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Jefferson Weaver

Jefferson Weaver is the Managing Editor of Columbus County News and he can be reached at (910) 914-6056, (910) 632-4965, or by email at jeffersonweaver@ColumbusCountyNews.com.

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Taillights, Trailer Lead to Trouble

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...

Jefferson Weaver
July 1, 2024
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Lake Waccamaw's revised golf cart ordinance requires the same restraints for children as state law does for other motor vehicles. (Submitted)
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Lake Tightening Up Golf Cart Rules

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...

Jefferson Weaver
July 1, 2024
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School Board Signups Moving Slowly

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...

Jefferson Weaver
July 1, 2024
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Jefferson Weaver • The Field of Pain and Sorrow

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...

Jefferson Weaver
July 1, 2024
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Dry Conditions Affecting Soybeans, Corn

While the state officially designated Columbus County in a moderate drought Thursday, the dry conditions weren’t news to area farmers. “The drought has been a challenge across much of the...

Jefferson Weaver
June 28, 2024
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The Goods News for June 28

Independence Day is next Thursday, but the fun for the Fourth is getting an early start in Columbus County. Sunday is the patriotic concert at Leamon Chapel on the Boys...

Jefferson Weaver
June 28, 2024
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Commissioners Put Brakes on Bolton Property

Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Columbus County School Board Chairman Ronnie Strickland. An appraisal will be done on the proposed Bolton site for a new...

Jefferson Weaver
June 28, 2024
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Drought Raises Wildfire Risks

There is no burn ban in place yet, but N.C. Forest Service officials are discouraging outdoor burning due to the ongoing dry weather. As hot and dry conditions persist across...

Jefferson Weaver
June 27, 2024
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CCSO Hopes Forum Encourages ‘Unity’

A public forum Saturday is designed to build relationships between the sheriff’s office and the community. The Unity in Our Communities event starts at 10 a.m. at Whiteville High School...

Jefferson Weaver
June 27, 2024
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County Moves Into Drought; City Issues Advisory

Updated June 28 3:45 p.m. Every county except for one in North Carolina is now in either a drought or abnormally dry, the state Drought Monitor reported today (June 27)....

Jefferson Weaver
June 27, 2024
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Man Charged with Multiple Felonies

Deputies and Tabor City Police arrested a suspect wanted for larceny and other crimes in several cases stretching back to earlier this year. Courtney Cole Scott, 31, of 118 Canal...

Jefferson Weaver
June 26, 2024
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Pesticide Disposal Day Set

Outdated pesticides will be collected at no cost in Columbus County July 23. The Columbus County Extension Office and state Dep. of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Pesticide Disposal Assistance Pro...

Jefferson Weaver
June 26, 2024
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APS to Close July 10-15 for Training

Columbus Animal Protective Services will be closed and offering limited services July 10-15. In a social media announcement, APS officials said the office will not be open to the public,...

Jefferson Weaver
June 25, 2024
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Program Now Offers Bilingual Children’s Books

By Kayla Henson Columbus County Partnership for Children The N.C. Partnership for Children is part of a significant expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) program in North Carolina, wi...

Jefferson Weaver
June 25, 2024
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Teen Charged in Deadly Crash

Speed and improper passing contributed to a June 7 fatal crash minutes after the end of the school year, and one of the teens in the crash has been charged....

Jefferson Weaver
June 25, 2024
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Father, Infant Die in Bladen Fire

A father and a baby died Sunday in a fire near White Lake. Bladen County Fire Marshall Kenneth Clark said the blaze was reported around 2:30 p.m. When firefighters arrived...

Jefferson Weaver
June 24, 2024
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