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Weekly Podcast: The Columbus Connection – Jefferson Weaver Commentary

  On this edition of the Columbus Connection, Jefferson has commentary on the controversy over the recent arrest in Chadbourn where a video of the capture and arrest has been...

Jefferson Weaver
March 30, 2025
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Weekly Podcast: The Columbus Connection – Jefferson Weaver Commentary

On this edition of the Columbus Connection, Jefferson has commentary on the Camper Trailer Controversy in Columbus County, and Terrorism Verus the Free Market. You don’t want to miss this...

Jefferson Weaver
March 21, 2025
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Weekly Podcast: The Columbus Connection – Jefferson Weaver Commentary

On this edition of the Columbus Connection, Jefferson has commentary on Budgets, and how accountability Zero Based Budget Policies would work. Jefferson also talks about the NC DOT & DMV...

Jefferson Weaver
March 1, 2025
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Full Agenda for Columbus County Commissioners

  Columbus County Commissioners on Monday have a full agenda. In addition to public hearings on a planned duplex development and a proposed ordinance regulating campers, the board will consider...

Jefferson Weaver
February 28, 2025
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House Oversight Committee Hearings Continue

The House Oversight Committee on Thursday continued hearings from state leaders who must provide what they do, how they do it, and how they measure their success. Critics have accused...

Jefferson Weaver
February 28, 2025
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Failure to Manage Millions of Dollar

Representative Brenden Jones called out former governor Roy Cooper and the N.C. Office of Resilience and Recovery in an X post Wednesday for failure to properly manage millions of dollars...

Jefferson Weaver
February 28, 2025
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Half Dozen Departments Worked to Protect Homes

Forest Service crews are still on the scene of a massive wildfire in the western part of the county. Firefighters from a half-dozen departments worked to protect homes along Mangum...

Jefferson Weaver
February 28, 2025
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Life Flight Helicopter Crashes

A New Hanover Novant Life Flight helicopter crashed Monday night on the Pender New Hanover County line. The helicopter was one of those that provide air medic service in Columbus...

Jefferson Weaver
February 25, 2025
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LP Gas Mishap at Pleasant Plains Baptist Church

  An LP gas mishap burned one man and caused some exterior damage at Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Tuesday morning. County Fire Marshall Shannon Blackman said the church’s propane tank...

Jefferson Weaver
February 25, 2025
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Town of Brunswick Foot Chase and Felonies

A traffic stop turned into a long high speed chase that ended with foot chase and felonies early Thursday in the Town of Brunswick. David Reynosa allegedly fled from deputies...

Jefferson Weaver
February 21, 2025
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Hydro-Ax Logging Machine Set Fire

  Someone set fire to a Hydro-Ax logging machine Saturday, destroying the $15,000 machine. Roseland Fire Department was called to Gamble Trail after the burning machine was discovered. The owner...

Jefferson Weaver
February 19, 2025
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House Bill 78 and House Bill 80

Democrats in the General Assembly are pushing two bills to limit law enforcement’s role in immigration enforcement in some locations. The bills are a response to the Trump administration crackdown...

Jefferson Weaver
February 16, 2025
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North Carolina Could Become a Constitutional Carry State

  North Carolina could become the 30th state in the union to allow constitutional carry of firearms. Senator Danny Britt of Robeson County has co-authored a bill that would do...

Jefferson Weaver
February 10, 2025
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Weekly Podcast: The Columbus Connection – Meteorologist Christopher Cawley

This Weeks The Columbus Connection (Press Play for the Audio)  On this edition of the Columbus Connection, Jefferson has CCN’s Chief Meteorologist Christopher Cawley in the studio to talk about...

Jefferson Weaver
February 9, 2025
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Columbus County Commissioners Monday Meeting

County Commissioners on Monday turned down a request to give Columbus County status as a high risk wildfire area. Shane Hardee of the Forest Service explained that the shift from...

Jefferson Weaver
February 5, 2025
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Vehicle Break-Ins and Suspicious Individual Prowling Properties

Whiteville Police are investigating a series of car break-ins at Love Mill Apartments. The thefts were reported just before 2:00 a.m. Tuesday. Small items such as jewelry and cologne were...

Jefferson Weaver
February 5, 2025
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