Government News for Columbus County NC
Some voters may have a new precinct number and/or polling location for the March primary. “Your right to vote has not changed,” the Columbus County Board of Elections said in...
Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T are experiencing cellular phone outages across the U.S. today. More than 253,000 Verizon customers reported outages as of 1:30 p.m., according to Downdetector.com. Veriz...
Lake Waccamaw Fire and Rescue will no longer be providing non-emergency medical transportation, and may soon cut its EMS department. Commissioners made the decision Tuesday after a closed session call...
Whiteville City School students will have some extra time off this week and next. In a social media announcement, the city school system said students will be released early Friday,...
The town of Lake Waccamaw entered into a new year looking to update some old business with a discussion about the fence ordinance in the area at Tuesday night’s meeting....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...