Government News for Columbus County NC
Columbus County Recycling Centers will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. The centers will reopen on their regular schedules Saturday. Municipal and county trash customers who normally ha...
More than $700,000 worth of state funding is going into making the Columbus County Detention Center safer for both inmates and staff. Sheriff Bill Rogers and Chief Deputy Jerome McMillian...
New evidence in the Kandle Rogers assault case has led to the dismissal of the city school board member’s conviction. Rogers was charged with assault on a government official after...
Feast Down East, a vital local non-profit organization committed to strengthening the local food system by connecting local farmers to our community, has suffered a significant financial setback throu...
Filing begins Dec. 4 for what has been called one of the most pivotal election cycles in years. With North Carolina’s primaries set for March 5, filing for the governor,...
Avid kayakers Doug Smith and Mitchell Cain launched from Madison Street today (Nov. 16)to get a closeup view of some of the problems set to be discussed tonight at the...
The state government of North Carolina is the 46th best employer in the nation for veterans looking for jobs, Forbes Magazine announced that the state of North Carolina has been...
Lake Waccamaw will be decking the halls, but that’s not all, and it was only the November meeting Tuesday night. Town leaders approved a contract with the Columbus County Sheriff’s...
Voluntary testing stations have been set up in a number of counties as the Wildlife Resources Commission monitors the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). No cases of CWD have...
Parents will have three chances to tell officials their views on county schools as well as find out about future plans for the system. Columbus county Schools will host three...
Major plans for Soules Swamp and the Waccamaw River will be discussed at a meeting Thursday in Whiteville Edward Davis of Cape Fear Resources Conservation and Development said Economic Development...
By Eddie Madden Jr. Columbus County Manager On behalf of the Board of Commissioners and the employees of Columbus County, I wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. For some,...
The Veterans Celebration Parade in Whiteville has been cancelled due to the weather. This morning’s ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park is still on for 9 a.m. The park is...
Part Two of a Series Statewide filing for offices begins Dec. 4 for the March 4 primary elections. The governor, lieutenant governor, and all council of state positions are on...
All races Chadbourn mayor Phillip Britt 168 Myles Cartrette 133 Ruth Ann Haynes 34 Chadbourn Town council (three seats) Tony Carson Jordan 168 Danny Clewis Sr. 166 Coleen “Tootie” Faulk...
The Columbus County NAACP and North Carolina Statewide NAACP wants Whiteville School Board Chair Kandle Rogers to resign. Local NAACP president Curtis Hill said in a press release Monday evening...