LUMBERTON — Another downtown Lumberton property is expected to see big changes in the coming months.

ELIZABETHTOWN – Lu Mil opened its Festival of Lights Friday night at 6 p.m. after over a year of planning and many weeks of actual setup and placing of lights with the coordination of music.

LUMBERTON — Get in the holiday spirit this Christmas season with special events at Robeson Community College.

LUMBERTON 一 The annual production of “A Christmas Carol” by local non-profit theater Purple Door Productions is coming to a close this weekend.

LUMBERTON — The Empty Stocking Fund, which hopes to bring Christmas to 1,532 Robeson County children this year, is still well short of its goal.

RALEIGH — Teenagers in North Carolina’s juvenile justice system are routinely being locked alone in their rooms for as much as 23 to 24 hours a day, according to an ongoing federal lawsuit and advocates for young people in custody, despite state officials’ own acknowledgment of research showing that prolonged isolation causes mental and physical harm.

PEMBROKE — A founding director of three occupational therapy programs with four decades of leadership experience in clinical practice, education and military service, Dr. Jose Rafols has been tapped to lead UNC Pembroke’s new Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT).

LUMBERTON—The Tiina Jori Ko Ba non-profit presents the Guiding Light fundraiser event, at which all funds raised will support a special needs school in Ghana.

CHAPEL HILL 一 UNC-Chapel Hill’s well water survey will offer a pickup location for free tests and to drop off filled samples.