Columbus County Parks and Rec was recently named one of five departments nationwide to receive a prestigious grant. The $10,000 grant through the National Recreation and Park Association’s partn...
By Kaylie Simmons SCC Communications The Southeastern Community College Board of Trustees gained one new member and a reappointed member at its July 21 meeting at Whiteville City Hall. Brent Watts was...
By Burgetta Eplin Wheeler NC State Veterinary Medicine Photos by John Joyner / NC State Veterinary Medicine Before heading home each day to the family farm outside Chadbourn, Christine McPherson Long ...
An old standby for protecting gardens may be a useful tool for beekeepers, gardeners and others dealing with bears: electric fencing. The Wildlife Resources Commission is suggesting the use of electri...
Columbus Regional Healthcare System has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring people exper...
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has confirmed the first established presence of the invasive yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) in the state. The hornets were fou...
By Cynthia Nelson Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce As July is nearing its end, August means back to school for our area youth. Many of our area businesses will be having Back to School special s...
N.C. Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall will be joined by small business owners, economic developers, small business advocates and others from Columbus County for a Business Roundtable at Southeast...
By Kaylie Simmons Southeastern Community College Southeastern Community College students pursuing careers in healthcare now have a new pathway to earn a bachelor’s degree through a transfer agreement ...
By Kayla Henson Columbus Partnership for Children Mike Roberts is the new program manager/grant writer for Columbus County Partnership for Children (CCPC). In this role, he will monitor the progress o...
By Kaylie Simmons Southeastern Community College The Columbus County Home Builders Association donated $100,000 to Southeastern Community College during a check presentation ceremony held in the colle...
Fair Bluff’s Riverwalk is slowly but surely being brought back to its original grandeur. Volunteers from the Chamber of Commerce, including Doug Beshaw and Jay Huggins, spent several days replacing an...
A new program to coordinate public transit programs will cut down on waste and duplications, the N.C. Dept. of Transportation said in a press release today (July 21)/ DOT’s Integrated Mobility Divisio...
By Kaylie Simmons Southeastern Community College Southeastern Community College’s Practical Nursing program earned recognition as one of the top programs in North Carolina, ranked third in the state b...
By Cassie Clark Guest Columnist When I was growing up, I hated dresses. And I can tell you exactly why. It was because everything a young’un wanted to do came with the same warning: Don’t you r...
By Kayla Henson Outreach Coordinator, Columbus County Partnership for Children Columbus County Partnership for Children recently awarded early childhood educators a total of $1,200 for continuing thei...