Pembroke News

Ruth Dial Woods of Pembroke was selected as one of the nine Meredith graduates to be highlighted in "women of extraordinary achievement" in the spring edition of Meredith Magazine.

Richmond Community College, on the western edge of Hamlet where it hugs Rockingham, is a gem - and a treasure to be guarded and nurtured.

Legislator poised to fold video poker Video poker has helped Jerry Oxendine pay the bills at his three convenience stores for years.

Authorities have added federal kidnapping charges to the list of state charges against Patrick Terrell Ferguson, a former sheriff's deputy.

Staff report PEMBROKE - Lumbee Tribal officials say a small group of men in the Pembroke area are posing as tribal employees and trying to scam people out of money.

The Robeson Community College board of trustees said Monday night that it "wholeheartedly supports" the concept of passenger train service coming through Robeson County.

Teachers working double-duty as janitors and social services workers receiving the same benefits they administer.

The Pembroke Town Council on Monday unanimously approved its 2002-2003 fiscal budget that increases the tax rate by 5 cents, adds $2 to the price of monthly garbage pickup and increases water and sewer rates.

Four Robeson County law enforcement agencies will receive a share of a $624,611 grant program that's distributed to 136 departments across the state to help purchase bulletproof vests.

On more than one occasion, I've mentioned in this column that we had received a grant from one source or another.

Two teenagers are facing felony charges for a break-in in Rowland on Thursday, according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office.

Tribal Council openings PEMBROKE - Anyone interested in running for a seat on the Lumbee Tribal Council will have until 5 p.m. on Sept.

Although Robeson County residents may have swam to their cars this morning, the county again missed more severe weather that traveled farther south.

Alford Maynor, 81, of 100 Lockwood Drive, died May 16, 2012, at Pembroke Care & Rehabilitation Center in Pembroke.

An ongoing investigation into a string of break-ins in Maxton, Rowland and Pembroke has resulted in the arrests of seven people, according to Sheriff Kenneth Sealey.

Although there was plenty of rain, Robeson County escaped any significant damage Monday as storms that caused havoc south of here passed through the region.

Two people were injured and $900 damage was reported in a shooting on Tuesday, according to a sheriff's report.

Two faces - one fresh, one familiar - have stepped up to fill the role of chief and assistant chief for the Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department.

Mary L. Crumb, 70, of 1227 Twisted Hickory Road, died May 7, 2012, at Elizabethtown Nursing Center.

Laura Bird is accustomed to taking big leaps on the links. Bird played her first season of competitive golf as a junior at Purnell Swett High School and a year later - this past fall - she was the 36th-best 4A golfer in the state.