By Kayla Henson Columbus County Partnership for Children The N.C. Partnership for Children is part of a significant expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) program in North Carolina, wi...
By Andrew Casas USDA ARS Office of Communications Part Two of a Series Scientists hope research onto a water-resistant delivery method will soon be useful in creating more methods of controlling firea...
Speed and improper passing contributed to a June 7 fatal crash minutes after the end of the school year, and one of the teens in the crash has been charged. Kamari Smith, 16, was cited for misdemeanor...
A father and a baby died Sunday in a fire near White Lake. Bladen County Fire Marshall Kenneth Clark said the blaze was reported around 2:30 p.m. When firefighters arrived at the home on Susie Sandhil...
Fair Bluff’s Watermelon Festival is being promoted as a chance to say goodbye to some of the town’s iconic downtown district. After being critically damaged in flooding from hurricanes Matthew and Flo...
The N.C. Forest Service will begin accepting orders Monday, July 1, for its annual tree seedling sale. With an average annual production of 16 million seedlings, the NCFS Nursery Program produces enou...
By Olga Vicente USDA Agriculture Research Service Part One of a Series Scientists hope a fly can help control one of the most hated invasive pests of the South, the fire ant. Fire ants are a relate...
Veteran City School Board member Kandle Rogers will not seek reelection. Rogers made the announcement on Facebook today (June 21), as the foiling period for city and county school boards opened. “With...
Greg Woodward has been found safe, according to the sheriff’s office. Woodard, 51, was reported missing June 7 from his Cherry Grove Road home. The sheriff’s office reported that he was fo...
The sheriff’s office is still searching for leads in a missing persons case from April. Shanna Perry, 35, disappeared April 26 from Delco Prosper Road. She was reportedly pregnant. Detectives, deputie...
Plans are underway for five multi-phase generators to be installed at county emergency shelters, thanks to a grant from North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM). The $185,000 grant announced Wednesd...
Residents of one of the most floodprone areas of the county will soon have more notice when the water rises. County Commissioner approved a memorandum of agreement Monday that will put a flood gauge o...
Columbus County Commissioners Monday gave the nod to a request by the county Board of Education to apply for more than $2 million in lottery funds for a new Williams Township School gym. Asst. Superin...
Courtesy Tabor City Chamber of Commerce We are beyond blessed to represent the greater Tabor City area. This past Thursday, we had the privilege of holding a Ribbon Cutting/Open House w/Tour event of ...
Pearl millet, an annual grass used for grain and forage, can be a good food source for honey bees and hover flies, according to a recent study. The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Res...
More than 1,000 U.S. flags were properly retired Friday in a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park. The Flag Day event was the largest such service in the area in recent memory. June 14 is Flag Day, ...