The rain tapered off just in time today for ceremonial shovels to be turned on the new Veterans Outreach Center to be built at the Veterans Memorial Park. Volunteers erected...
For the second time in less than a month, two people died in separate auto crashes a short time apart in Columbus County this weekend. The wrecks happened Saturday evening....
In remembrance of 9/11 Tabor City honored Veterans and Everyday Heroes as well during their First Responders / Veterans cruise in on Saturday night. Starting at 3 p.m. Classic cars...
On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has commentary about the recent Election, Free Speech, X (Twitter) & Elon Musk, plus Veterans and Veterans Day. The Columbus Connection is...
If you still want to help the folks out in Western NC suffering from Hurricane Helene’s wrath, there are several local options. Donations of any kind can be dropped off...
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with tonight’s update, for Friday November 8, 2024. We have a mainly dry weekend on tap as high pressure briefly takes control. Saturday will...
Veterans Day events are going to make for a busy weekend across our area. The county Veterans Day Parade is Saturday at 11 a.m. in downtown Whiteville. The Hallsboro Community...
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with your weather update for Thursday November 7, 2024. Busted forecast, and I own it. According to Doppler radar estimates, very little rain fell...
Although Tuesday was the official end of elections for most candidates, elections workers there is still plenty to do. Canvass Day, which is when all counts are officially finalized, is...
A convicted felon arrested with a rifle and narcotics is being held under $250,000 secured bond after an arrest early Saturday morning. Houston Edward Scott, 27, was arrested by the...
Good evening! Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with your weather update for Wednesday November 6, 2024. Rain chances are in our forecast later tonight through Thursday as a surface disturbance mo...
Courtesy N.C. Forest Service Those who have felt the warmth of a fire and enjoyed its friendly glow understand that fire is not always a devastating blaze. Our ancestors considered...
The squirrel cussed me like a drunken sailor, so I saluted him with my coffee. The fan hummed in the background, although the morning was markedly cooler. It was just...
While local judges were unopposed Nov. 5, some of the hottest and most watched races of the campaign were at the state level, and all four went Republican. Five local...
Polly Slocumb’s nightmare about the battle of Moores Creek is memorialized on a marker at the National Battlefield Park in Currie – but did it happen? Historian Chris Fonvielle will...
In one of the fastest election nights in recent history, Columbus County’s unofficial results were in by 9:10 p.m. tonight (Nov. 5). Republican voters dominated the local ballots. Incumbent Giles...