A two-decade-old tradition launches at Lake Tabor May 11, as the annual bass tournament kicks off starting at 5 a.m. First prize is $250, second $175, and third $100. Registration opens at 5 a.m., wit...
The Columbus County Schools Indian Education Parent Committee and Public Meeting is tonight (April 30) at Hallsboro Artesia School. The meeting is from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Media Center. Items on the...
President Joe Biden will visit Wilmington Thursday to draw attention to pollution problems along the Cape Fear. Leadership with the New Hanover Democrat party said the visit is “presidential,” not a c...
Whiteville Police are investigating a shooting incident that happened at a tire dealer Friday. An unidentified subject began arguing with Brian Koenig at the New and Used Tire Barn around 2 p.m., the ...
Owners of horses, donkeys, ponies and mules are being encouraged to vaccinate their animals as the season for mosquito-borne illnesses gets underway. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said the ma...
Authorities have tied nearly 100 vehicle break-ins to a Maple Hill man who was tracked down and jailed in Elizabethtown Thursday. Joseph Clark Jr., 40, of Maple Hill, is being held under a secured bon...
This might possibly be the busiest weekend of the year in Columbus County. Here’s a few of the things going on that you and your family can get out and enjoy. Lake Waccamaw’s Gator Festival is going o...
Following some confusion during the 2022 elections and a pending court case, state elections officials are reminding convicted felons that they may not cast a vote until all terms of their sentences a...
Repair crews installed a new pulley at Elwell Ferry this week, bring the venerable river crossing back into service a month sooner than expected. “We found a spare pulley and installed it,” said Dept....
In those days, a newspaper office was a magical place. People were always moving, talking, coming and going. A single BB-sized hole in the darkened front door allowed the sunlight to show dancing dust...
Two men were jailed after a chase Monday with speeds reaching 130 miles per hour. Jacques Ali Vereen, 29, of 619 Mollie Rd., Whiteville, as charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest and multiple tra...
Elwell Ferry across the Cape Fear River will be closed through the month of May while a pulley is replaced. The ferry is the last inland cable ferry in the state. Andrew Barksdale of the N.C. Dept. of...
This weekend is a good time to take a breath, relax a little, and get ready – there’s a lot going on in our community over the next week or so. Saturday (April 20) is the barbecue fundraiser for cance...
Bond was set at $100,000 unsecured for a man charged with two counts of sharing sexually explicit images of a woman without her consent. Bobby Holtzclaw, 19, of 8287 Red Hill Rd., Whiteville, was arre...
See related story elsewhere at columbuscountynews.com. The Waccamaw Siouan people of Columbus County will soon have their own historic marker. The move is part of a series of markers being erected by ...
International Paper (IP) announced that Jason Hoffmann has been named mill manager of the company’s Riegelwood Mill, assuming overall leadership responsibility for the facility on May 1. Hoffmann beg...