ROSS002. Ross, Thomas E. “A comprehensive bibliography of the Carolina bays literature.” Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 103.1 (1987), 28-42.

1233. Segrest, Mab. “Robeson County’s ‘Third World Ills’.” Christian Century 11 May 1988: 468-69. Rpt. (with modifications) in: Southern Changes [Atlanta: Southern Regional Council] 10.4 (July/Aug. 1988): 14-16. Full text: Southern Changes digital archive

ALLE002. Allen, James P., and Eugene Turner. “Where diversity reigns.” American Demographics 12.8 (August 1990): 34-38.

ROBE003. “Robeson County sets bold example with new prenatal care policy.” PR Newswire 3 February 1993: p. 0204CH004.

TAYL001. Taylor, Curtis L. “Rural county in N.C. contends with city problems. James Jordan's murder brought notoriety to Robeson County.  It has high unemployment and drug trade.” Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania) 23 August 1993: B04 (Monday). 

DOBI001. Dobie, Kathy. “Murder by the road in Robeson County.” Vibe 2.1 (February 1994): 72-78.

RAAB001.  Raab, Scott. “Reasonable doubt.” GQ 64.3 (March 1994): 240-47, 268-70.

WITT002. Witten, Scott. “File this GQ article under fiction.” Robesonian 4 March 1994: 4A.

LOCK004. Locklear, Brett A. “Letter: Lumbee writer appalled by GQ article.” Robesonian 16 March 1994: 4A.

TOWL001. Towle, Lisa H. “A recipe for economic health.” North Carolina (Raleigh: North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry) 52.6 (June 1994): 21-26. 

TOWL002. Towle, Lisa H. “Robeson repairing its image with efforts to boost tourism.” North Carolina (Raleigh: North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry) 52.6 (June 1994): 28.

TOWL003. Towle, Lisa H. “'Dream team' for education: targeted for takeover, schools get help with dropouts, illiteracy.” North Carolina (Raleigh: North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry) 52.6 (June 1994): 29-31. 

WARR001. Warrick, Joby. “Tainted wells, poisoned relations.” News and Observer 15 October 1995: B1 (Raleigh, N.C.). 

LUMB005. “Lumberton, North Carolina.” National Civic Review (National Civic League) 85.1 (Winter/Spring 1996 Supplement): 44- .

TRAV002. Travis, Scott. “Economic cohesion encouraged in Robeson County.” Fayetteville Observer-Times 24 January 1997 (Friday).

KRAJ001. Krajick, Kevin, and Cameron Davidson. “The riddle of the Carolina bays.” Smithsonian 28.6 (September 1997): 44-. (10 pages)

FULL001. “Robeson County may disband Human Relations Agency.” Fayetteville Observer-Times (North Carolina) 6 June 1998 (Saturday). 

ROBE005. “Robeson rejects hog farm regs.” Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.) 1 August 1998: 1B. 

REAL001. “'The Real Yellow Pages' directory from BellSouth for Robeson County, N.C., area begins delivery December 4; growth of area mirrored by number of new books.” PR Newswire 1 December 1998 (Tuesday).

MAYN006. Maynor-Clark, Vinita. “Reader favors heart center coming to Southeastern Regional Medical Center.” Carolina Indian Voice 17 December 1998:4.

HARD001. Harding, Barry. “From the Office of the Superintendent.” Carolina Indian Voice 17 December 1998: 5.

DUKE001. “Duke proposal angers Robeson hospitals.” Greensboro News & Record (North Carolina) 20 February 1999: B.

INFA001. “Infant mortality program previewed at UNCP.” Carolina Indian Voice 18 March 1999: 3.

COMM001. “Community meeting scheduled on natural gas pipeline.” Carolina Indian Voice 25 March 1999:1.

DEFE001. “Defendants spend years waiting for trial in Robeson County.” Associated Press State & Local Wire 1 April 1999. 573 words. 

THOM002. Thomson, Estes. “Rural prosperity commission to study why region lags.” Associated Press State & Local Wire 2 July 1999. 527 words. 

JENK003. Jenkins, Venita. “Robeson SAT scores rise again.” Robesonian Wednesday, 1 September 1999: 1A, 6A,

COUN001. “County ranks 5th in child abuse.” Robesonian 15 January 2000: 1A.

WITT005. Witten, Scott. “Tourism dollars rise.” Robesonian Saturday, 24 June 2000: 1A, 6A.

MARS002. Marson, Stephen M, and Rasby M. Powell. “Resolving the transportation problem in a rural community: a case study of Robeson County's (USA) solution to TANF (Temporary Aid for Needy Families).”  Rural Social Work 6.1 (December 2000): 26-32.

MARS003. Marson, Stephen M., and Rasby Marlene Powell. “Churners: a focus group analysis of the return rate of former rural TANF recipients.” Policy & Practice of Public Human Services 58.4 (December 2000): 44-49.

UNCO001. “UNC opens satellite AIDS, HIV clinic in Lumberton; 10% of patients at the Chapel Hill clinic came from Robeson County.” Chapel Hill Herald Tuesday, 30 January 2001: 1. 412 words.

DALE001. Dalesio, Emery P. “Robeson County remains state's most diverse racial mix.” Associated Press State & Local Wire Monday, 26 March 2001. 620 words.

CENS001. “Census: whites decline.” Robesonian 23 July 2001.

WITT009. Witten, Scott. “Robeson jobless rate second highest in state.” Robesonian 30 July 2001.

FOX0006. Fox, Geoff. “58 percent of county births to unwed mothers.” Robesonian 6 November 2001.

LOCK014. Locklear, Mark. “COMtech earns $181,000 grant.” Robesonian 27 November 2001.

ROBE010. “Robeson County now has the state's highest unemployment rate.” Robesonian 27 November 2001.

WITT015. Witten, Scott. “SACS lifts probation off RCC.” Robesonian 13 December 2001.

RIVE001. Rives, Karin Schill. “County in crisis.” News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Sunday, 16 December 2001: pages 1A, 20A. 2886 words. 

WITT016. Witten, Scott. “Image problem: Is it real or is it just media hype?” Robesonian 17 December 2001.

WITT022. Witten, Scott. “State draws economic recovery map.” Robesonian 30 January 2002.

FOX0007. Fox, Geoff. “Will it work? Some express skepticism.” Robesonian 18 February 2002.

BARB001. Barbee, Daniel G. Tracking county responses to welfare reform. Unpublished report. August 10, 2002. <http://www.unc.edu/depts/welfare/Robeson%20Co.pdf> Accessed March 29, 2002. 29 pages.

HOLM001. Holmes, William L. “Census shows eastern North Carolina continues to lag.” Associated Press State & Local Wire Thursday, 23 May 2002 (BC cycle).

FOX0009. Fox, Geoff. “Almost half of county's grandparents get duty of raising their children's children.” Robesonian Monday, 17 June 2002.

TYNE001. Tyner, K. Blake. Robeson County. Images of America series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. 128 pages.   Key source

ROBE006. “Robeson County.” In: The North Carolina County Photography Collection.  North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

ROSS003. Ross, Thomas E. One land, three peoples: a geography of Robeson County, North Carolina. 3rd ed. Southern Pines, NC: Carolinas Press, 2005.  176 pages (including index). 72 maps and illustrations.

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