Heidi Perez-moreno

Visiting the Robeson County Courthouse has always been solemn and painful for the Rev. Derek McNair. Every field trip as a kid, every stop at the tax office as an adult, McNair has had to face the towering Confederate statue in front of the courthouse on ... See more

The North Carolina State Board of Elections will set the early-voting schedule in Columbus County, after the local board failed to agree on whether to have Sunday voting ahead of the 2026 primary election. Election boards in 12 counties throughout the sta... See more

Bladen Community College is training prospective child care workers in hopes of filling a critical need in the county. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services awarded grants to BCC and 15 other colleges to host a series of free Child Care Academi... See more

An Australian technology company plans to open a manufacturing site in Bladen County, N.C. Gov. Josh Stein announced Thursday. VectorTex USA will invest more than $7 million in a 25,000-square-foot site at the Elizabethtown Industrial Park, Stein said in ... See more

Keyshania Edwards was excited to learn about a job opening for a substitute teacher at the Greengrove Head Start in Fairmont. Her two children, Nova and Nolan, began attending the program in August, so the work would have been convenient for her family. A... See more