Fatcow Icon
Business
New apps offered for advertisers
LUMBERTON — The Robesonian is opening new doors to its advertisers, their current customers and a whole world of new ones, all with the stroke of a fingertip. And it’s been done through MyOwn Apps, a new high-tech advertising venue that offers advertisers a way to reach on-the-go consumers looking for information fast and in the palm of their hand. “It’s an affordable avenue that advertisers can utilize to get their word out,” said Robin ...
full story
RCC holds business workshon on Wednesday
LUMBERTON —The Small Business Center at Robeson Community College will hold the first of a four workshops from 3 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday in the Workforce Development Center located on the main campus of the college. The free series is for business owners, managers of all levels, supervisors and team leaders who are facing hard economic times. The first series will be presented by Denise Ryan. Other workshops will be held by Tim Dannelly on...
full story
Cowboy Up returns to Horse Festival
LUMBERTON — Cowboy Up returns to the Southeastern North Carolina Agriculture Events Center on Friday and continues through May 19. The event, sponsored by the North Carolina Horse Council, is part of the Southern Horse Festival. This year’s festivities kick off with a Hot Heels Roping event. This event will allow novice riders to try roping a moving mechanical bull. On Saturday, the morning begins with barrel racing. This event will fea...
full story
St. Pauls chamber honors service
ST. PAULS — The St. Pauls Chamber of Commerce at its annual banquet last week honored six people for their service to the town. Suzanne Malloy, outgoing chamber president, on Monday was presented with the Dan McCormick award, created in 1990 in McCormick’s honor for those who work to promote St. Pauls. Malloy has been heavily involved in coordinating the town’s Night Out events on the second Saturday of every month, and has worked with the ...
full story
Linda Metzger
Business briefs for May 12, 2013
LUMBERTON — Texas Steakhouse, which has a location at 5093 Fayetteville Road in Lumberton, is giving 10 percent discount to uniformed police officers and their families who eat there from Monday through Saturday The discount, in conjunction National Police Week, is the first of its kind for the North Carolina-based steakhouse chain, which has long offered 10 percent discounts for military members. The discount is good at any Texas Steakho...
full story
Deadline nears for agriculture census
LUMBERTON — The deadline for farmers and producers to respond to the 2012 Census of Agriculture is May 31. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has already received more than 2 million completed Census forms. “Our nation needs your help to ensure that decisions about U.S. agriculture accurately represent you, your communities, and your industry,” said Tom Vilsack, agriculture secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Census of...
full story
Locklear finishes admin course
CHAPEL HILL — Sanford Locklear, revaluation coordinator with the Robeson County Tax Office, has successfully completed the 2012-13 County Administration Course offered by the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Locklear is one of 98 officials who graduated from the course this year. More than 2,900 officials have completed the course since it began in 1964. The program is designed for managers, departm...
full story
Tom Keith
Keith accepts Silve Spoon from MU center
FAYETTEVILLE — Tom Keith, who began his professional career in Lumberton, recently received the Silver Spoon Award during the Methodist University Center for Entrepreneurship inaugural Spring Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit. Forty-three years ago, Keith opened his first appraisal office in Lumberton. Since then his business has grown, its focus has expanded and he has been recognized as an expert in his field. Keith, who owns Tom J. Kei...
full story
Eric Dent
Capitalism is best for channeling greed
“I love this country. This country which gives chance to everybody else to be treated as a human being, to be a big human being, to fulfill yourself as a human being. That’s what I feel about this country.” — Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the Boston Marathon bombers. I felt such pride hearing these words from someone not born in the United States. It reminded me that we natives often take for granted the tremendous privilege we have in being Amer...
full story
Mack Johnson
Check out local foods
Spring is definitely in the air. The birds are singing, the pollen is flowing, the grass and weeds are too. With the arrival of spring comes thoughts for warm days. Plans often include family outings, fun and fresh foods. How fresh is your food? Some fresh produce may have spent many days in transit before arriving in a local store, but if grown locally it may have been harvested within a day or two of purchase. The shorter the span between h...
full story
Jeff Walters
Business briefs
ST. PAULS — Pamela Hilbert, president of Robeson Community College, will be the featured speaker at the St. Pauls Area Chamber of Commerce banquet set for May 6. A social begins at 6 p.m. and the banquet will start at 6:30. It will be held at the R.E. Hooks Community Building. A meal will be catered by Tarpackers, with choices being chicken primavera or prime rib. The event will include door prizes and a short business meeting will follow...
full story
A five-member crew, led by Mike VanVoorhis, of a NAPA distribution center in Charlotte, works to ready the store for parts. | Photos by Abbi Overfelt | Civitas Media
NAPA parts, service to split
ST. PAULS — Those seeking parts for a car, truck or 18-wheeler will soon have more than 6,000 square feet to browse. Prevatte’s Auto Parts, absorbed by Fayetteville-based Southeastern Automotive in 2010, will soon be leaving its space across from St. Pauls High School on U.S. 301 and moving farther south into a newly-renovated area in the Piggly Wiggly shopping center. The move comes after Southeastern Automotive’s joining with NAPA, a na...
full story
Business briefs
PEMBROKE — The Pembroke Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a grant writing workshop Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke Regional Center in COMtech Park. The workshop, which will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., is free and includes tips and sources for researching grants and steps to write a proposal once a grant has been identified and the steps to follow once a grant has been received or denied. Pre-registration is required. ...
full story
Get in the know on GMO foods
“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet,” Abraham Lincoln, saw on Facebook. While Facebook does an excellent job of spreading information, sometimes the information is far from the truth. Lately, genetically modified organisms have been a hot topic. To many people the name is scary, while to many researchers and scientists genetically modified organisms represent years of studies that point to improved crop performance and the in...
full story
Weather
Sponsored By:

Lottery
Sponsored By:

Stocks
Sponsored By:

Gas Prices
Sponsored By:

Featured Businesses
Recipes
Sponsored By: