PEMBROKE— In December 1888, 54 leaders of the Lumbee Tribe, known then as Croatan Indians, petitioned the federal government for aid to educate their children.

Craven County, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is warning residents in the eastern part of the state of a Code Orange, Red or Purple alert.

The 14,000 members of the Eastern Band — the only North Carolina tribe with full federal recognition — have raised concerns about the Lumbee achieving the same status.

Trinity Locklear, 15, of the Lumbee tribe, dances at the Bravenation Powwow and Gathering at Pembroke at UNC-Pembroke, Saturday, March 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe [email protected] This story is ...

Air quality across much of eastern North Carolina has reached unhealthy levels in several coastal counties as a 55-square-mile wildfire burns the Croatan National Forest.

(WGHP) – A fire in the Croatan National Forest has consumed tens of thousands of acres, but the impacts of that fire have hit a wide swath of eastern North Carolina. Lia Parker, the Great Lake ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Smoke and ash from a 7,000-acre wildfire burning in the Croatan National Forest reached eastern North Carolina towns on Friday, April 21, local news reported. Air… ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order instructing the Department of the Interior to "promote" federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.. The executive order ...

Trinity Locklear, 15, of the Lumbee tribe, dances at the Bravenation Powwow and Gathering at Pembroke at UNC-Pembroke, Saturday, March 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe [email protected] This story is ...