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High School Football Returns to Legion Stadium
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Articles by Jeff Allen Jones
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Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with Lisa Yemma of Yemma Farm. They talk about pollination and other garden related topics. You can listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs [Read More]
Covid-19
Cooper Warns of Newest COVID strain
State officials are sounding the alarm over the latest variant of COVID-19. BA.5 is now the most common variant, Gov. Roy Cooper said in a press release, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Read More]
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Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with Chadbourn Interim Police Chief Ken Elliott about the challenges of Policing in a small community, and what is currently happening in the city of Chadbourn. You can listen in the player [Read More]
Life in Columbus
Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with City of Whiteville Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder Jr. about Independence Day safety. Listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced [Read More]
Business
Applications Begin July 1 for “Mrs. B” Grants
Applications begin July 1 for Mrs. B’s grants Louise Oriole Burevitch died a wealthy woman, surprising many who knew her, and but the Wilmington woman’s legacy has become well-known in the years since her death. [Read More]
Life in Columbus
Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with Assistant District Attorney Heath Nance about Child Exploitation and Child Sextortion. Listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced in, for, [Read More]
News
Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with Local Teacher & WTXY Chief Meteorologist Christopher Cawley THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced in, for, and about Columbus County. Each week Jefferson and [Read More]
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Update from County Manager
On June 6, the Columbus County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the FY 2022-23 budget for all funds. The adopted budget maintains the current tax rate of 80.5 cents with no tax increase in the coming [Read More]
News
Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with Aspen Allen & Hayley Damato of Southeastern Community College. Listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced in, for, and about [Read More]
Life in Columbus
Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with Madison Ward (Whiteville Downtown Development Commission), Robert Lewis (Whiteville City Planner), and Blake Spivey (Director of City Parks & Recreation). Listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is [Read More]
Legal Notices
LEGAL NOTICE:
06/01/2022: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-Part B, Public Law 108,446) Project is presently being amended. The project describes the Special Education programs that Thomas Academy proposes for Federal funding for the 2022-2023 school [Read More]
Life in Columbus
Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with Jennifer Holcomb, Executive Director of the Columbus County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism. Listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced [Read More]
Government
Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver
This week Jefferson talks with Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene. Topics include Columbus County Animal Protective Services, the most recent crime rates in Columbus County, the Federal Inmate Program, and the new Sheriff’s Office complex. [Read More]
Health
UNC Health Southeastern Earns “B” Safety Grade
UNC Health Southeastern was awarded a “B” safety grade for spring 2022 by The Leapfrog Group, a non-profit watchdog group. The grade announcement was made this week during National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week, [Read More]
Health
Minton Named 2022 Baker Nurse of Excellence
RN Christopher Minton (3-Rust Tower) was named UNC Health Southeastern’s 2022 Baker Nurse of Excellence during a ceremony hosted May 10 by the organization’s Professional Growth Council as part of National Nurses Week. Minton, a [Read More]