Repair crews installed a new pulley at Elwell Ferry this week, bring the venerable river crossing back into service a month sooner than expected. “We found a spare pulley and...
In those days, a newspaper office was a magical place. People were always moving, talking, coming and going. A single BB-sized hole in the darkened front door allowed the sunlight...
Two men were jailed after a chase Monday with speeds reaching 130 miles per hour. Jacques Ali Vereen, 29, of 619 Mollie Rd., Whiteville, as charged with felony fleeing to...
Elwell Ferry across the Cape Fear River will be closed through the month of May while a pulley is replaced. The ferry is the last inland cable ferry in the...
This weekend is a good time to take a breath, relax a little, and get ready – there’s a lot going on in our community over the next week or...
Bond was set at $100,000 unsecured for a man charged with two counts of sharing sexually explicit images of a woman without her consent. Bobby Holtzclaw, 19, of 8287 Red...
See related story elsewhere at columbuscountynews.com. The Waccamaw Siouan people of Columbus County will soon have their own historic marker. The move is part of a series of markers being...
International Paper (IP) announced that Jason Hoffmann has been named mill manager of the company’s Riegelwood Mill, assuming overall leadership responsibility for the facility on May 1. Hoffmann beg...
State wildlife biologists have confirmed 24 cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in whitetail deer, with 13 new cases since July 2023. The first confirmed case in North Carolina was...
A Saint James woman died in a single vehicle crash near Hallsboro Wednesday. Witnesses said Angel Cartrette died when her vehicle crashed into a brick wall on Old Northeast Road...
Gov. Roy Cooper violated the state constitution when he ordered restrictions on bars during the pandemic, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. Private bars were ordered closed during COVID-19...
A puppet show that helps children avoid inappropriate behavior led to the arrest of a Whiteville man on charges that he raped his own child. TreQuail Javonne Rose, 24, of...
I wasn’t intending to dress any different than usual. It was a Monday. I was an hour behind schedule. The weekend had left too many chores incomplete, too many plans...
Whiteville’s largest festival will have a new look – and sound – this fall. Madison Ward of Whiteville Downtown Development Commission announced via social media today (Tuesday) that the N.C....
Light the Lake at the Boys and Girls Home was a little more special this year. The annual event to raise awareness of child abuse gave the Home a reason...
Multiple child sex abuse charges have been filed against a Bladen County school bus driver. David Earl Denkens, 63, of Tar heel, was arrested Tuesday on two counts each of...