Obituaries
Woodrow Mitchel Bell
April 10, 1930 ~ March 5, 2025 (age 94) Woodrow Mitchel Bell, 94, of Whiteville died on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in the Elizabethtown Nursing & Rehab Center. Woodrow was born on April 10, 1930, [Read More]
Year: 2025
Obituaries
Michael Ernest Pridgen
May 26, 1960 ~ March 6, 2025 (age 64) Michael Ernest Pridgen 64, of Whiteville passed on Thursday March 6, 2025 in Lower Cape Fear Lifecare Angel House. Whiteville. He was born May 26, 1960 [Read More]
CCN Weather Update
Weather Update – Friday March 7, 2025
Happy FRIYAY everyone, welcome to the CCN Daily Weather Update. Today’s weather update is brought to you by our friends at Freedom Insurance in Whiteville. No matter what your insurance needs happen to be, the [Read More]
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CCN Daily News Briefs
News Briefs for March 6, 2025 The Forest Service will hold prescribed burner licensing May 19-22. Certified Burner classes are delivered through a combination of virtual classroom sessions and in-person group field activities. [Read More]
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The Porch Pirate Plaque
Porch pirates are a plague on every community in the state, and a bill passed by the state house will increase punishments for mail theft. Under House Bill 34 , defendants will face harsher [Read More]
Government
U.S. Secretary of the Agriculture Brooke Rollins to visit N.C. and S.C.
U.S. Secretary of the Agriculture Brooke Rollins will visit North and South Carolina for a tour of the hardest hit wildfire areas and briefings about the fires in both states. At Tuesday’s Council of State [Read More]
Business
Certified Burner Class Open
The Forest Service will hold prescribed burner licensing May 19-22. Certified Burner classes are delivered through a combination of virtual classroom sessions and in-person group field activities. Burner certification is a useful tool for landowners, [Read More]
Church News
Special Worship Opportunities
Send your revivals, special events, VBS news to churchnews@columbuscountynews.com. Please include a photo of your church, pastor or guest speaker when possible. Call 910.914.6056 ext. 1 for information. Gores Chapel will hold revival March 9-12 [Read More]
Obituaries
Richard Wayne Ward
December 21, 1943 ~ March 4, 2025 (age 81) Richard Wayne Ward, age 81, of Green Sea, SC, died Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in his home. He was the son of the late Almon Richard [Read More]
CCN Weather Update
Weather Update – Thursday March 6, 2025
Happy Thursday everyone, welcome to the CCN Daily Weather Update. Today’s weather update is brought to you by our friends at Freedom Insurance in Whiteville. No matter what your insurance needs happen to be, the [Read More]
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CCN Daily News Briefs
News Briefs for March 5, 2025 Tuesday’s Council of State meeting, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler warned that North Carolina, not California, is in higher danger of catastrophic urban impacts by wildfires, due to development [Read More]
Business
CCN Business Spotlight – Auto Track Car Wash
CCN Business Spotlight Auto Track Car Wash Whiteville’s Auto Track Car Wash Offers four Self Serve Bays, eight vacuums and vending machines with all the detailing supplies to clean your ride. Automatic Bays including a [Read More]
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The Good News for March 5-12
It’s almost springtime. We have daffodils and jonquils blooming, other flowers beginning to bud, and any number of signs that the annual renewal is slowly getting underway after a long cold winter. Here are some [Read More]
Brews & Bites
Brews and Bites: Food Truck Fun with Tom’s Traveling Coffee
I was in passing through Cerro Gordo last Wednesday on my way home and sitting tall in the parking lot of the Family Dollar was Traveling Tom’s Coffee truck. I think by now you have [Read More]
Obituaries
Whitney Leon Duncan
Whitney Leon Duncan, age 55, died Tuesday March 4, 2025 in McLeod Loris Hospital. He was the son of Hubert Leon “Rod” Duncan and Merlin Fowler Duncan Fipps. He was an exceptional carpenter with a [Read More]
Obituaries
Lula Margrett (Coatney) Mckoy (age 102)
January 8, 1923 ~ March 2, 2025 Mother Lula McKoy passed on Sunday, March 02,2025 at her residence,11832 Rosindale Road, Council, North Carolina. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 08, 2025 at Shady [Read More]