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Scotland County Improves Vaccination Rates Against Measles ift.tt/1xkbtO0

State Wants Public Feedback on Planned Upgrades for Downtown Lumberton Street ift.tt/R4WE5sB

Public Records Must Be Produced ‘Promptly.’ How Did N.C. Towns Do? ift.tt/wdGP6Sv

How One N.C. Charter School On the Brink of Failure Made a Massive Comeback ift.tt/w0OFNKd

New SNAP Requirements Could Stress County Budgets ift.tt/hBilZHs

The Bladen County school board voted 5-4 on Monday to close East Arcadia School, a decision that highlighted tensions among board members.

Scotland and Richmond Counties Consider Building a Regional Jail ift.tt/ZNmFzMj

Bladen County School Board Votes to Close Elementary School ift.tt/s1rfFq7

Here are the unofficial results for Robeson County’s 2026 primaries, including local voters’ picks for U.S. Senate. borderbelt.org/robeson-county…

Read the latest here: borderbelt.org/columbus-count…

Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers won the Republican primary on Tuesday, which almost assuredly means he will serve for the next four years. #ncpol

Two Bladen County school board members, including the chairman, lost in Tuesday’s primary election. borderbelt.org/bladen-county-…

Ralph Carter won the Republican primary for the N.C. House District 48 seat. Carter, an orthopedic surgeon in Laurinburg, won 65.73% of the vote, while Kirk Lowery won 34.27%, unofficial results show. borderbelt.org/scotland-count…

NEWS: Per State Board of Elections, there’s 189 outstanding provisionals in #SD26: 137 in Rockingham and 52 in Guilford. This is likely welcome news for the Page campaign, as Rockingham swung heavily in his favor. #ncpol

Robeson County, NC election results: borderbelt.org/robeson-county…

Bladen County, NC election results: borderbelt.org/bladen-county-…

We're publishing live results on our website for the 2026 elections in the Border Belt. See the results for your county at the links below.

Here’s what to know before you head to the polls. borderbelt.org/how-to-vote-in…

Scotland County saw a 42% increase in early voting by midday Friday compared to the 2022 primary, the elections board there said.

Tuesday is Election Day in North Carolina, when voters will cast ballots in primaries for federal, state, and local races. Thousands of voters in Bladen, Columbus, Robeson, and Scotland counties have already voted early. #ncpol