The family dog and working smoke alarms saved a family from what could have been a devastating house fire this morning. The garage on the Delco home was destroyed, according...
In-person early voting for the 2026 primary election begins Thursday and ends at 3 p.m. Feb. 28. Statewide, 319 early voting sites will open in the primary, when voters will...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking public comments on a proposed temporary rule amendment to close recreational harvesting of spotted seatrout in inland and joint (by hook-and-line) fis...
Mustangs of all ages will gather at Nakina Middle School Thursday for Alumni Recognition Night. The event honors all Nakina High basketball players from 1953 through 1992, when the school...
The Board of Directors of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina has set the 2026 boll weevil assessment at 75 cents per acre of cotton, keeping the rate...
The Annie Catherine Pridgen Community Development Foundation (ACP) is proud to announce the launch of the Barbara J. Brown Nursing Scholarship, a new $1,000 award designed to support North Carolina...
The U.S. Postal Service will host a job fair Saturday in Whiteville to fill immediate openings for full- and part-time positions. The job fair will be held from 10 a.m....
Courtesy SCC Marcia deAndrade, an Elizabethtown native, is Southeastern Community College’s newest nursing instructor with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare. When two of her underg...
Columbus County and Whiteville City Schools will be on a two hour delay Wednesday, Feb. 5, due to the potential for hazardous driving conditions. Freezing rain and road icing is...
Benefits representatives of the Veterans Administration will be at the Veterans Memorial Park Feb. 13. The event will be at the Outreach Center from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. No...
The state Department of Health and Human Services says 15 cases of measles have been confirmed in North Carolina since late December 2025, with the first hospitalized case announced last...
A community food distribution is set for Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Columbus County Health Department. No registration or ID is necessary. The agency said the food drive is...
The Columbus County Solid Waste Department said the following temporary revisions to the GFL trash collection schedule this week due to the winter storm. Residents who normally receive service on:...
Basketball Games Rescheduled Schools are still out today and most government offices are operating on modified schedules as Columbus crawls out of last weekend’s winter storm. The town of Chadbourn...
The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles (NCDMV) is ending extended early-morning hours at 90 driver license offices this week due to a lack of federal funding. the exhaustion of federal...
All sessions of court are cancelled for Tuesday due to the weather and road conditions. Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Ashley Gore and Chief District Court Judge Scott Ussery ordered...