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Local Food Pantries Prepare to Help Families Struggling Without Food Stamps

Food banks are preparing to help feed families affected by the suspension of SNAP, commonly known as food stamps.
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State Schools Superintendent Mo Green Stops in Robeson County to Tout Success Plan

Achieving Educational Excellence is a five-year strategy that aims to make North Carolina's public schools the best in the ...
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In Cumberland County, a Focus on Indigenous Community and Revitalization

The Cumberland County Association for Indian People has a newly renovated community center and is looking toward the future.
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Trey Nemac

The Cumberland County Association for Indian People has a newly renovated community center and is looking toward the future.
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Mass Shooting Roils Robeson County, Which Has Seen a Big Drop in Homicides

The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office conducted a final canvass on Monday of Dixon Drive, the scene of a mass shooting two days earlier. (Photo by Morgan Casey) Rain drizzled down the windows of the ...
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Competing Hospitals Proposed 7 Miles and Days Apart

Columbus Regional in Whiteville, left, and Novant Health's New Hanover Regional Medical Center. (Photos from hospital websites) Two health care systems in the Cape Fear region submitted applications ...