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Troxler: Fence, Feed Hay Urgently Needed

October 4, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Troxler: Fence, Feed Hay Urgently Needed

Livestock are literally roaming free in the areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene last week, and the state is asking for help corralling the animals. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler issued an urgent plea this morning [Read More]

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Driver Dies After Impalement

October 3, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Driver Dies After Impalement

The driver of a box truck has died after he was impaled on a tree trunk Wednesday. Acme Delco Riegelwood Fire Rescue Chief Steve Camlin said a logging truck was turning off N.C. 87 into [Read More]

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Copperheads Can Be Common During Cleanup

October 3, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Copperheads Can Be Common During Cleanup

September and October are often big times for cleaning yards, especially after storms, and cleaning up can often mean finding copperhead snakes. The venomous snakes are native throughout the state, form the salt marshes to [Read More]

Obituaries

James Harry Hayes

October 3, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on James Harry Hayes

February 16, 1951 – October 1, 2024 James Harry “Harry” Hayes passed away peacefully on October 1, 2024, in Wilmington, North Carolina, at the age of 73. Born on February 16, 1951, in Whiteville, North [Read More]

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Lacy Mark Cox

October 3, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Lacy Mark Cox

June 25, 1957 ~ September 30, 2024 (age 67) Lacy Mark Cox, age 67, of Tabor City, NC, died Monday, September 30, 2024, in the McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, SC.  Born June 25, 1957, [Read More]

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Melissa Marlene (Neisler) Lawrence

October 2, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Melissa Marlene (Neisler) Lawrence

March 8, 1961 ~ September 27, 2024 (age 63) Melissa Neisler Lawrence, 63, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, passed away on Friday, September 27th while selflessly assisting her neighbors during Hurricane Helene. Born on March [Read More]

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‘You Cannot Imagine’ – Jones Describes Storm Damage

October 2, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on ‘You Cannot Imagine’ – Jones Describes Storm Damage

Rep. Brenden Jones of Columbus County is no stranger to natural disasters. With a business in Fair Bluff and home in Tabor City, as well as close ties throughout the county, Jones is familiar with [Read More]

Obituaries

Arthur “Jack” Jackson Inman, Jr.

October 2, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Arthur “Jack” Jackson Inman, Jr.

July 27, 1944 ~ October 1, 2024 (age 80) Arthur Jackson Inman, Jr. lovingly known as Jack, died on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, in Whiteville, NC. Jack was born on July 27, 1944, son of the late Arthur [Read More]

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Sanford Glendale Jacobs

October 2, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Sanford Glendale Jacobs

September 28, 2024 Sanford Glendale Jacobs, son of the late Grover Patrick and Loraine Jacobs, departed this life on September 28, 2024, at the age of 79 years old. In 1970, he was united in [Read More]

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CCSO Team First in Mitchell Town

October 2, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCSO Team First in Mitchell Town

Deputies and sheriff staff from Columbus and Bladen got a firsthand look at the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains Monday. Sheriff Bill Rogers of Columbus and Jim McVicker of Bladen led [Read More]

Obituaries

Patricia Faye Moore

October 1, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Patricia Faye Moore

November 5, 1959 ~ September 30, 2024 (age 64) Patricia Faye Moore of Bolton NC, passed away peacefully Monday, September 30, 2024. She was born to the late Acie Moore and Annie Laura Freeman Moore. [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • To Be Rather Than to Seem

October 1, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • To Be Rather Than to Seem

Like many of you, I breathed a sigh of relief followed by a prayer for safety when Hurricane Helene jogged left last week. Most of us are still cleaning up or drying out from the [Read More]

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Locals Helping in Helene Response

October 1, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Locals Helping in Helene Response

County Manager Eddie Madden and seven other senior members of county government are on the ground in Western North Carolina helping with hurricane relief efforts. County Manager Eddie Madden said in an email Monday that [Read More]

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Woman With Strong Local Ties Killed in Floods

October 1, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Woman With Strong Local Ties Killed in Floods

A woman with strong local ties died Friday in Hurricane Helene’s flooding in the North Carolina mountains. Melissa Neisler Lawrence, 63, of King’s Mountain, was trying to help a neighbor during the flooding that engulfed [Read More]

Obituaries

Priscilla Ann Clarida

October 1, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Priscilla Ann Clarida

May 9, 1957 ~ September 30, 2024 (age 67) Priscilla Ann Clarida, 67, formerly of Nakina, NC, died Monday, September 30, 2024, at Cape Fear Valley medical Center in Fayetteville, NC. The funeral will be [Read More]

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