Vape and tobacco shops may soon be more tightly regulated in both the city and county. Columbus County commissioners on Monday set a public hearing on the draft ordinance regulating...
The yellow ribbons are for others now. The ribbons that flew from every utility pole, every door, and many a mailbox in October 2000 are long since gone, faded, shredded...
County Manager Eddie Madden said the county never prevented City of Whiteville assets from being deployed to the Hurricane Helene response. City officials expressed frustration last week after a team...
An eight-month-old child was hospitalized Friday with an infection from a surgical incision, a broken bone and cocaine in his bloodstream Social workers and the sheriff’s office were contacted after...
A female infant has died after being airlifted to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center with what investigators called “extreme abuse.” The sheriff’s office was contacted by the Department of Social...
A Farmers Union man is dead and another is recovering after they apparently shot each other Saturday night in Farmers Union. Harry Hardie Jr., 37, was dead on the scene...
The town of Black Mountain has water service again, in part due to help from Columbus County. Several teams of Columbus County personnel are providing support to the Emergency Operations...
As Hurricane Helene tore its way through Western North Carolina last Friday, City of Whiteville employees were put on notice that some would be deployed to help with disaster recovery....
The driver of a box truck has died after he was impaled on a tree trunk Wednesday. Acme Delco Riegelwood Fire Rescue Chief Steve Camlin said a logging truck was...
September and October are often big times for cleaning yards, especially after storms, and cleaning up can often mean finding copperhead snakes. The venomous snakes are native throughout the state,...
Rep. Brenden Jones of Columbus County is no stranger to natural disasters. With a business in Fair Bluff and home in Tabor City, as well as close ties throughout the...
Deputies and sheriff staff from Columbus and Bladen got a firsthand look at the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains Monday. Sheriff Bill Rogers of Columbus and...
Like many of you, I breathed a sigh of relief followed by a prayer for safety when Hurricane Helene jogged left last week. Most of us are still cleaning up...
County Manager Eddie Madden and seven other senior members of county government are on the ground in Western North Carolina helping with hurricane relief efforts. County Manager Eddie Madden said...
A woman with strong local ties died Friday in Hurricane Helene’s flooding in the North Carolina mountains. Melissa Neisler Lawrence, 63, of King’s Mountain, was trying to help a neighbor...
Updated 2 p.m. Oct. 1 Hurricane Helene hadn’t even finished devastating western North Carolina Friday before local efforts were getting underway to help those hit by the storm. Multiple towns...