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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...