Government News for Columbus County NC
County water customers along P.D. Ranch Road are being advised to boil water used for consumption. A contractor crew broke a water line in the area this afternoon, affected all...
Updated 12:15 p.m. Tuesday. A civil rights protest at Williams Township School was abruptly cancelled Monday afternoon due to a shooting in Myrtle Beach. A protest and a counter protest...
The State Board of Elections is coming under fire from voting watchdog groups for a new list of approved forms of voter IDs. The new list was released Friday, and...
For now, the governor will continue to control the State Board of Elections. Democrat Governor Josh Stein sued the legislature and the state over a law passed in December...
Raleigh, NC Press Release Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Governor Josh Stein is offering a $25,000 reward in the killing of a Brunswick County man. Bryan Goodwin, age 31, is wanted...
County commissioners approved a controversial new tax billing fee for urban taxpayers Monday, with a provision that officials from both the county and municipalities can negotiate a lower rate....
Multiple soft spots and penetrations in the roof of the former News Reporter Publishing building in Whiteville may require a new roof that will delay the Provalus project. City Council...
The bill prohibiting graphic depictions of sexual activity in public school libraries was passed by the state house Wednesday. House Bill 636 would ban books with graphic written or illustrated...
Public comments will return to the top of the county commissioners agenda next week. “This was just something I wanted to try, to see how it would work,” said...
A bill in the state senate would make it a felony to sell or trade embalming fluid to anyone outside the funeral industry. The Rakim Shackleford Embalming Fluid Act seeks...
Republican legislators are in a showdown with Governor Josh Stein over a request for a restraining order to block changes to the State Board of Elections. Without court action, elections...
A CCTV – Columbus County TV Video Presentation of the April 8th Lake Waccamaw Town Board Meeting. You can watch the video below, or on the CCTV YouTube Channel Here....
North Carolina’s roads are about to get a spring cleaning and it’s not just the pollen getting swept away. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Spring Litter Sweep kicks off April...
Courtesy Southeastern Community College Southeastern Community College’s Small Business Center Director Pamela Young-Jacobs is the newest winner of the Economic Advancement of Indian People awa...
DMV License offices in Elizabethtown and Whiteville will expand their operating hours to 7 a.m. starting Monday. On April 7, 42 offices will join 50 others opening an hour early...
The county’s largest employer is accepting grant applications from eligible non-profits through May 2. International Paper’s Riegelwood Mill is accepting applications for International Paper Foundatio...