PEMBROKE – Professor Terence Dollard of the Department of Mass Communication at UNC Pembroke has earned an Award of Excellence in the 2024 Communicator Awards for his TV show “Comic Culture,” which airs on The NC Channel and is hosted online at www.pbs.org.

The Public Schools of Robeson County will meet with the district’s Curriculum Committee at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Public Schools of Robeson County District Office, 100 Hargrave Street, Lumberton.

PEMBROKE — On Thursday, amidst a gathering of esteemed guests including elected officials, parents and valued community partners, Old Main STREAM Academy (OMSA) marked a significant milestone during a groundbreaking ceremony for the eagerly anticipated new school at the ComTech Business Center.

AIKEN, South Carolina — On April 16, Rural Health Services Inc. (RHS) A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in Aiken, South Carolina, dedicated its newest facility to their Lumbee CEO Carolyn Emanuel-McClain.

Editor’s Note: The following is a prepared statement from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.

LAURINBURG — Scouting America Troop 1447, sponsored by Trinity Presbyterian Church of Laurinburg, has announced that Kayla Oxendine of Maxton will celebrate her accomplishment of obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout — the highest rank in the Scouting program — during her Eagle Scout Court of Honor June 2.

UNC Health Southeastern recently donated a GE Logiq E9 ultrasound machine to Robeson Community College’s Medical Sonography program. The health system’s decision to donate the equipment is to enhance training in our area by providing technology similar to what is used in the workforce where sonography students would eventually be hired to work.

THE QUESTION: The Red Cross has made a plea for blood and platelets. Can you help?

Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country. Tests have detected the virus among cattle in nine states, mainly in Texas and New Mexico, and most recently in Colorado, said Nirav Shah, principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at a May 1 event held by the Council on Foreign Relations.