National Safe Boating Week, as proclaimed by Governor Roy Cooper, is May 21 – 27 and officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission say that safety should be a top priority when recre...
See related story here: https://columbuscountynews.com/2022/05/hurricane-season-expected-to-be-busy/ Whiteville Downtown Development announced today that the NCSU Coastal Dynamics Design Lab (CDDL) wi...
Related story: Hurricane season officially begins June 1, and federal weather forecasters are calling for the seventh busy season in a row. There’s a 65 percent chance of an above average tropical sea...
Friends and family of fallen Columbus County officers gathered Friday for a memorial service at the sheriff’s office. The Peace Officers Memorial observance is held annually to remember the sacrifices...
• The Board of Education reports that damages are less expensive than originally thought. Although it won’t cost quite as much to repair Thursday’s senior prank damage at East Columbus, 24 students ha...
This week was Peace Officer’s Memorial Week in Columbus County, and organizations all over the place have come out to show their appreciation for the men and women in blue. Last Sunday was Peac...
There was no runaway bride beside Robbie Turner, but “Smokey” caught up to the “Bandit” for just a few minutes in Tabor City this morning.Turner and Tabor City Police set up an impromptu traffic stop...
The Highway Patrol is seeking the owner of an SCCY 9mm handgun found beside an area highway. Troopers came into possession of the handgun in July 2021 year. If you are the owner of the pistol, and can...
As he stepped through the door, the little cowboy was grateful for the air conditioning in the diner. His dusty boots were made for riding horses, not walking the streets of a small town on a hot su...
The May 2 shooting of a Tabor City man has led to the arrest of a suspect from the Chadbourn area. Kason Durante Johnson, 43, is being held under no bond on a single count of first degree murder, jail...
$40,000 damage to electronics. Cooking oil, maple syrup, honey and eggs were used to cause thousands of dollars in damage to East Columbus Junior Senior High school early Thursday. The sheriff’s offic...
Propane gas caused the explosion and fire that levelled part of Chadbourn’s Budget Inn early today (Wednesday). The only victim of the fire is in critical condition in the Chapel Hill burn center. Col...
An armed Cerro Gordo drug dealer will serve 33 months in federal prison and three years probation. Brandon Jeffrey Miller, 26, was sentenced after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon...
One of 20,000 ducks will be a ticket to Hawaii for someone, and help support crisis intervention. Jungle Rapids Family Fun Park will host the Duck Derby Friday to help Coastal Horizons, which pr...
Updated 4:45 p.m. The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether excessive force was used by a school resource officer who broke up a fight at South Columbus High School Tuesday. The SRO is...
Chadbourn Police Officer Johnathan Driggers entered the burning wreckage of the Budget Inn to save a man this morning. Mayor Phillip Britt said Driggers saved the victim of the explosion and fire. Bri...