Government News for Columbus County NC
Democrats in and out of the General Assembly are crying foul over a bill to require the pledge of allegiance to be scheduled daily at public schools. The bill does...
Columbus County Commissioners on Monday have a full agenda. In addition to public hearings on a planned duplex development and a proposed ordinance regulating campers, the board will consider...
The House Oversight Committee on Thursday continued hearings from state leaders who must provide what they do, how they do it, and how they measure their success. Critics have accused...
Representative Brenden Jones called out former governor Roy Cooper and the N.C. Office of Resilience and Recovery in an X post Wednesday for failure to properly manage millions of dollars...
County water customers in District III are under a new boil advisory today (Thursday). A water main line break near Waterfall Estates has caused an outage for all customers in...
Emergency repairs on North Creek Drive in county Water District IV have led to a boil advisory. The affected area includes all of North Creek Drive. Flow will be reversed...
Students at North Carolina Title 1 public high schools have until March 7 to apply for a new, one-week page program. Title I is a federally funded program that provides...
Sylvia Cox has accepted the position of president of Rockingham Community College. A longtime driving force behind multiple programs at Southeastern Community College, Cox will start her new position ...
After serving 579 people in 219 households, the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is coming back March 3. The free food pop up market will be from...
Rep. Brenden Jones and three other legislators are co-sponsoring a sweeping bill to eliminate DEI in state government, including removing funding for DEI practices local government agencies. Ho...
Courtesy Southeastern Community College The Frosty Freeze fundraiser event is set to bring some chilly fun and community spirit to Southeastern Community College on March 4, with all proceeds benefiti...
Representative Brenden Jones is one of the cosponsors of a bill introduced this morning to protect farmland from foreign ownership. The bill is expected to see easy passage through...
A Charlotte civil rights activist is calling for an investigation after a Williams Township substitute teacher allegedly called students “slaves” and “monkeys.” True Healing Under God (THUG) founder J...
Democrats in the General Assembly are pushing two bills to limit law enforcement’s role in immigration enforcement in some locations. The bills are a response to the Trump administration crackdown...
Due to an N.C. Department of Information Technology planned outage, N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles online services and self-service kiosks will not be available for an extended period of time...
Waterfall Estates in County Water District Two is under a boil advisory. County officials reported this morning that local contractors cut a water service line. Crews are making emergency repairs...