Welcome to Robeson County, North Carolina!
If you are looking for local news, events, weather or other local features, you have come to the right place.
Looking for a local business? Click on one of the cities below for business and city area information.
Fairmont Lumber Bridge LumbertonMaxton Orrum Parkton
Pembroke Proctorville Red Springs
Rex Rowland Saint Pauls
Shannon Marietta Mcdonald
Barnesville
Map of Robeson County, North Carolina
Categories in Robeson County, North Carolina
Fairmont Categories Lumber Bridge Categories Lumberton Categories Maxton Categories Orrum Categories Parkton Categories Pembroke Categories Proctorville Categories Red Springs Categories Rex Categories Rowland Categories Saint Pauls Categories Shannon Categories Marietta Categories Mcdonald Categories Barnesville CategoriesNews in Robeson County, North Carolina
Robeson tops N.C. in poverty
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:07:23 -0800
LUMBERTON — Robeson County ranks No. 1 in North Carolina in the percentage of people living under the poverty line, and ranks 80th in the United States out of 3,143 counties. According to the la...
New electric plant at Robeson landfill generates revenue
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:00:41 -0800
ST. PAULS - A shiny new electrical generator that runs nonstop at the Robeson County landfill carries a promise in its deafening roar: Money.
Lumbee leader, Brooks, dies at 75
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:16:10 -0800
Ali Rockett Staff writer PEMBROKE — Dalton Brooks, who left his mark on the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Robeson County’s education system and the religious community, died Friday. He was 7...
Smith seeking $167,000 for rising cost of Animal Control
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:55:04 -0800
LUMBERTON — Robeson County Commissioner David Edge on Thursday said state Department of Agriculture regulations dealing with the transportation of dogs and cats put an unnecessary burden on taxpay...
ARMS RACE: SEC, Clemson more attractive to in-state star recruits
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:53:10 -0800
LUMBERTON — National Signing Day has lost some of its luster for football fans in the Tar Heel State. With nine of North Carolina’s top 10-rated players expected to sign elsewhere Wednesday, the ma...
McIntyre hints at run at governor
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:52:27 -0800
LUMBERTON — U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre has floated the idea that he may run for North Carolina governor. The Lumberton Democrat did so in a statement he released Thursday about the decision by Bev ...
Two Bennettsville men convicted in 2008 farm equipment burglaries
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:13:57 -0800
Two men have been convicted in connection with burglaries occurring in the Pee Dee in 2008, announced Marlboro County Sheriff Fred Knight.
HORROR AT ROBESON SHELTER ST. PAULS, NC PART 1
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:28:18 -0800
In the past weeks i learned about abuse and torture going on at Robeson shelter in St Pauls, NC this shelter uses Heart stick method to euthanize animals. they do not use sedation before the heart stick . . .
Marlboro County Sheriff announces conviction in farm equipment theft investigation
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:46:53 -0800
BENNETTSVILLE, SC -- One defendant was convicted, a second pleaded guilty and a third died before trial in the May 31, 2008 theft of seed and equipment from the Bennettsville Southern States facility.
Brief
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:22:23 -0800
Woods to hold public forum MAXTON — Noah Woods, the Robeson County commissioner for District 4, will hold a public forum on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Rev. Ike Cummings Building at 1313 Old Red...