But the number of people who died of drug overdoses in North Carolina fell by 35% between April 2024 and April 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state saw among ...

PEMBROKE — Pembroke Town Councilman Rudy Locklear has been appointed vice chair of the Public Safety and Crime Prevention Federal Advocacy Committee (PSCP Committee) for 2026.

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We don’t need ICE Capades like we recently saw! Tom Campbell is a Hall of Fame North Carolina broadcaster and columnist who has covered North Carolina public policy issues since 1965. Contact him at ...

MAXTON — Robeson County Sheriff’s Office investigators are actively investigating a deadly shooting early Thursday near Maxton that left one person deceased and another injured.

Through a planned gift valued at an estimated $985,000, Dwain is establishing the Charlotte Posey Teague Endowed Scholarship in memory of his mother. The scholarship will support education students ...

Pictured at the retirement celebration following the unveiling of his portrait and presentation of a crystal tower award, from left, are UNC Health Southeastern Vice President and Chief Medical ...

On campus, Davis was known for her warm spirit and quick smile, but many didn’t know she lived with a speech impediment. They also didn’t know that she had set her sights on an unusual goal: becoming ...

“We can’t arrest our way out of addiction and drug use,” said Greg Berry, statewide LEAD and deflection programs director for the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. “This gets us a reduction in ...

FAIRMONT — Two individuals have been arrested and a third suspect remains at large as the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office continues an investigation involving a sexual assault case and an alleged ...

More donations have come in this week for the Empty Stocking Fund, carrying the Fund over $5,000 just before the Thanksgiving holiday. The partnership between The Robesonian and the Robeson County ...

The Public Schools of Robeson County (PSRC) has been named a Rural Non-Congregate Meals Innovation Summer Nutrition Champion by the N.C. Department of Public In ...