Most plans for this weekend may be a washout due to Tropic Storm Ian, but the rest of the week is looking ripe for the taking. Be sure to get out there and enjoy some fall weather in Columbus. ...
October 8, 1971 ~ September 29, 2022 (age 50) Christopher Michael Rivenbark was born October 8, 1971. He was an amazing man with a heart of gold and always made anyone near him smile. H...
Temperatures have cooled down, and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) in Whiteville is taking advantage of all the things fall. This month’s schedule includes movies, bats, and pumpkins, ...
Schools, government offices and many businesses are closed as Columbus County nervously eyes Hurricane Ian. Ian is expected to come ashore between Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, S.C. around 3 p.m. toda...
October 3, 1981 ~ September 28, 2022 (age 40) James Charles Pittman, Jr. age 40 of the Beaverdam community in Chadbourn, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Jamie, as he was lovingly known, ...
A recording released by the Jason Soles for sheriff campaign appears to show Sheriff Jody Greene cursing and threatening to fire black employees of the sheriff’s office. Greene questions the timing of...
August 18, 1934 ~ September 28, 2022 (age 88) Carolyn Hammond Burchette, 88, of Whiteville passed on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 with her family by her side. Carolyn was born in Columbus C...
December 3, 1960 ~ September 28, 2022 (age 61) Patricia Martin Shelley, 61, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2022, in her home. She was born December 3, 1960 in Marion, SC, a dau...
May 22, 1968 ~ September 28, 2022 (age 54) Tracey Reneé Smith, 54, of 50 Tabor Landing Drive West, Tabor City, NC, died Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at Columbus Regional Healthcare Sy...
The third murder case in less than a month is in front of a judge here, with Daquan Rollo Corrothers facing the court for the 2020 slaying of Alex Delamez Moore. Moore was reported missing in January ...
Bernice Stroud Norris, age 90, of Tabor City, NC, died Monday, September 26, 2022. Born May 12, 1932 in Horry County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Bertie “W.B.” Stroud and Rosann...
October means a lot of things to a lot of people, but to the Cosmetology Department at Southeastern Community College, it means helping those who have experienced infant loss dress those babies for th...
Though Columbus County is full of organizations willing to offer a helping hand, one group of teenagers is doing everything they can for the community they love. Laiken Edwards is the president of a c...
We will bring you Hurricane Ian closings and delays as soon as they become available. Email your closings with a contact number to crystalfaircloth@columbuscounty.news. • The Columbus County Em...
As families try to find their footing after the pandemic, the First Baptist Church of Lake Waccamaw is preparing these folks and their children for cold weather with the church’s winter coat drive. &n...
Austin Zachary Graham, age 28, of Tabor City, NC entered eternal rest on Saturday, September 24, 2022 . Viewing will be Wednesday, September 28, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the We...