Gambling is becoming a booming business in North Carolina. The N.C. State Lottery Commission said this morning (Oct. 9) that more than $575 million in bets were placed in September...
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...
Vape and tobacco shops may soon be more tightly regulated in both the city and county. Columbus County commissioners on Monday set a public hearing on the draft ordinance regulating...
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...
Good Monday evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with an update on Milton. While impacts for the Whiteville area will be essentially nil, the same cannot be said for our friends...
The yellow ribbons are for others now. The ribbons that flew from every utility pole, every door, and many a mailbox in October 2000 are long since gone, faded, shredded...
County Manager Eddie Madden said the county never prevented City of Whiteville assets from being deployed to the Hurricane Helene response. City officials expressed frustration last week after a team...
An eight-month-old child was hospitalized Friday with an infection from a surgical incision, a broken bone and cocaine in his bloodstream Social workers and the sheriff’s office were contacted after...
A female infant has died after being airlifted to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center with what investigators called “extreme abuse.” The sheriff’s office was contacted by the Department of Social...
A Farmers Union man is dead and another is recovering after they apparently shot each other Saturday night in Farmers Union. Harry Hardie Jr., 37, was dead on the scene...
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with an 8 PM Sunday update on Hurricane Milton. Milton reached hurricane strength on Sunday afternoon … and will quickly achieve cat-3 status ...
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...
The town of Black Mountain has water service again, in part due to help from Columbus County. Several teams of Columbus County personnel are providing support to the Emergency Operations...
As Hurricane Helene tore its way through Western North Carolina last Friday, City of Whiteville employees were put on notice that some would be deployed to help with disaster recovery....
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...
The driver of a box truck has died after he was impaled on a tree trunk Wednesday. Acme Delco Riegelwood Fire Rescue Chief Steve Camlin said a logging truck was...