Government News for Columbus County NC
Whiteville City Council will receive a presentation on the annual audit and an update on finances from Interim City Manager Colburn Brown Tuesday. Brown is the city’s finance officer, and is filling i...
Voters who have requested mail-in ballots will soon have forms in the mailboxes. Absentee-by-mail ballots will be mailed Monday for the March 3 primary, according to the State Board of Elections. Vote...
Online gambling dropped during December, according to the N.C. State Lottery Commission. The commission compiles the revenue in the month as submitted by licensed interactive sports betting operators....
State and local officials met in Whiteville Wednesday to discuss strategies to combat flooding across the area. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is developing the state Flood Resiliency Bl...
Although streetwork slowed traffic in downtown Whiteville Wednesday, the work will eventually help keep traffic moving during inclement weather. The N.C. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) has crews cleani...
County water customers in part of District III are experiencing an outage due to emergency repairs today (Tuesday). Columbus County Public Water said in a press release that all customers along Waterf...
North Carolina will receive more than $200 million in federal funding to help expand rural health care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday that $50 billion will b...
The N.C. Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) County Risk Group (CRG) Board of Trustees met Dec. 4, in Orange County, where trustees were sworn in for another three-year term and officers for 2...
A broken water main at Main and Mill streets may cause problems and outages in the downtown Whiteville area. The city posted on social media and through the Whiteville Alert system that the break is a...
Lake Waccamaw Town Hall had new faces and closed out old business at Tuesday night’s December meeting. Matt Wilson handed over the reins to Mayor Greg Jacobs after he and the other new board mem...
Lake Waccamaw Town Hall had new faces and closed out old business at Tuesday night’s December meeting. Matt Wilson handed over the reins to Mayor Greg Jacobs after he and the other new board mem...
After last weekend’s rains drowned out several Christmas programs, Lake Waccamaw has rescheduled its annual candlewalk and parade. The candlewalk will be Thursday at 5:30 p.m. starting at Town Hall on...
The N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services has received funding for the 2026 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) from federal partners. While the funding was delayed following the fede...
Whiteville City Council on Tuesday will bid farewell to City Manager Darren Currie. Currie is retiring effective Dec. 3. He came to the city after serving as Lake Waccamaw Town Manager, and previously...
Eli Murillo, Lead Cosmetology Instructor at Southeastern Community College, has earned certification through the World Trichology Society (WTS), an international organization dedicated to the scientif...
The forecast for rain through Sunday led organizers to change plans for several parades set for this weekend. Chadbourn and Lake Waccamaw cancelled their parades for Saturday. Lake Waccamaw also cance...