Looking back at 2024, the Border Belt Independent brought readers in-depth news coverage about the election, the economy, ...

North Carolina’s Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare Services was ripping off US taxpayers for more than four years before ...

LUMBERTON — 2024 was a historic year for Robeson Community College, filled with new ventures and newfound success.

One of North Carolina’s smallest bat species is on the brink of extinction. But an unlikely ally is developing a plan to help ...

One of two suspects wanted for the North Carolina murder of a woman inside a Walmart turned himself into authorities.

One teenager was arrested and another is on the run nearly a week after woman was shot and killed while waiting in line at a ...

Brian Campbell, one of two suspects involved in a deadly North Carolina Walmart shooting, has turned himself in, while ...

Ezekiel Burden remains on the run after allegedly killing 42-year-old Brandy Nicole Olson on Friday in Lumberton ...

A second suspect, 17-year-old Ezekiel Burden, remains wanted on a count of first-degree murder and weapons charges. Police ...

An argument days before Christmas turned deadly when a 17-year-old got in his pickup and intentionally ran over a man outside ...