Davene Cox Fowler will present a paper on “Kinship of the Members of St. Paul Methodist Church” Saturday at the Southeastern Genealogical Society Meeting. The presentation was written by Richard Wright, and focuses on Margaret [Read More]
I was hours late getting home, but the night was perfectly indigo blue scattered with thousands of frozen white stars, and a moon that seemed too big for the sky, so I didn’t mind too [Read More]
A state agency’s ongoing mishandling of hurricane relief funds from Matthew and Florence is bringing the State Auditor’s Office to Columbus County. County Manager Eddie Madden said the county’s ongoing problems with N.C. Office of [Read More]
Democrats in and out of the General Assembly are crying foul over a bill to require the pledge of allegiance to be scheduled daily at public schools. The bill does not violate the federal courts [Read More]
The entire area is under a special weather advisory for increased fire danger through Tuesday evening, and Whiteville city officials are reminding residents that it’s illegal to burn debris within the city limits. The combination [Read More]
Strong Winds Lead to Sawmill Fire Fire units from across the county assisted in a stubborn fire at the West Frazier sawmill Saturday. Acme Delco Riegelwood Fire Rescue Chief Steve Camlin said firefighters were called [Read More]
Photos by Christopher Cawley Forest Service crews with aircraft and heavy equipment are working with volunteer fire departments on a fast moving wildfire off Mangum Road in Evergreen. The fire threatened several structures and vehicles [Read More]
As temperatures are rising in our area, so are opportunities to get outside and shake off the winter doldrums. Here are some of the news stories you might have missed from around our [Read More]
County water customers in District III are under a new boil advisory today (Thursday). A water main line break near Waterfall Estates has caused an outage for all customers in the community. During repairs to [Read More]
Photos by Christopher Cawley Firefighters and the Forest Service are working to contain a wildfire off Bud Stephens Road this afternoon (Wednesday). The blaze was referred to as a “full on forest fire” by the [Read More]
Breaking news Firefighters have contained an out of control grass and debris fire on Whitehall Road has threatened a shed and a home. Radio traffic indicates firefighters from Hallsboro, North Whiteville, Welches Creek, Whiteville, and [Read More]
At least five, usually six days a week, I wear a tie. Neckties were already becoming somewhat passe before COVID made it acceptable to wear pajamas in public. Since then, life seems to have become [Read More]
Emergency repairs on North Creek Drive in county Water District IV have led to a boil advisory. The affected area includes all of North Creek Drive. Flow will be reversed for periods of time, leading [Read More]
Courtesy Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce The 79th Annual Banquet was held this past week at The Todd House Wedding and Event Center. We were blessed to have 105 guests in attendance. Everyone enjoyed [Read More]
Columbuscountynews.com welcomes dissenting and concurring opinions, guest columns and letters to the editor. All submissions must be signed, and have the sender’s address and telephone for verification. Only the contributor’s name and community will be [Read More]
Students at North Carolina Title 1 public high schools have until March 7 to apply for a new, one-week page program. Title I is a federally funded program that provides financial assistance and support to [Read More]
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