Sarah Nagem

1 day 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.

2 weeks ago | heraldsun.com | Sarah Nagem

The Trump administration has awarded an $8.3 million federal grant that will help a North Carolina charter school network bring 3,740 new seats to families in Wake, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Guilford counties. TMSA Public Charter Schools announced Thursday that it will receive $8.3 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter Schools Program grant.

3 weeks ago | borderbelt.org | Sarah Nagem

By Sarah [email protected] Lumbee will protect nearly 1,400 acres of wetlands and forest in Robeson County through a first-of-its-kind large land donation to the tribe. The area known as Camp Island will serve as a place for the tribe’s 60,000 members to reconnect with land their ancestors used for thousands of years, tribal leaders said at a ceremony on Tuesday.

1 month ago | theassemblync.com | Carli Brosseau |Sarah Nagem

Sgt. Maurice Devalle was listed as on duty in the North Carolina State Highway Patrol’s dispatch system when a captain knocked on his front door one evening in late 2016. Devalle came to the door in a T-shirt and shorts, rather than the patrol’s black and silver uniform. Was Devalle on duty or not, the captain wondered.  Devalle hadn’t reported to his assigned duty station in Goldsboro that day, nor had he secured permission to work from his home in Wake County.

2 months ago | theassemblync.com | Sarah Nagem |Carli Brosseau

On Wednesday, Eastern North Carolina’s top federal prosecutor, Michael Easley Jr., announced his resignation as part of the Trump administration transition. Easley, who President Joe Biden appointed to be the U.S. attorney for the region in 2021, said he will step down February 3. While stepping down has become standard practice when a new president takes office, Easley’s departure brings into question the future of the corruption investigation into the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office.