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As the highly-transmissible delta variant moves through the Lumbee community, many are now feeling the impact of the pandemic at a personal level.

COVID-19 has torn through the largely rural and racially-diverse community. In the past two weeks, 37 people have died from the disease. That represents more than 10% of those who have died from COVID-19 in the county since March of 2020.

Joann Anderson, CEO of UNC Southeastern Hospital in Robeson County, speaks with ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Dave DeWitt about her anger and frustration over the current wave of COVID-19 case in North Carolina.

UNC Health Southeastern was previously full in January because of a surge in COVID-19 patients. This time COVID patients associated with the highly contagious delta variant are increasing, but so are patients with other health conditions.

A North Carolina appeals court judge accused of nearly striking Black Lives Matter protesters in downtown Fayetteville with an SUV has had his case dismissed because prosecutors said they could not find evidence of a crime.

Churches are taking varied approaches to resuming in-person worship since guidance for mask wearing and gatherings has loosened.

Cumberland County is considering legal action against Chemours to get funding for a new public water system that would alleviate Gen X contamination.

Rev. Christoppher D. Stackhouse sat down with ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ to talk about what the verdict means for North Carolina and the nation.

The Market House in downtown Fayetteville will be repurposed. The city council voted 9-1 to repurpose the building instead of removing it.

The tiny town of East Laurinburg in Scotland County could lose its charter in the next two months.

More than 40% of the people who’ve passed away from COVID-19 in North Carolina lived in nursing homes or residential care facilities. Jane Klein was one of them. She died in Fayetteville on Jan. 30. She was six days away from her 68th birthday.

Wyvis Oxendine Sr. — or Senior as he was affectionately known — was a longtime Robeson County educator, community organizer, county commissioner and entrepreneur. He died of COVID-19 in January at age 74.