Regional Statistics

Education	Schools	Climate	Public Safety
Health Care	Culture	Local Events	Sports
Entertainment	Recreation	Libraries	Retail Centers
Newspapers	Radio Stations	TV Stations	Infrastructure
Taxes	Sewer	Electricity	Telecommunications

Education

Education in Robeson County
	Public Schools of Robeson County
	University of North NC at Pembroke
	Robeson Community College

Schools

Robeson County	High Schools	Middle Schools	Elementary Schools	Combined
Public	6	10	25	0
Private				5

Climate

Avg. Temp January	Avg. Temp July	Avg. Annual Rainfall
41 degrees F	78 degrees F	47 inches

Public Safety

Robeson County Sheriff Office Number	Cities/Towns with Local Police Departments	Crime Rate per 100,000
(910) 671-3106	Fairmont, Lumberton, Maxton, Orrum, Parkton, Pembroke, Red Springs, Rowland, St. Pauls	5242.60

Health Care

Hospital	Type Private/Public	Beds	Medical Staff	PHO	Tertiary Care Affiliation	Long Term Care Facility
Southeastern Regional Medical Center	Private	429	80	Coastal Carolina Health Alliance	Duke	115 Beds
FirstHealth

Culture

Location	Contact Information	Attractions	Cost
Native American Resource Center - Located on the campus of University of North Carolina at Pembroke	UNC-Pembroke (910) 521-6282	Museum had art and artifacts of Native America.	Free
North Carolina Indian Cultural Center - Recreation Center Road, Pembroke	(910) 521-2433	Adolph Dial Amphitheatre, featuring "Strike at the Wind," an outdoor drama, golf course, and recreation center with camping, hiking, fishing, and boating.	Admission Charge
Robeson Planetarium - Science and Technology Center, Lumberton	(910) 671-6015 HWY 72-711 Planetarium	Planetarium and science center with public shows each day. Has ongoing TV when NASA is telecasting from space.	Admission Charge
Lumbee Regional Development Association - Third Street, Pembroke	(910) 521-8602 www.lumbee.org	Cultural, historical information center for the Lumbee tribe.	N/A
Robeson County Museum	(910)738-7979	Displays artifacts of the history of Robeson County	N/A
Humphrey Williams Plantation Farm	(910) 739-9999	Civil War Era Farmstead	N/A
Red Springs Museum	(910) 843-5246	Artifact of the Red Springs Area	Free
Fairmont Tobacco Museum	(910) 628-9216	Display of artifacts related to the tobacco industry	N/A
Carolina Civic Center	(910) 738-4339	Local Drama Productions	N/A
African American Culture Center	(910) 739-0817 Lumberton	N/A	N/A

Local Events

Event	City	Time of Year
Celebrate Lumberton	Lumberton	Fall
Christmas Parades	Lumberton, Marietta, Maxton, Pembroke, Red Springs, Rowland, St. Pauls	Winter
Farmer's Festival	Fairmont	Fall
Farmer's Market	Lumberton	All Year
Highland Games	Red Springs	Fall
July 4th Fireworks	Lumberton	Summer
July 4th Parade	Parkton	Summer
Lumbee Homecoming	Pembroke	Summer
Native American Powwow	Lumberton	Spring
Native American Wild Games Festival	Pembroke	Fall
Pembroke Powwow	Pembroke	Fall
Picnic in the Park	Maxton	Summer
Robeson County Fair	Lumberton	Fall
Spring Frolic	Maxton	Spring
Strike at the Wind	Pembroke	Summer

Sports

Collegiate sports are regularly played at Fayetteville State University, Methodist College, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, UNC-Pembroke, and UNC Wilmington. In addition, the region is within an easy drive of many other colleges and universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Entertainment

Givens Performing Arts Center, UNC Pembroke
Located on the campus on UNC Pembroke, this 1678 seat auditorium presents many types of entertainment such as the Professional Artist Series that includes concerts by popular musical groups, plays, and musicals such as West Side Story. University Drive, Pembroke (910) 521-6287 or (800) 367-0778.

