At the request of the Governor, FEMA has granted North Carolina an extension for local governments and certain types of non-profits to apply for public assistance until February 6, 2025. Public Assist...
Starting tomorrow, donors may give more money to their preferred political candidates. Effective Jan. 1, 2025, the contribution limit for North Carolina candidates and political committees increases b...
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced the second round of awards from the North Carolina Agricultural Manufacturing and Processing Initiative. These $6.6 million in awards focus on the expa...
November 5, 1956 ~ December 30, 2024 (age 68) Bruce Daniel Tyler age 68, of Tabor City died Monday December 30, 2024, in his home. Born in Charleston, SC, he was the son of the late Johnny and Wilma T...
March 18, 1949 ~ December 28, 2024 (age 75) Shirley Ann Coleman Long of Whiteville NC, passed away December 28, 2024. She was born to the late Odell Coleman and Lettie “Mae” Pettite on Mar...
News Briefs for December 30, 2024 A convicted felon caught with a handgun will be sentenced in March. Bobby Jaquane Toon, 31, was arrested in January 2024 after fleeing from law enforcement. He...
Someone stole a storage building from a Bolton home December 20. The building was valued at $2,000. An unoccupied building was reported damaged by fire on Ronald Lane near Chadbourn the same day. On D...
Tributes are being posted across the nation as former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at 100 years of age in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Carter was president from 1977 to 1981. He and h...
News Briefs for December 29, 2024 Longtime Tabor City Town Manager Al Leonard has a new title: trustee. Leonard is now a member of the board of trustees at Southeastern Community college. He se...
June 1, 1948 – December 28, 2024 Lorraine Nobles Blackwell, age 76 of Whiteville went be with the Lord on December 28, 2024, at her residence. She was born on June 1, 1948, to the late Willie Ho...
February 17, 1956 – December 27, 2024 Cherlene Inman Harrelson, age 68 of Whiteville went be with the Lord on Friday, December 27, 2024, at the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare “Angel House” in W...
November 23, 1962 – December 27, 2024 Mitchell Ray Small, age 62 of Chadbourn went be with the Lord on December 27, 2024, at his residence. He was born on November 23, 1962, to the late J...
August 20, 1951 ~ December 27, 2024 (age 73) Lonnie Lee Powers, age73, of Mullins, SC died Friday, December 27, 2024 in his home surrounded by his family. Born August 20, 1951 in Dillon County, SC, h...
January 3, 1956 ~ December 27, 2024 (age 68) Thansual Elmore Brown, 68, of Bolton, NC, died Friday, December 27, 2024, at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare. The funeral will be 1:30 PM Saturday, January 4, at ...
March 21, 1953 ~ December 27, 2024 (age 71) Shelton Eugene Jones, 71, of 114 East Clay Street, Whiteville, NC, died Friday, December 27, 2024, at home. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. The fune...
April 15, 1943 ~ December 24, 2024 (age 81) Charlotte Hattie Troy, 81, formerly of the Welches Creek Community, Whiteville, NC, died Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at Waterview Nursing Care Center in New...