The Border Belt Independent and local news partners aim to shape coverage and bolster news and information through a ...

Families First and the Southeastern Family Violence Center say they are already hurting from funding cuts. More could be on ...

Ed Goodwin quickly took a liking to Leon Locklear when the two men met more than a decade ago. It might have seemed an unlikely friendship: Goodwin, a Chowan County native, was an up-and-coming ...

Phyllis Williams was devastated when doctors diagnosed her with HIV in 2015. She had contracted the virus during a blood transfusion, and she felt her life would never be the same. Hurtful comments ...

Stepping outside her home on Britt Road near St. Pauls has become a burden for Viv Tolson Wayne. Warm days are the worst. That’s when dozens of buzzards line her yard, attracted by the stench of the ...

Sgt. Maurice Devalle was listed as on duty in the North Carolina State Highway Patrol’s dispatch system when a captain knocked on his front door one evening in late 2016. Devalle came to the door in a ...

This story is co-published with The News & Observer and The Assembly. Jarrod Lowery remembers the frustration in his grandmother’s voice as they waited in line to receive her updated enrollment card ...

This story is a collaboration between the Border Belt Independent and The Assembly. Eddie Hatcher insisted he had proof of corruption in the sheriff’s office he wanted to bring to light. Timothy ...

This story was originally published by CityView. Bills aimed at addressing water contamination in the Cape Fear River Basin have been filed in the North Carolina General Assembly. The bills contain ...

Schools across the Border Belt in rural southeastern North Carolina are preparing for cuts in federal funding as President Donald Trump moves toward dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.

Chadbourn Mayor Phillip Britt has been keeping a secret: The small Columbus County town, he says, is on the cusp of a downtown resurgence. The town council has bought five dilapidated buildings in ...

Malinda Maynor Lowery has long been educating the public about the Lumbee tribe’s history and culture, from its roots in what is now eastern North Carolina to the racism tribal members endured during ...