East Laurinburg is an unincorporated community in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States.

The strike gained state-wide media attention after the strikers engaged in a brawl with loyalist workers, with nine people wounded by gunfire.

[9] The standoff ended 44 days later when the strikers and Waverly management agreed to arbitration, and the company subsequently promised to make improvements to plumbing in the village.

[11] In June 2016 the town ceased submitting annual audit reports to the state government, as required by law.

In October 2021 the North Carolina State Auditor published an audit which accused the town finance officer of embezzling $11,000 of public funds.

In December the commission voted to unanimously do so,[12] reverting the town's governing jurisdiction to Scotland County on July 1, 2022.