Recreation

Lumber River State Park, Orrum

Luther Britt Park, Lumberton

NC Indian Cultural Center, Pembroke

Libraries

Robeson County	Library	Number of Volumes
Lumberton, NC	Robeson County Public Libraries	128,578
Lumberton, NC	Robeson Community College	33,000
Pembroke, NC	UNC Pembroke Library	200,000

Retail Centers

Name	City	Square Footage	Number of Stores	Anchor Sept. Stores
Biggs Park Mall	Lumberton	250,000	40	Belk JC Penney
Super Wal-Mart	Lumberton	N/A	1	N/A
Lowe's	Lumberton	N/A	1	N/A
Town Center	Lumberton	N/A	8	Goody's Lowe's Foods

Newspapers

Paper	Robeson County	Circulation
Times Messenger 107 W. Thompson Street Fairmont, NC 28340 (910) 628-7125	Fairmont, NC	Weekly/1,745
Robeson Extra of the Fayetteville Time Observer 203 North Elm Street Lumberton, NC 28358 (910) 738-7742	Lumberton, NC	Weekly
The Robesonian P.O. Box 1028 Lumberton, NC 28358 (910) 739-4322	Lumberton, NC	Daily-Sunday/13,300-16,343
The Carolina Indian Voice P.O. Box 1075 Pembroke, NC 28372 (910) 521-2826	Pembroke, NC	Weekly/3,500
The Red Springs Citizen P.O. Box 72 Red Springs, NC 28377 (910) 843-4631	Red Springs, NC	Weekly/2,700
The St. Pauls Review P.O. Box 265 St. Pauls, NC 28384 (910) 865-4179	St. Pauls, NC	Weekly/3,000

Radio Stations

Station	Frequency	Town/City	Station Type	Phone Number
WKML	95.7 FM	Fayetteville	Country	(910) 486-4114
WSTS	100.9 FM	Fairmont	Southern Gospel	(910) 628-6781
WFMO	860 AM	Fairmont	Black Gospel
WYRU	1160 AM	Red Springs	Southern/Black Gospel	(910) 843-5946
WKKE	1080 AM	St. Pauls	Southern Gospel	(910) 865-3555
WFNC	102.3 FM	Lumberton	Talk
WUKS	107.7 FM	Fayetteville	Urban Contemporary	(910) 486-4114
WAGR	1340 AM	Lumberton	Religious

TV Stations

TV Station	Address	Phone Number
WECT - NBC	PO Box 4029 Wilmington, NC 28406	(910) 392-1509
WKFT - Independent	PO Box 2509 230 Donaldson Street Fayetteville, NC 28302-2509	(910) 323-4040
WFAX - PAX	PO Drawer 62 Lumber Bridge, NC 28357	(910) 843-3884
WBTW - CBS	Satellite Office 4910 Fayetteville Road Lumberton, NC 28358	(910) 738-1301
WRAL - ABC	711 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, NC 27603	(919) 890-6000

Taxes

For current tax information please contact the Robeson County Tax Department at (910) 671-3061
Robeson County is a TIER 2 County in Job Creation and Capital Investment.

Infrastructure

Water - Adequate water is available at very competitive prices.
Sewer
Natural Gas - North Carolina Natural Gas Corporation operates a 1,100 miles transmission pipeline and a 2,600 mile distribution system serving 689 communities and three military reservations throughout South-central and Eastern North Carolina.
Electricity
Telecommunications
Public Transportation - COG Transit
Railroads - Red Springs and Northern RR, CSX Railroad

Sewer

Robeson County Permitted Capacity (million gal/day)	12 Month Average Flow (million gal/day)	Average Surplus (million gal/day)
14.92	9.04	5.88

Electricity

Company	Phone Number
Progress Energy	(919) 508-5400
Lumbee River Electric Corporation	(910) 843-4131
City of Lumberton Public Utilities	(910) 671-3816
Town of Red Springs Utilities	(910) 843-5849

Telecommunications

Company	Phone Number
BellSouth	(919)-833-5258
Sprint	(910) 554-7398
US Cellular	(910) 739-6155
Alltel	(910) 433-3500
Cingular	(910) 272-0060
Time Warner	(910) 738-2427

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Robeson County Economic Development Commission
200 Airport Boulevard ~ Lumberton, NC 28358
Tel: (910) 739-7584 ~ Fax: (910) 739-6258
Email: robesonedc@co.robeson.nc.us