Heidi Pérez-Moreno

2 weeks ago | cityviewnc.com | Heidi Pérez-Moreno

This story was originally published by the Border Belt Independent. Phyllis Williams was devastated when doctors diagnosed her with HIV in 2015. She had contracted the virus during a blood transfusion, and she felt her life would never be the same. Hurtful comments from neighbors, family members and friends added to her stress. Some  called her “nasty” or looked at her in disgust. She struggled to maintain her relationship with her husband, and she felt alone.

1 month ago | theassemblync.com | Ben Rappaport |Heidi Pérez-Moreno

As the owner of a small business, Bree Sanders is in a tough spot. The prices of ingredients for the protein shakes and tea bombs she sells at Whiteville Nutrition have risen every month this year, she said. Each box of vitamin B-12 is $11 more than it was in January. Her herbal tea is $6 more per box. She orders at least a box of each three times per week. “I’m definitely making less money now,” said Sanders, who has owned the downtown shop since last May. “Do I want to raise prices? Yes. Should I? Yes.

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

By Heidi Perez-MorenoA new medical center in Robeson County will offer optometry services through a partnership with The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The Robeson Health Care Corporation will break ground on May 20 on the Julian T. Pierce Health Center on Union Chapel Road in Pembroke. The 29,000-square-foot facility will replace the existing and much smaller Pierce center on East Wardell Drive.

2 months ago | cityviewnc.com | Heidi Pérez-Moreno

This story was originally published by the Border Belt Independent. A Fayetteville man convicted of murder in Robeson County eight years ago has been exonerated, according to the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. A three-judge panel voted unanimously on Wednesday to clear Clarence Roberts, 49, who in 2017 was convicted of second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon in the case of Joshua Floyd Council.

2 months 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.