Sarah Nagem

1 week ago | theassemblync.com | Sarah Nagem

Ed Goodwin quickly took a liking to Leon Locklear when the two men met more than a decade ago. It might have seemed an unlikely friendship: Goodwin, a Chowan County native, was an up-and-coming Republican in North Carolina politics. Locklear was the chief of the Tuscarora Nation’s Maxton longhouse in Robeson County 220 miles away, then a well-established Democratic stronghold.   But Locklear reminded Goodwin of the Native Americans he knew as a child in the northeastern corner of the state.

1 week ago | borderbelt.org | Sarah Nagem

By Sarah NagemEd Goodwin quickly took a liking to Leon Locklear when the two men met more than a decade ago. It might have seemed an unlikely friendship: Goodwin, a Chowan County native, was an up-and-coming Republican in North Carolina politics. Locklear was the chief of the Tuscarora Nation’s Maxton longhouse in Robeson County 220 miles away, then a well-established Democratic stronghold.

1 month ago | borderbelt.org | Sarah Nagem

By Sarah Nagem and Heidi Perez-Moreno [email protected] was a familiar scene along Interstate 95: A construction crew was toiling into the early-morning hours on March 28, 2019, and local law enforcement officers helped guide drivers through the work zone. James Obershea, then a captain with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, and Fairmont Police Chief Jon Edwards decided additional officers were needed to direct traffic at the Robeson County site.

1 month ago | charlotteobserver.com | Danielle Battaglia |Sarah Nagem

Trinity Locklear, 15, of the Lumbee tribe, dances at the Bravenation Powwow and Gathering at Pembroke at UNC-Pembroke, Saturday, March 23, 2025. [email protected] This story is co-published with The Assembly and Border Belt Independent. Jarrod Lowery remembers the frustration in his grandmother's voice as they waited in line to receive her updated enrollment card from the Lumbee tribe when he was a child.

1 month ago | newsobserver.com | Danielle Battaglia |Sarah Nagem

Trinity Locklear, 15, of the Lumbee tribe, dances at the Bravenation Powwow and Gathering at Pembroke at UNC-Pembroke, Saturday, March 23, 2025. [email protected] This story is co-published with The Assembly and Border Belt Independent. Jarrod Lowery remembers the frustration in his grandmother's voice as they waited in line to receive her updated enrollment card from the Lumbee tribe when he was a child.