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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.

Rapid testing will be available by appointment Friday at the Health Department in Whiteville.
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COVID testing available Friday; 73rd death reported

The county’s COVID death toll rose to 73 this week, with the latest victim dying at home Nov. 27. In today’s twice-weekly report, the county reported an additional 58 cases...

Jefferson Weaver
December 3, 2020
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North Carolina's 2018 voter ID law was upheld today by a U.S. Appeals Court. The law will go into effect next election. (file photo)
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Voter ID law upheld

  The U.S. Court of Appeals today (Wednesday) reversed a lower court ruling on North Carolina’s Voter ID law.  That law – the second version approved by the voters and...

Jefferson Weaver
December 3, 2020
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The sheriff's office is seeking this man for questioning in an October break-in. (courtesy photo)
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CCSO seeks break-in suspect

Officials hope an image from a surveillance camera will help identify an alleged thief in the Nakina area. Around 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 10, the sheriff’s office says, the individual...

Jefferson Weaver
December 3, 2020
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Mark Anthony Nelson in a previous booking photo.
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Murder suspect arrested in Tabor City

Updated 5 p.m. Detectives and deputies raided a Queen Street home this afternoon and arrested a Tabor City man for Sunday night shooting that left a Hope Mills man dead....

Jefferson Weaver
December 2, 2020
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Houndsmen and harpies

Good William IX doesn’t have to hunt for a living any more, but the instinct is still there. I brought the redbone home on my birthday a few years back,...

Jefferson Weaver
December 2, 2020
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Deck the halls — or else

Thanksgiving has ended, which typically marks that wonderful time of year when I begin decorating for Christmas.  Not inside, mind you, until Dec. 1 at the earliest, because I can...

Jefferson Weaver
December 1, 2020
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Cooper to give COVID update at 3 p.m.

Gov. Roy Cooper and members for the COVID-19 task force will hold an update at 3 p.m.You can view the livestream of the COVID-19 briefing here. https://www.ncdps.gov/news-conference...

Jefferson Weaver
December 1, 2020
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Joy

By Rev. Dave Heller   Joy.  Happiness.  We all want it.  We pursue after it.  We try to find it in everything we do.  We want and say to ourselves, “If I only had this”...

Jefferson Weaver
December 1, 2020
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Whiteville Emergency Management Director Hal Lowder speaks with officers Wednesday after a potential suicide was stoped at Walmart. (Ben Proctor)
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WPD officers stop possible suicide

Whiteville Police managed to prevent a suicide Wednesday at the Walmart parking lot. Major William Hinz said Officer Michael Strickland was dispatched to assist EMS on a call about a...

Jefferson Weaver
November 30, 2020
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SRMC virtual tree lighting Thursday

The annual lighting of the Christmas Tree on top of Southeastern Regional Medical Center will be held on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. on Facebook as a live event...

Jefferson Weaver
November 30, 2020
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Concerned Bikers Toy Run Saturday

Santa will have help from some elves in leather jackets Saturday. The 22nd annual Concerned Bikers Association Toy Run will begin at 9 a.m. at the Walmart parking lot in Whiteville....

Jefferson Weaver
November 30, 2020
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Ruthene Sellers Barnhill

Ruthene Sellers Barnhill, age 85, of Whiteville, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 at Liberty Commons, Whiteville. She was born in Columbus County on Oct. 30, 1935 to the late Rufus...

Jefferson Weaver
November 30, 2020
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A small gun
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One dead, one airlifted after Sellerstown shooting

UPDATED at 10:25 One man was killed and another shot in the face on Sellerstown Road near Chadbourn Sunday night, Sheriff Jody Greene said. The wounded individual was transported to...

Jefferson Weaver
November 30, 2020
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Shawn Murchison
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Felon charged in Fair Bluff shooting incident

Fair Bluff Police have captured the man alleged to have fired a number of shots after a dispute Nov. 14. Shawn Jarmie Murchison, 33, was placed under a secured bond...

Jefferson Weaver
November 25, 2020
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Charles Alan Bowen
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Bolton man charged in two assault, damage cases

A Bolton man faces a slew of felony charges, including property damage and assault after several incidents, including one where a Molotov cocktail was left at the scene.  Arrest reports...

Jefferson Weaver
November 25, 2020
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Dvid Harold Wilson
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Assault victim assaults medics, report says

A man who called 911 after an alleged assault was charged with injuring the emergency workers trying to help him.  David Harold Wilson was held under a secured bond on...

Jefferson Weaver
November 25, 2020
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