LUMBERTON — Groundbreaking for a new career and technical center will take place at 10 a.m. Sept. 30 at the COMtech Business Park in Pembroke.

PEMBROKE — Longtime educator and activist Ruth Dial Woods was among the five Lumbees recognized Thursday as recipients of the United Tribes of NC Awards.

WILMINGTON — A Wilmington man, formerly of Pembroke, has been arrested in connection to the death of his children’s mother.

FAIRMONT — Commissioners here on Tuesday officially and unanimously approved the hiring of a new town manager, Jerome Chestnut.

LUMBERTON —Two teenagers and a juvenile are in custody for their suspected involvement in an Aug. 7 shooting of a 17-year-old female near Lumberton.

RALEIGH – North Carolina resident Donald Maines makes a living driving one of the most advanced trucks on the road. But Maines’ decision to use one of the truck’s most basic features – a seat belt – likely saved his life and the lives of others.