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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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If you have a church announcement, event, festival, family or nonprofit yard sale, or just a happy story you want to share with your neighbors, send it to us for...

Jefferson Weaver
April 25, 2021
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Cypress Village Apartments in Fair Bluff is now open for business.
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Cypress Village opens in Fair Bluff

Cypress Village apartments in Fair Bluff recently held its grand opening. The complex was purchased and remodeled by father and son investors, Kyle and Jonathan Cox of Tabor City.  ...

Jefferson Weaver
April 23, 2021
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Southeastern Regional officially joined the UNC System Thursday.
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UNC Southeastern moves COVID clinic

Vaccinations offered Tuesday and Thursday Beginning Tuesday (April 27) UNC Health Southeastern will begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations within Southeastern Health Mall Clinic on the campus of Biggs P...

Jefferson Weaver
April 23, 2021
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Improvements coming to two lake intersections

Two troublesome intersections at Lake Waccamaw will see temporary improvements before major changes take place next year. The Department of Transportation announced today (Friday) that Chaunceyto...

Jefferson Weaver
April 23, 2021
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Bobcats and Barbie dolls

Happy Wade is my new hero. To begin with, that’s a great name. I’ve never met him, but I know folks who know him. All indications are he’s a regular...

Jefferson Weaver
April 21, 2021
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Audit underway after $92,000 water bill left unpaid

Tabor Correctional paid a $92,822.69 water bill to the county Tuesday after the state was not billed for water usage for more than a year. County Manager Eddie Madden said...

Jefferson Weaver
April 21, 2021
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Governor may lift some COVID restrictions

State officials plan to lift mandatory social distancing, capacity, and mass gathering restrictions by June 1, Gov. Roy Cooper said today (Wednesday) in a video briefing. At the same time, Cooper...

Jefferson Weaver
April 21, 2021
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Volunteers sought for Adopt-A-Deputy

The Columbus County Adopt-A-Deputy program is actually two separate events this year. Kelly Greene Davis is coordinating the local effort to recognize deputies and detention officers. She said Correct...

Jefferson Weaver
April 21, 2021
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Anthony Spivey
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Spivey’s bond raised to $750K; dozens of cases affected

Former Police Chief Anthony Spivey saw his bond raised to $750,000 Tuesday, and a proviso attached that the source of any bond money be examined in a hearing. Spivey, 34,...

Jefferson Weaver
April 20, 2021
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Chadbourn chief arrested for trafficking, embezzlement

UPDATED 10:30 a.m. Chadbourn Police Chief Anthony Spivey has been arrested on 73 felony charges of altering or stealing evidence and drug trafficking.Jail reports show Spivey, 35, was processed into...

Jefferson Weaver
April 19, 2021
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One charged after wild Sunday chase

Traffic was tangled for more than an hour Sunday after a Durham man allegedly opened fire on another motorist near Chadbourn. The sheriff’s office reported that Keyontae Dashawn Datcher, 21,...

Jefferson Weaver
April 19, 2021
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District attorney sued for alienation of affection

District Attorney Jon David is being sued for alienation of affection after allegedly being a relationship with a Bladen County woman while she was still married. Court documents show that...

Jefferson Weaver
April 16, 2021
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Nearly half of OD patients since April 1 die

Since April 1, Columbus Regional has had more than 20 overdose patients come into the emergency department. Eight to 10 of those patients have died. “It’s shocking,” said hospital spokesperson...

Jefferson Weaver
April 15, 2021
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Woman shot searching for horse; two men charged

Two men were arrested on multiple drug and weapon charges, and a woman is recovering from a gunshot wound after a dispute in Riegelwood Wednesday evening. Emily Partain, 25, was...

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April 15, 2021
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Man charged after spitting in officer’s face

Chadbourn Police and deputies jailed a Whiteville man on multiple charges after he allegedly had narcotics in his vehicle and spat on the arresting officers. Chadbourn Police and Columbus County...

Jefferson Weaver
April 14, 2021
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Woman charged in computer, sex toy theft

The suspect in an April 10 break-in wasn’t satisfied with entering her victim’s home once – she allegedly came back for more. Tykayla Danielle Mason, 28, was charged with breaking,...

Jefferson Weaver
April 14, 2021
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