Heidi Pérez-Moreno

6 days ago | theassemblync.com | Heidi Pérez-Moreno

About two months ago, a Greensboro-based advocacy group got a call from two Durham residents who had seen unfamiliar vehicles looping around their Northgate Park neighborhood. They saw law enforcement officers with their faces covered, and they thought they knew what was happening: an ICE raid. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put three men in handcuffs and drove them away, the pair said. They sent in video of someone wearing a Customs and Border Protection badge.

3 weeks ago | robesonian.com | Heidi Pérez-Moreno

James H. Marshburn Contributed photo | NCDOT ❮ ❯ James H. Marshburn had worked as a trooper for the North Carolina Highway Patrol for less than two months when he got a call on Sept. 19, 1964, about suspicious activity on a southbound lane of Interstate 95, about five miles north of Lumberton.

4 weeks ago | borderbelt.org | Heidi Pérez-Moreno

By Heidi [email protected] H. Marshburn had worked as a trooper for the North Carolina Highway Patrol for less than two months when he got a call on Sept. 19, 1964, about suspicious activity on a southbound lane of Interstate 95, about five miles north of Lumberton. When Marshburn and another trooper arrived at the scene of a stolen car, they encountered two convicts who had escaped a work detail in Raleigh.

4 weeks ago | borderbelt.org | Heidi Pérez-Moreno

By Heidi [email protected] and Columbus counties are expected to see significant growth in the next five years, newly released projections show. Bladen County’s population is projected to grow 5.7% by 2030, according to a February report by the N.C. Office of State Budget and Management. Columbus County’s population is projected to grow 4.5%. If the projections hold true, each county would gain more than 2,000 new residents.

1 month ago | borderbelt.org | Heidi Pérez-Moreno

By Heidi [email protected] Collins-Caddle figured it was only a matter of time before xylazine showed up in Robeson County’s drug supply. As an outreach worker, she read about the powerful sedative being found in illicit drugs in other parts of the country and educated local users about its dangerous effects.