Government News for Columbus County NC
More sidewalks are on the horizon for Tabor City. Rep. Brenden Jones the town will see $250,000 in sidewalk improvements, with construction beginning in 2025. The N.C. Department of Transportation ann...
Municipal filing ends at noon Friday in Columbus County. As of 3 p.m. today (July 18), several races still have no names on the ballots. Bolton, Chadbourn, Cerro Gordo, Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw, Sand...
State Auditor Beth Wood released an audit this week questioning several financial practices that were in place during Eddie Madden’s time as Elizabethtown Town Manager. Madden was manager for Elizabet...
Municipal filing began Friday in Columbus County. Bolton, Chadbourn, Cerro Gordo, Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw, Sandyfield, Tabor City, Whiteville and Brunswick all have town board and in some cases mayo...
The town of Lake Waccamaw held a brief but informative town meeting on Tuesday evening for the month of July. Brent Jernigan caught the board up on ABC sales over the last fiscal year, and Mike Creen ...
The Bladen County Sherriff’s Office is looking to add new family members to their team. BCSO is currently accepting applications for deputy sheriffs, detention officers, and school resource offi...
Major improvements will soon get underway for a busy, dangerous intersection in Eastern Columbus. The crossroads of N.C. 11 and N.C. 87 in Sandyfield has been the focus of engineers and first responde...
The town of Lake Waccamaw is actively seeking individuals to fill open positions in the area. Jobs include fire chief, police officer, paramedic, and EMT, and all openings are for full-time employment...
With balloons, shaved ice, and a big crowd of kids, the new Trillium Playground opened at the County Fitness Park Thursday. Trillium is the county’s contract provider for mental health and addic...
Gov. Roy Cooper cast down a gauntlet today and vetoed three major bills drawing national attention. Cooper spent days crisscrossing the state lobbying against House Bills 574 and 808, along with Senat...
The town of Lake Waccamaw celebrated Independence Day to the fullest in 2023. On Monday evening, July 3, the municipality held its first summer flotilla. The floating procession was lead by Lake Wacca...
Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser was honored Thursday by members of the Bladen and Columbus bar, the courts friends and family on his retirement from the bench. “It’s been a wonderful e...
Some Duke Energy customers are still without power this morning (Tuesday) after a tree fell on a line near Bolton yesterday, as the second 100-degree plus day gets underway. At the highest point, more...
Ashley Gore was appointed today to fill out the term of retiring Chief Resident Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser. Gore’s appointment was announced today by Gov. Roy Cooper. “Judge Gore brings...
Madison Street through downtown Whiteville is open again, after emergency repairs on the facade at Merchantile on Madison have been completed. The facade had separated from the main wall of the buildi...
Whiteville Police Department is hosting National Night Out on Aug. 1 from 6-9 p.m. in the City Hall parking lot. The evening will include music, games, entertainment, and food. Local fire and rescue d...