Biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are asking the public to help them learn more about the distribution of the northern pine snake in western North Carolina by reporting any sighti...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has designated Saturday, Sept. 26, as a Youth Deer Hunting Day for 2020. On this day, youth 17 and younger may use any legal weapon to hunt deer of either sex an...
Between heavy marketing efforts, a presidential election, and fears of the COVID-19 virus, mail-in absentee ballots are coming into the Columbus County Board of Elections office by the box almost ever...
The attorney for Commissioner Giles “Buddy” Byrd said Friday that Byrd’s arrest is politically motivated, and the storage shed he is charged with stealing was the center of a misunderstanding. Byrd wa...
Marcus Ryan Heimnick will spent four to ten years in prison and 30 on the state’s sex offender registry for his May 2020 sexual assault on a 75 year old woman. The victim managed to defend herself aga...
BREAKING: County Commissioner Giles “Buddy” Byrd was arrested Friday morning on felony larceny charges.Byrd, 71, was booked at 9:32 a.m. at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Deten...
In many cases, they have grandchildren or even great-grandchildren they never met, but a local veterans group hopes never to let their names be forgotten. Weather permitting, the Veterans Park of Amer...
An additional 33 new cases of COVID-19 were reported since Monday, bringing the total for Columbus County to 1,304. Active cases total 188. Eight residents remain hospitalized form the virus, up from ...
Columbus County has once again been designated among the 15 worst counties in the state for seat belt usage. The Department of Transportation said in a press release today that researchers will be wor...
Whiteville Police have charged the suspect in the Sept. 12 shooting incident at the Happy Mart. Marcellino Sprauve, 40, was arrested Tuesday and charged with going armed to the terror of the public, d...
Break-ins of vehicles in Nakina are continuing, and the sheriff’s office is encouraging residents to lock their vehicles, hide their valuables, and keep an eye out for strangers.The Columbus Cou...
The Columbus County Health Department listed 1,271 confirmed cases of the virus in Columbus County Monday, with one additional death. That person died Sept. 14 in an area hospital, according to M...
One of the most popular playgrounds in downtown Whiteville will reopen next week. Outside areas at the Museum of Science will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The museum announced th...
Sabrina Troy of Elizabethtown was killed Monday when her automobile went out of control on Chanceytown Road. Troy — who would have turned 21 next month — went off the right side of the road, overcorre...
Angela Carter Hill, age 58, of Bryson City, formerly of Whiteville, died Saturday, September 5, 2020, at John F. Keever Solace Center in Asheville. She was born in Kinston to the late Robert Ret...
Alice Faye Harrelson Duncan, age 75 of the Beaverdam Community in Chadbourn, entered into her Heavenly home on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at her residence. Faye was born November 12, 1944, in Horry...