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Tribe approves $24M budget; Locklear to exit

PEMBROKE — The Lumbee Tribal Council approved on Thursday a $24.2 million budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The budget now goes before the tribe’s administration, which has 10 working days to either approve the [...]
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Free testing offered for wells

LUMBERTON — Area residents who are concerned their private wells may have been contaminated by Hurricane Florence are being offered the chance to have their drinking water tested for free. Any resident with a private [...]
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20-year-old charged in trooper’s murder

LUMBERTON — A 20-year-old Chadbourn man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with Wednesday’s killing of an N.C. Highway Patrol trooper. Raheem Cole Dashanell Davis, of 2089 Braswell Road, was arrested Wednesday after [...]
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Campbell’s widow asks Fairmont board to back her quest for husband’s second term

FAIRMONT — The widow of the late Robeson County Commissioner Berlester Campbell asked Tuesday for the support of the Fairmont Board of Commissioners members in her bid to serve a second four-year term he won [...]
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Compromise reached on solar farm

LUMBERTON — After sitting down with developers of a proposed solar farm on Shannon Road, disgruntled neighbors won concessions, and the company won the unanimous support on Monday of the Robeson County Board of Commissioners. [...]