The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina got a significant boost Thursday in its fight to become a federally recognized tribe. President Donald Trump, just days into his second term, advanced recognition of ...

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum outlining a path for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to receive federal recognition, something the tribe has sought for 136 years.

Trump carried the state by 3 percentage points. The Lumbee Tribe has about 55,000 members, located primarily in Robeson County in the southeastern part of the state, according to the tribe's website.

U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson and other North Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday to formally recognize the Lumbee Tribe. Hudson joined fellow Republican representatives David Rouzer and Mark ...

At a rally in Wilmington on Saturday, Republican Donald Trump said he would sign legislation granting the Lumbee tribe full federal recognition if he is elected president.

(The Center Square) – Five North Carolina newcomers, all Republicans, took their seats and cast first votes in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday in Washington as the 119th Congress was sworn ...

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, 2-1, against a video sweepstakes operator challenging local and state law enforcement bans against its machines operating in Robeson County. The decision ...

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) - North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has saved a Robeson County man convicted of murder from his death sentence. 52-year-old Robbie Locklear was sentenced to death for ...

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WPDE) — Investigators said DNA evidence led to multiple sexual assault charges being filed against a retired Robeson County principal and former Darlington County teacher. The ...

New York is the backdrop for famous holiday films such as “Miracle on 34th Street,” “Home Alone 2” and “Elf.” This year came a less felicitous kind when a video appeared of a woman ...

These federally-recognized tribes maintain that because the Lumbees have only “oral tradition” to prove that they are descended from either the Croatoan, Cherokee, Cheraw, Tuscarora or all ...

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WPDE) — Robeson County Sheriff's Office Investigators are investigating a shooting that occurred outside of Red Springs early Friday morning, according to the Robeson County ...