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Protesters of the Lumbee Tribal Council s decision to dismiss attorney Arlinda Locklear and hire a Las Vegas company to lobby for Lumbee federal recognition, make their views known at Thursday s meeting of the tribal council.| Staff photo by Bob Shiles
Protesters of the Lumbee Tribal Council's decision to dismiss attorney Arlinda Locklear and hire a Las Vegas company to lobby for Lumbee federal recognition, make their views known at Thursday's meeting of the tribal council.| Staff photo by Bob Shiles
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Council silent on decision to hiring Vegas lobbyist
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RED SPRINGS — Lumbee Tribal Council members on Thursday didn’t address their decision to dismiss the tribe’s longtime federal recognition attorney and hire a Las Vegas company to guide the recognition effort. They were silent despite a handful of protesters who wanted answers. “This isn’t over yet,” Lawrence Locklear, a Lumbee Tribal Council m...
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Katrina Milstein Probation officer among 17 charged in drug bust
LUMBERTON — A state probation officer was among 17 people arrested on Thursday on multiple drug charges during Operation Spring Cleaning. Katrina Milstein, 45, of Old Stage Road, Fairmont, was c...
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Freeman Teacher adds NCAE to long list of awards
WINSTON - SALEM — Brian Freeman, a kindergarten teacher at Peterson Elementary School, garnered another accolade Thursday night, this time from the North Carolina Association of Educators. The ...
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Two teens arrested; pot, cocaine seized
ROWLAND — Two Robeson County teenagers have been arrested and charged with possessing large quantities of marijuana and cocaine. Jermaine Locklear, 19, of 67 Natural Drive, Fairmont, and Juventi...
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Rams lose slugfest in extra innings
PEMBROKE — A game of numerous lead changes went to extra innings Thursday at Purnell Swett, but the Dillon Wildcats had an explosive eighth inning to beat the Rams 23-17. Taylor Langston doubled...
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Pirates rebound from loss, blank Cape Fear
LUMBERTON — Even though it was coming off a heartbreaking loss to Southeastern Conference foe Pinecrest the night before, the Lumberton girls soccer team didn’t take long to put those memo...
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Lumberton downs St. Pauls
LUMBERTON — Even though the result was the same, the Lumberton and St. Pauls softball teams took different routes to get there this time. Kim Brunson spearheaded the Pirate attack by going 2-for...
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Anthony Felder, 8, left, Jaris McNeill, 7, and Brendan Oxendine, 10, help Jason Stevens, proprietor of Outback Steakhouse, unload items for the Boys and Girls Club of Lumberton’s annual Steak and Burger Dinner held at the club in Lumberton.
Anthony Felder, 8, left, Jaris McNeill, 7, and Brendan Oxendine, 10, help Jason Stevens, proprietor of Outback Steakhouse, unload items for the Boys and Girls Club of Lumberton’s annual Steak and Burger Dinner held at the club in Lumberton.
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OPINION
Investing in the future
The county Board of Commissioners on Monday night agreed to contribute up to $35,000 so that as many as all of the graduating seniors from Robeson County’s public high schools this year can be tes...
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That is All: Smoking is for quitters
“Smoke gets in your eyes …” — The Platters The bad news: I had to have oral surgery. The good news: It was the incentive that finally got me to quit smoking. The good news: I quit smoking....
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A pound of flesh
Of the dozens of e-mails this newspaper has received during the past week alleging rampant abuse of animals at the Robeson County Animal Shelter, we have identified one from someone who has actual...
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Author speaks on Thursday
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LUMBERTON — Author and speaker L. Diane Wolfe will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Osterneck Auditorium as part of the author series sponsored by the Friends of the Robeson County Public Library. ...
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Civil War re-enacted
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Re-enactors gathered recently to commemorate the 145th anniversary of Civil War Gen. William Sherman’s Union troops raid on Robeson County. They simulated the burning of the railroad depot and t...
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