Eastern North Carolina nonprofits supporting education, health and human services can apply for grants from the Louise Oriole Burevitch Endowment through July 30. This opportunity will provide a total of $500,000 in funds from the endowment established [Read More]
April 22, 1970 ~ July 1, 2024 (age 54) Steven Ray Griffin, 54, of Clarkton, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, July 1, 2024. Steven is preceded in death by his parents, John [Read More]
October 6, 1979 ~ June 27, 2024 (age 44) Amanda Carol Nealy, age 44, of Whiteville, NC, died Thursday, June 27, 2024, in the Columbus Regional Healthcare System. Born on October 6, 1979, in Columbus [Read More]
February 10, 1938 ~ July 1, 2024 (age 86) Betty McKeithan of Nakina NC passed away July 1, 2024 at Lower Cape Fear Life Care. She was born February 10, 1938 to the late Fonice [Read More]
April 3, 1949 ~ June 30, 2024 (age 75) of Leland formally of Old Dock Community Arnold “Arnie” Simmons, 75, slipped the bonds of this earth and entered the arms of his Lord and Savior [Read More]
Columbus County was one of the top five places in the state for turkey hunters this year. Results from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s (NCWRC) 2024 Wild Turkey Harvest Summary report show that hunters recorded 24,074 [Read More]
June 29, 2024 Mr. Clarence (C.G.) Gordon Townsend Jr. 76, of Whiteville passed on June 29, 2024. He was born June 4, 1948 in Columbus County the son of the late Clarence Gordon Townsend, Sr. [Read More]
The Columbus County Community Foundation has awarded $109,720 in grants to local non profits and service groups. The board of advisors granted: $7,500 to Annie Catherine Pridgen Community Development Foundation for Mount Olive Head Start and [Read More]
Old Lumberton Road near Research Drive will close July 8 for the replacement of a 75-year-old bridge. The bridge, which was built in 1949, crosses part of Western Prong. Both lanes of the road will [Read More]
Tabor City police arrested a wanted man after he was stopped for pulling a trailer without taillights. Austin Grey Reneger, 27, was held under a secured bond on Guilford County charges of discharging a firearm [Read More]
As the busiest week of the year gets underway at Lake Waccamaw, police are reminding golf cart users to be sure children are properly buckled up. Lake Waccamaw was the first municipality in the county [Read More]
City and county school board filings are underway, but filings have been slow in the first week of signups. County District Five incumbent Steve Long has filed for reelection. In the District One race, where [Read More]
The things I take for granted are things they never knew. I am writing these words in a comfortable, air conditioned office, despite the thermometer soaring to sinful levels. I had a good supper last [Read More]
March 12, 1937 — June 28, 2024 Ms. Ida McAllister, age 87, of Tabor City, NC passed away on Friday, June 28, 2024, at Loris Nursing and Rehab Center, Loris, SC. There will be a [Read More]
August 18, 1955 ~ June 28, 2024 (age 68) Dreda Denease Stanley, 68, of Nakina, NC, died Friday, June 28, 2024, at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be 12:00 PM [Read More]
On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has in studio guest Teresa Smith, Deputy Director of Columbus County Emergency Services If you would like to be a Guest on The Columbus Connection, you can [Read More]
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