6+ hour, 29+ min ago   (399+ words) PEMBROKE — The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has announced that Alex Baker, Lumbee Tribal Council speaker (Tribal District 13 representative), has been selected to join the sixth cohort of the North Carolina Hunt State Policy Fellows, a bipartisan program of The…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (280+ words) LUMBERTON — Loistine DeFreece, a longtime educator and administrator in the Public Schools of Robeson County, died Wednesday. She was 84. DeFreece served on the PSRC Board of Education from 2004-19 and was the district’s interim superintendent for a three-month period in 2020. She…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago   (440+ words) RALEIGH — When the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a new state budget earlier this summer, the state’s community colleges received a substantial boost in taxpayer funding. In addition to putting $99 million toward enrollment growth, lawmakers increased the system’s annual funding…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (230+ words) RALEIGH — The Robesonian was recognized with four awards from the N.C. Press Association as the organization recently announced the winners in its annual contest, which showcases North Carolina’s best journalism. The Robesonian staff earned two awards, including one first place,…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (101+ words) Bill Harrison, center, was sworn in as the Public Schools of Robeson County’s interim superintendent on Tuesday morning at PSRC’s Central Office. He was sworn in by Judge James Bell, right. Harrison replaces former superintendent Freddie Williamson, who retired effective…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (831+ words) UNC Pembroke SGA President Elijah Griffin, back, greets students inside UNCP’s James B. Chavis Student Center. UNC Pembroke SGA President Elijah Griffin, left, talks to a student on campus. PEMBROKE — When Elijah Griffin arrived at UNC Pembroke as a freshman,…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1677+ words) Superintendent to retire after decades in public education Public Schools of Robeson County Superintendent Freddie Williamson speaks at the grand opening for the Robeson Career and Technical Education Center on Aug. 21 in Pembroke. Williamson is retiring from the position next…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (225+ words) Esparza delivers supplies collected during Gov. Stein’s annual school supply drive Gabriel J. Esparza, center, secretary of the N.C. Department of Administration (NCDOA), visited with teachers and students at Piney Grove Elementary School in Lumberton to deliver school supplies on…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (137+ words) ST. PAULS — The Public Schools of Robeson County Board of Education approved the appointment of Jordan Musselwhite as assistant principal of St. Pauls High School during a special called meeting on Aug. 21. Musselwhite has served most recently as a social…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (129+ words) Students returned to school for the first day of class in the 2026-27 academic year Monday around Robeson County. Pictured, two students at Rosenwald Elementary School take a photo after arriving at school. Students returned to school for the first day…...