A new vision for downtown Lumberton is on the drawing board with some major checklist items either already complete or nearing completion.

Thanks to a federal grant, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is looking into positioning drones before ...

American Staffordshires, which are often called pit-bulls, are misunderstood as a dangerous breed and make up over half the dogs at the Wake County animal shelter. The breed, along with others like it ...

Total rainfall in the Grand Strand, Pee Dee, and Border Belt varied with sites like Florence and Lumberton above average and ...

Whether you're in the mood for music, shopping, food, camping, fitness or arts and crafts, festivals in NC offer something ...

One of North Carolina’s smallest bat species is on the brink of extinction. But an unlikely ally is developing a plan to help save them — Albemarle Corp., the world’s largest lithium mining company.

One main theme in N&O reporting found North Carolina legislative leaders using the state budget to devote taxpayer dollars to ...

The Carolina Civic Center will be hosting the John Brown “Little” Big Band with vocalist Shayna Tucker for a performance on ...

A teenager was arrested in connection to a woman being fatally shot inside a Walmart in Lumberton, North Carolina. According ...

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 ...

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