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The remains of 1st Lt. James “Dick” Wright, the hero who vanished during World War II, were finally returned to his tiny Robeson County hometown this week.
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Schools in the state are facing severe staffing shortages across-the-board. That's putting more on the shoulders of educators who are still on the job.
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As the highly-transmissible delta variant moves through the Lumbee community, many are now feeling the impact of the pandemic at a personal level.
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COVID-19 has torn through the largely rural and racially-diverse community. In the past two weeks, 37 people have died from the disease. That represents more than 10% of those who have died from COVID-19 in the county since March of 2020.
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As of Sept. 14, Robeson County had the lowest vaccination rate in North Carolina with less than one-third of the population fully vaccinated.
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Joann Anderson, CEO of UNC Southeastern Hospital in Robeson County, speaks with WUNC's Dave DeWitt about her anger and frustration over the current wave of COVID-19 case in North Carolina.
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Wyvis Oxendine Sr. — or Senior as he was affectionately known — was a longtime Robeson County educator, community organizer, county commissioner and entrepreneur. He died of COVID-19 in January at age 74.
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The chairman of North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe says that the tribe will not be getting federal recognition this year.Legislation to federally recognize the…
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In the final countdown to Election Day, the Trump and Biden campaigns turned attention to a swath of land just north of the South Carolina border and to…
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Robeson County has been frequently inundated by hurricanes and flooding. When COVID-19 hit that community, it hit it hard. As its residents navigated…