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Property co-owned by board chairman delinquent on taxes

LUMBERTON — The taxes on a piece of property that belongs to a business that is listed as being co-owned by the chairman of the Robeson County Board of Commissioners has not been paid more [...]
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Chemours tries to ease minds of local residents

ST. PAULS — More than 120 people came to the Faith Tabernacle Christian Center on Tuesday looking for answers about the GenX found in area water, and Chemours representatives tried to provide them. Almost 20 [...]
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City OKs budget; tax rate stays same; employees get pay hike

LUMBERTON — The Lumberton City Council on Monday gave unanimous approval to an $81.4 million budget that takes effect July 1. The vote was taken with no discussion of the plan that keeps the current [...]
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Bad 2015 audit will cost tribe $443K

PEMBROKE — The Lumbee Tribe will lose $443,290.06 in federal funding to settle irregularities in expenditures found in a 2015 audit. Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin Jr. told members of the council’s Finance Committee on Thursday [...]
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Cause flips on wreck that killed Pait

LUMBERTON — Family members believe a medical event caused the accident that killed Patrick Pait, the county attorney, and another man in a head-on collision on Sunday in Fayetteville. Initially it was reported that the [...]