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Cheer team Xcels in competition
LUMBERTON — The local cheerleading team Cheer Xcel All-Stars won multiple championships Jan. 6 at the recent Athletic Championships Cheer Competition, opening the door for three Division II Summit...
View ArticleCummings’ call on N.C. Promise being validated
When the General Assembly in the summer of 2016 first began talking about N.C. Promise, a program to lower tuition at a handful of UNC system universities, UNCP Chancellor Robin Cummings opened his...
View ArticleEarly College information meeting set
LUMBERTON — Robeson Early College High School is inviting eighth-grade students and their parents to an informational meeting on Jan. 30. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the A.D. Lewis...
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NC Promise pushes UNCP enrollment
PEMBROKE — As the recruiting season heats up at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC Promise — the promise of radically lower tuition fees — has supercharged interest among prospective...
View ArticleUNCP announces Chancellor’s and Honor’s lists for Fall 2017
PEMBROKE — The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has released the Chancellor’s and Honor’s list for Fall 2017. Chancellor’s List To qualify for the Chancellor’s List, a student must maintain a...
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No problems despite threat of violence at schools
LUMBERTON — Administrators for the Public Schools of Robeson County took preventative measures Monday against a potential threat of violence that circulated through social media the night before. The...
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Trial opens for accused police killer
LUMBERTON — Jury selection for the trial of the man charged with the 2012 shooting death of a Lumberton police officer began Monday. Marques Brown, 33, is accused of killing Officer Jeremiah Goodson...
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Incentives OK’d for Campbell expansion
LUMBERTON — The Robeson County Board of Commissioners on Monday approved repaying Campbell Soup 100 percent of the company’s property taxes as an incentive for the company to invest $20 million in an...
View ArticleSection of Mill Branch Road closed for work
LUMBERTON — A section of Mill Branch Road, southwest of Fairmont, will be closed to both lanes of traffic beginning today so state Department of Transportation personnel can perform maintenance on the...
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Two ways to end gerrymandering
Courts have been dealing with gerrymandering — the redrawing of legislative district lines to further a particular political interest — for more than 50 years. Since a series of landmark cases in the...
View ArticleACP owners pick a path thatwill devastate scenic landscapes
To the Editor, A recent Facebook posting from a resident along the path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline stated that she was looking out at the mountain near her home, and wondering if this was the last...
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Survive and advance: High school teams set for hoops playoffs
LUMBERTON — Four of the six Robeson County basketball teams that qualified for the NCHSAA state basketball tournament will play at home in tonight’s first-round games. After earning conference...
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Robeson County stars to bust a move
LUMBERTON — Ten couples are set to swing, sway, step and strut during the United Way of Robeson County’s Dancing with the Robeson County Stars. The fifth annual fundraising event is scheduled for March...
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UNCP Roundup: Golf finishes 8th at Lady Moc Classic
LAKELAND, Fla. – Alexandria Bare shot an even-par 72 and Madison Corley carded a 1-over-par 73 to lead the UNC Pembroke golf team to its best round of the week on the way to an eighth-place finish at...
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Two-car accident kills city woman
LUMBERTON — A 29-year-old Lumberton woman was killed Monday when she lost control of her vehicle and it was struck almost head-on by an approaching Freightliner box truck, according to the N.C. Highway...
View ArticleComedy play shows in March
FLORENCE, S.C. — Florence Little Theatre will bring the laughs with a showing of the comedic play “You Can’t Take It With You.” The showtimes are March 9, 10 and 11 and March 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 at...
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Nurse practitioner joins Southeastern Spine staff
LUMBERTON — A nurse practitioner has come to Lumberton to help service people’s healthcare needs. Summer Bryant-Cook has joined Southeastern Spine and Pain, an affiliate of Southeastern Health....
View ArticleRegistration open for Rumba
LUMBERTON — Walkers and runners can register now to participate in the 2018 Rumba on the Lumber, which takes place on Saturday. Registration is online at Active.com. Search for Rumba on the Lumber once...
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LUMBERTON — Ten couples are set to swing, sway, step and strut during the United Way of Robeson County’s Dancing with the Robeson County Stars. The fifth annual fundraising event is scheduled for March...
View ArticleYellow brick road leads to GPAC
PEMBROKE — Audience members will have a chance to travel “over the rainbow” and experience the national classic “The Wizard of Oz,” complete with munchkins and flying monkeys. The family musical is...
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