LUMBERTON — The Robesonian has learned that Red Springs Police Chief Ronnie Patterson and Town Manager David Ashburn have been charged with crimes relating to the removal of Patterson’s personnel files...
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Red Springs police chief, town manager charged
RED SPRINGS — Ronnie Patterson, the chief of police in Red Springs and the runner-up in the May Democratic primary for sheriff, was arrested today and charged with multiple counts of removing personnel...
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