September 14, 1933 ~ October 8, 2024 (age 91) Born September 14, 1933, Valeta Suggs Cox, 91, of Tabor City, passed away on October 8, 2024. Valeta was a lifelong member of Old Zion Wesleyan Church and...
The application period for county governments and conservation nonprofit groups to apply for farmland preservation grants from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund op...
Press Release October 8, 2024 Water Quality Issues & Boil Water Advisory Due to emergency repairs to the Public Water Supply System, a Boil Water Advisory has been issued for customers within Colu...
October 7, 2024 Mr. Legrande Powers (Buster) 69, of Whiteville, NC transitioned to be with the Lord on Monday, October 7, 2024, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC. He was the son of ...
May 19, 1940 ~ October 7, 2024 (age 84) Barbara Garrell Babson, age 84, of Elizabethtown, NC, died Monday, October 7, 2024 in Bladen East Health and Rehabilitation, Elizabethtown, NC. Born May 19, 19...
The Columbus County Agricultural Fair starts today and runs through October 13 at the County Fairgrounds on Prison Camp Road. This year’s event features the return of the Fair Queen Pageants, the Midw...
March 4, 1941 ~ October 6, 2024 (age 83) Mildred Reaves Hancock of Whiteville NC passed away Sunday, October 6, 2024. She was born in Columbus County to the late Ernest Reaves and Mary Ellis Sing. She...
June 6, 1940 ~ October 4, 2024 (age 84) William Lowery 84 of Fair Bluff NC transitioned into eternal rest on October 4, 2024. Reverend Anthony Jones will deliver the eulogy; burial will follow ...
September 16, 1940 ~ October 5, 2024 (age 84) Diana Gaskins Hardwick entered into eternal rest on October 5, 2024. She was the daughter of Rev. Eric Dolla Gaskins and Margaret Mae Rockwell Gaskins, b...
November 3, 1961 ~ October 4, 2024 (age 62) Harold Kern Horton, age 62, of Mullins, SC, died Friday, October 4, 2024 in the McLeod Hospice House, Florence, SC. Born November 3, 1961 in Cumberland Cou...
Hurricane Helene may not have done much here, but it smashed communities in the North Carolina mountains. All this week we have been sharing opportunities for you to donate, and in the coming days we’...
Livestock are literally roaming free in the areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene last week, and the state is asking for help corralling the animals. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler issued an urge...
February 16, 1951 – October 1, 2024 James Harry “Harry” Hayes passed away peacefully on October 1, 2024, in Wilmington, North Carolina, at the age of 73. Born on February 16, 1951, i...
June 25, 1957 ~ September 30, 2024 (age 67) Lacy Mark Cox, age 67, of Tabor City, NC, died Monday, September 30, 2024, in the McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, SC. Born June 25, 1957, in Horr...
March 8, 1961 ~ September 27, 2024 (age 63) Melissa Neisler Lawrence, 63, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, passed away on Friday, September 27th while selflessly assisting her neighbors during Hurri...
July 27, 1944 ~ October 1, 2024 (age 80) Arthur Jackson Inman, Jr. lovingly known as Jack, died on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, in Whiteville, NC. Jack was born on July 27, 1944, son of the late Arthur J...