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...
By Anna Gurney N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Besides the sun, sand and ocean waves, a visit to the N.C. coast offers the opportunity to see interesting and unique coastal birds and sea turtles (d...
By Cynthia Nelson Greater Tabor City Chamber We had such a memorable Fourth of July and 250th Fireworks Celebration! Thank you to everyone in our area that joined us at South Columbus High School for...
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Flood Resiliency Blueprint program will hold a public information session on July 20 at 6 p.m. to provide information and gather feedback on two draf...
Due to the detection of New World Screwworm in the United States, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will enforce additional interstate movement health requirements fo...