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This week Jefferson has in the studio Laiken Edwards of of the Whiteville Juniorette’s Club, and Hal Lowder Jr., Emergency Services Director of the City of Whiteville) THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly [Read More]
This week on The Columbus Connection Jefferson has no in-studio guest. Instead, this week Jefferson gives his thoughts and opinions on various topics. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced [Read More]
We always remember Sept. 11, 2001, as well we should. I just wish we could remember Sept. 12 of the same year. While firefighters, EMS, search teams, police officers and volunteers were pawing their way [Read More]
This week Jefferson talks with In-Studio Guests Chris Worley – Candidate for District 1 Board of Education, Columbus County Sheriff Jody Green – Currently Running for Reelection, and Randy Williams – Write-In Candidate for District [Read More]
Bobby came to us in the middle of summer, after a sweet young lady with a big heart found him and a very business-like beagle on an area highway. The beagle was quickly rehomed, since [Read More]
This week Jefferson talks with In-Studio Guest Alma Galloway of Galloway Farm in Hallsboro, NC. They discuss the business of Agritourism which combines agriculture and tourism in a fun way, as well as all the [Read More]
The harvester was cutting valleys through corn that had reached epic heights, despite a dry summer. Dust rose yellow-red in the sunset, as a tractor with a bushhog busily cut the ends of the stalks [Read More]
This week Jefferson talks with In-Studio Guests Ronnie Strickland, Irvin Enzor, and Frankye Boone who are Candidates for Columbus County Board of Education, District 3. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs [Read More]
Paint covers some of the marks. Others are barely visible behind moss, mold and dust. In some cases, the lines where the waters rose are worn like battle scars, reminders of the times the water [Read More]
This week Jefferson talks with In-Studio Guests Executive Director Tony Shipman and Community Service Coordinator Grace Thompson of Columbus County Teen Court about what they do and some of the programs they offer, including a [Read More]
I am angry, and you should be, too. In the past few weeks, seven law enforcement officers in North Carolina have been shot. Two were killed, including Deputy Ned Byrd. Early Friday, Byrd was on [Read More]
This week Jefferson has In-Studio Guest Hal Lowder Jr. This week Jefferson talks with Hal Lowder Jr., Emergency Services Director of the City of Whiteville, and they talk about Hurricane Preparedness, the city’s fleet of [Read More]
I hate August. Not my dear friend and brother in Christ by the same name. Thankfully, that August was born in July. For him I have nothing but fraternal love and respect.The month, however, is [Read More]
Normally, my column carries some biblically-inspired message, but a Second Amendment issue here in Columbus County has caught my attention. Let me be clear from the beginning. We don’t live in a 1950s sitcom, and [Read More]
Doug Smith with Jefferson Weaver of The Columbus Connection [Read More]
The recent Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade handed the responsibility for abortion law back to the states, where it should have been in the first case. Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution is there a [Read More]
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