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No decision on judicial race; District 8 to vote again

LUMBERTON — The candidates in Robeson County’s District Court 16-B Seat 2 election campaign must wait a little longer before learning who is the winner or if there will be another election, but there will [...]
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New District 9 election ordered

RALEIGH (AP) — The state Board of Elections has ordered a new election in the nation’s last undecided congressional race after reviewing evidence that it was tainted by absentee ballot fraud. The board members voted [...]
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City forwards cell-tower request following debate

LUMBERTON — After often contentious debate on Monday, the construction of a 155-foot-tall cell tower in Southwest Lumberton took its next step in the approval process. With Mayor Bruce Davis casting the deciding vote, the [...]
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Harris’ son: I warned him on Dowless

RALEIGH — The Republican in the last undecided U.S. congressional election ignored repeated warnings from his son against hiring a shady political operator now accused of illegally collecting voter’s ballots in a rural North Carolina [...]
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Powers picked to chair elections board

LUMBERTON — Tiffany Peguise-Powers has been named the chairperson of the Robeson County Board of Elections. Interim Director Tina Bledsoe said Gov. Roy Cooper’s office called about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to announce the governor had [...]