The bipartisan State Board of Elections on Monday unanimously approved a long list of emergency measures to help Helene victims vote in the 2024 election and ensure election officials can provide acce...
Antioch Baptist Church will host revival services Oct. 13-16. Sunday’s service begins at 6 p.m., with Chris Hardee as guest speaker. All other services start at 7 p.m. Monday will...
An international event celebrating group singing is coming to Lake Waccamaw, and more voices are welcome. World Singing Day is held annually on the third Saturday of October. The event...
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with today’s local weather update and an update on Hurricane Milton. Hurricane Milton will make landfall around 9 PM just south of Sarasota, F...
January 27, 1935 ~ October 8, 2024 (age 89) Threasa Mae (Wilson) Stephens Funeral services will be on October 11, 2024 at 1 pm at St. Stephens Holiness Church, Whiteville, NC, burial will...
July 7, 1954 – October 8, 2024 Billy Edward Floyd, Sr. 70 of Whiteville, died on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, in Novant Health-New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC....
September 14, 1933 ~ October 8, 2024 (age 91) Born September 14, 1933, Valeta Suggs Cox, 91, of Tabor City, passed away on October 8, 2024. Valeta was a lifelong member of Old...
Conventional deer season opens in Columbus County and across the southeast Saturday. All deer hunters must wear a hat, cap or other outer garment of safety orange at all times....
Due to the impact of Hurricane Helene on pesticide training and recertification, private pesticide applicators statewide will have until Dec. 20 to meet their recertification requirements. “We made th...
Gambling is becoming a booming business in North Carolina. The N.C. State Lottery Commission said this morning (Oct. 9) that more than $575 million in bets were placed in September...
The application period for county governments and conservation nonprofit groups to apply for farmland preservation grants from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund op...
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with an update on Category 5 Hurricane Milton. Milton underwent an eyewall replacement cycle on Tuesday and briefly weakened to a cat-4 … but...
Press Release October 8, 2024 Water Quality Issues & Boil Water Advisory Due to emergency repairs to the Public Water Supply System, a Boil Water Advisory has been issued for...
Vape and tobacco shops may soon be more tightly regulated in both the city and county. Columbus County commissioners on Monday set a public hearing on the draft ordinance regulating...
October 7, 2024 Mr. Legrande Powers (Buster) 69, of Whiteville, NC transitioned to be with the Lord on Monday, October 7, 2024, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC....
May 19, 1940 ~ October 7, 2024 (age 84) Barbara Garrell Babson, age 84, of Elizabethtown, NC, died Monday, October 7, 2024 in Bladen East Health and Rehabilitation, Elizabethtown, NC. Born May 19,...