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 accessible, safe, and secure voting options [Read More]
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 feature Chip Hannah; Trenton Ford [Read More]
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 celebrates the “powerful benefits” of [Read More]
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, FL, as a category 3 storm. [Read More]
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 follow in the George Cemetery, [Read More]
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. Billy was born on July [Read More]
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 Zion Wesleyan Church and was [Read More]
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. Baiting is allowed for deer, [Read More]
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 the decision to extend the deadline to [Read More]
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 via licensed gaming outlets in [Read More]
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 opens Oct. 14. Applicants have until Jan. 17 to [Read More]
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 has regained his strength and [Read More]
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 customers within Columbus County Water [Read More]
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 vape and tobacco sales for [Read More]
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. He was the son of [Read More]
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, 1940 in Columbus County, NC, [Read More]
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