The Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine is expected to welcome its first class of 64 students in ...

Uncertainty surrounding federal money for schools has led to sleepless nights and contingency plans for school leaders in ...

Most public school districts in the Border Belt saw academic gains last school year, but scores were below pre-pandemic and ...

School districts in the Border Belt had dozens of teacher vacancies when they welcomed students back to classrooms last month.

This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project. In February and early March, a Johnston County Superior Court judge held an evidentiary hearing related to a claim filed by Hasson ...

This story was produced with The Assembly. The Border Belt Independent is part of The Assembly’s statewide network of local news outlets. For decades, drivers turning from U.S. 401 onto the campus of ...

When the state Supreme Court took up the case of Maurice Devalle, a state trooper-turned-Columbus County sheriff’s deputy accused of dishonesty, it seemed like the justices were primed to upend ...

If Richard Sceiford ever dreamed of donning a hard hat, it would have been for a stage role as a construction worker. But the lifelong thespian now spends much of his day in a work zone in downtown ...

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 ...