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Jefferson Weaver

Jefferson Weaver is editor and publisher of Columbus County News. He can be reached at 910.234.6991, 910.632.4965 or by email at CCn.JWeaver@gmail.com.

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Create Strategies to Help Achieve Your Financial Goals

Jamille Gore, Your Local Edward Jones Financial Advisor  117 W. Main St.,Downtown Whiteville 910-642-2820 Like most people, you probably have many financial goals: a comfortable retirement, long vacat...

Jefferson Weaver
July 27, 2020
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Drive-up testing is continuing at Columbus Regional Health Center by appointment.
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County has 44 COVID-19 deaths, 765 cases

Four more residents have died since the last county report. Four additional deaths in Columbus County have bee attributed to COVID-19, according to the Health Department. Two cases were reported by th...

Jefferson Weaver
July 27, 2020
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Absentee requests expected to be high for election

The Columbus County Board of Elections reports that absentee ballot requests are expected to skyrocket this year, and with those extra absentee ballots come a lot of opportunities for fraud.  “It’s ou...

Jefferson Weaver
July 27, 2020
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Seeds are scam, and possibly invasive species, state says

State officials ask that anyone receiving unsolicited packages of seeds contact the Department of Agriculture. Odd packages of unknown seeds are turning up across North Carolina and the country, accor...

Jefferson Weaver
July 27, 2020
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Lt. Andre Jackson of the WPD accepts a donation while handing out a packet of facial coverings Thursday.
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Food drive Thursday in Whiteville

More than 500,000 pounds of food passed through the doors of Harvest Table Food Bank in Whiteville last year, and more is needed. “We have people in need coming to us every day,” said Kevin Hatcher, d...

Jefferson Weaver
July 27, 2020
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Graffiti painted on two churches

Whiteville Police are investigating a possible case of gang-related graffiti on two local churches. Police reports show that someone spray painted the words “Low” and “Foe” as well as other markings o...

Jefferson Weaver
July 24, 2020
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No deaths, but 33 new COVID cases in county report

Two cases shifted to other counties, but count still rises. Columbus County lost two cases to other counties, but the county’s COVID-19 tally still rose to 732 in Thursday’s report from the Health Dep...

Jefferson Weaver
July 23, 2020
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Lt. Andre Jackson of the WPD accepts a donation while handing out a packet of facial coverings Thursday.
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WPD, Harvest table food drive underway

More than 500,000 pounds of food went to needy family from the Harvest Table Food Bank of Whiteville last year.“The need is everywhere,” said Kevin Hatcher of Harvest Table.Harvest Table a...

Jefferson Weaver
July 23, 2020
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A two-vehicle crash on N.C. 130 has delayed traffic near Brunswick.
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Wreck slows traffic on N.C. 130 south

Fire crews and the Highway Patrol are on the scene of a wreck on N.C. 130, just outside of the village of Brunswick. Travelers in the area should prepared for delays. We’ll bring you more on thi...

Jefferson Weaver
July 22, 2020
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Lamar Parker was jailed on drug charges after he ran from deputies, but was caught by the county's K-9, Deputy Law.
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Pot, meth, cocaine found in raids; suspect caught by K-9

You can’t outrun the long arm — or all four legs — of Deputy Law.UPDATED Complaints from citizens led to the arrest of a Whiteville man on narcotics charges July 16. Lamar Parker, 18...

Jefferson Weaver
July 22, 2020
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Hurricanes during COVID poses new challenges

Although neither of the tropical systems currently churning in the Atlantic pose a threat to North Carolina, emergency officials are encouraging planning ahead will help make enduring and recovering f...

Jefferson Weaver
July 22, 2020
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Editorial: Reasonable effort still falls short of serving the public

As we settle into the sixth month of the pandemic, we have seen how life does manage to go on, albeit with a lot of changes. Masks, hand sanitizers, social distancing, and other tools to combat the vi...

Jefferson Weaver
July 22, 2020
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Raleigh man charged in ‘George Floyd’ arson

A Raleigh man has been indicted for setting fires inside two Raleigh businesses after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Robert J. Higdon, Jr., U.S. Attorney for...

Jefferson Weaver
July 22, 2020
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What happens when the masks come off?

Jefferson Weaver Against my better judgement the other day, I found myself in a much larger grocery store than the one which I prefer to frequent — and I was exposed to a severe case of Coronatude. Th...

Jefferson Weaver
July 22, 2020
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Governor says masks ‘decent’ thing to do

The state will provide 900,000 facial coverings for farmworkers, the governor said in a COVID-19 briefing this afternoon (Tuesday). “We must protect our farmers, farmworkers and their families,” Gov. ...

Jefferson Weaver
July 21, 2020
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Deputies were on patrol on the road and the water July 18 as part of a new intensive enforcement effort by the sheriff's office. (CCSO photo)
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Saturation patrols hit violators on land and water

New program will have deputies working roadways and waterways. Deputies were hard at work Saturday across Columbus County, monitoring boat and vehicle traffic for impaired drivers, seatbelt violations...

Jefferson Weaver
July 21, 2020
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