Government News for Columbus County NC
The state will provide 900,000 facial coverings for farmworkers, the governor said in a COVID-19 briefing this afternoon (Tuesday). “We must protect our farmers, farmworkers and their families,” Gov. Roy Cooper said in an update [Read More]
Move would have shifted funds from new positions to pay increase for CCSO employees. County Commissioners on Tuesday refused a request to use money set aside for new positions to instead fund pay raises for [Read More]
No additional spectators, even those addressing the commissioners, will be allowed in county commissioners meetings for the foreseeable future.The commissioners voted down a request by Commissioner Ricky Bullard to at least open the board meetings [Read More]
The latest victim died in hospital, according to the Health Department. One more person has died from COVID-19 in Columbus County, and 34 new cases were reported today (Monday), according to the Health Department. The [Read More]
Despite triple digit heat index, this crew with the City of Whiteville was hard at it Friday, trimming and mowing along West Main Street downtown. The men said they keep a cooler of fresh water [Read More]
The county’s twice-weekly pandemic total rose to 50 patients today, with the addition of 23 inmates at Tabor Correctional Facility. State guidelines require prison illnesses to be added to county totals, according to Kim Smith [Read More]
School systems can make the choices of what is best for their students when it comes to reopening, Gov. Roy Cooper said in a COVID-19 briefing earlier. Cooper also said Phase Two of the reopening [Read More]
COVID cases continue to rise in Columbus County, with the Health Department reporting an additional 25 cases July 11. The current total cases here is 617, with six recovering in hospitals. 39 deaths have been [Read More]
Council members will consider the next step for improvements to the sewer system along Mollie’s Branch in western Whiteville when they meet Tuesday. Phase One of the improvements is anticipated to cost $1.21 million, with [Read More]
Both of the surplus Highway Patrol helicopters assigned to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office are undamaged, and are expected to be flying this week. County commissioner Edwin Russ brief the commissioners on the status of [Read More]
Columbus and Horry counties have a history of cooperation between their sheriff’s offices, so when the South Carolina law enforcement agency heard Columbus County needed assistance, they stepped up. Horry County donated several thousand dollars [Read More]
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