Dr. Lawrence T. Locklear of Robeson County has been appointed to the North Carolina Historical Commission.
Dr. Locklear is currently the director of Southeast American Indian Studies and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, both at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. As an enrolled citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Dr. Locklear pursues research interests including Lumbee and American Indian history and culture, American Indians in higher education, and the history of UNCP.
David F. Branch of Robeson County has been appointed to the North Carolina State Bar Review Committee as an at-large member.
Branch is a Lumberton native and has practiced law in his hometown since 1981. He is a partner within the law firm Musselwhite, Branch, Grantham, and Owen.
Keith Dunn began farming hemp in 2017. A few weeks later he founded East Carolina Hemp Supply. After years of slow but steady growth, Dunn hopes to one day be able to build a hemp processing plant in North Carolina to boost the industry and local eco
Photo provided by Bladen County Economic DevelopmentVectorTex USA, LLC, a product developer and technology company, will create 44 new jobs in Bladen County. The company will establish its first North American manufacturing facility in Elizabethtown.
