September and October are often big times for cleaning yards, especially after storms, and cleaning up can often mean finding copperhead snakes. The venomous snakes are native throughout the state,...
Rep. Brenden Jones of Columbus County is no stranger to natural disasters. With a business in Fair Bluff and home in Tabor City, as well as close ties throughout the...
Deputies and sheriff staff from Columbus and Bladen got a firsthand look at the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains Monday. Sheriff Bill Rogers of Columbus and...
Like many of you, I breathed a sigh of relief followed by a prayer for safety when Hurricane Helene jogged left last week. Most of us are still cleaning up...
County Manager Eddie Madden and seven other senior members of county government are on the ground in Western North Carolina helping with hurricane relief efforts. County Manager Eddie Madden said...
A woman with strong local ties died Friday in Hurricane Helene’s flooding in the North Carolina mountains. Melissa Neisler Lawrence, 63, of King’s Mountain, was trying to help a neighbor...
Updated 2 p.m. Oct. 1 Hurricane Helene hadn’t even finished devastating western North Carolina Friday before local efforts were getting underway to help those hit by the storm. Multiple towns...
For the second week in a row, we’ve seen some rough weather in our area. Thankfully the rest of the weekend should be lovely, if a bit more like midsummer...
Helene Update 2:40 p.m. 9/27 Columbus County has a tornado watch until 6 p.m. and there have been unconfirmed reports of tornadoes on the ground in several areas. Warnings have...
Columbus County elections officials were removing ineligible voters well before the recent lawsuit against the state state elections board and increased calls for more oversight of the state board. Vo...
A busy convenience store in Whiteville has closed its doors due to crime in the area. Workers began emptying fuel tanks and packing up stock at the Speedway at 207...
Southeastern North Carolina is now under an enhanced risk for tornadoes as powerful Hurricane Helene heads for the Florida panhandle. The National Weather Service office in Wilmington in a 1...
The potential for high winds and some flooding has led both the city and county school systems to shift to a storm footing for Friday. Hurricane Helene is forecast to...
Johnathan Terrille Jordan will spend the next 10 to 23 years in prison on drug trafficking charges. Jordan, 36, was found guilty on two counts each of trafficking opioids and...
The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles’ license plate agency (LPA) in Elizabethtown will close at 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 after the current operators announced their retirement. The current agency,...
Emily Sandlin has been charged with accessory in the May killing and disappearance of Shanna Perry. Sandlin, 46, is being held under $10,000 secured bond. She is charged with communicating...