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The Robeson County landfill has more PFAS than any other in North Carolina, according to the sampling data from the state.
The research would have provided data on the burgeoning industry’s impact on predominantly Black, Indigenous, and Latino ...
The Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine is expected to welcome its first class of 64 students in ...
Most public school districts in the Border Belt saw academic gains last school year, but scores were below pre-pandemic and ...
School districts in the Border Belt had dozens of teacher vacancies when they welcomed students back to classrooms last month.
Uncertainty surrounding federal money for schools has led to sleepless nights and contingency plans for school leaders in ...
This story was produced with The Assembly. The Border Belt Independent is part of The Assembly’s statewide network of local news outlets. For decades, drivers turning from U.S. 401 onto the campus of ...
If Richard Sceiford ever dreamed of donning a hard hat, it would have been for a stage role as a construction worker. But the lifelong thespian now spends much of his day in a work zone in downtown ...
This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project. In February and early March, a Johnston County Superior Court judge held an evidentiary hearing related to a claim filed by Hasson ...