Government News for Columbus County NC
Sen. Danny Britt is among the North Carolina legislators supporting additional funding for the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program in the September session. Legisla...
After a student tested positive for COVID-19 at Whiteville High School last week, 13 others WHS students are in a precautionary quarantine. Dr. Marc Whichard, superintendent for the city school...
McPherson was in jail for his role in an assault on a woman and her three-legged dog. A prisoner at the Columbus County detention Center has been charged with two...
The routine search of a prison employee heading to work turned up a bag of tobacco Aug. 20, according to the Columbus County sheriff’s office. juJuan Lowell Lambert, 33, was...
Every pay period, (based on a two-week pay period) we are suggesting items to pick up for your emergency kit in the event of a hurricane. By now you should...
The boil water advisory has been lifted for the county’s Water District IV, which includes the Riegelwood Sanitary District.The advisory was issued Tuesday after periods of low pressure in the...
UPDATE: 11:25 a.m. A student at Old Dock, another student at Edgewood Elementary, and a staff member at East Columbus have tested positive for COVID 19. Three cases of COVID-19...
Every pay period, (based on a two-week pay period) we are suggesting items to pick up for your emergency kit in the event of a hurricane. By now you should...
45-54 year olds, females most at risk While the death toll hasn’t risen, Columbus county’s total COVID-19 count rose to 1,024 as of today’s report (Thursday). Daniel Buck, spokesman for...
The Town of Lake Waccamaw is reporting a water leak on Canal Cove Road. Due to the leak, bacteria may be introduced into the water system causing the Town to...
The boil water order for Chadbourn has been lifted. Asst. Town Manager Jerome Chestnut said repair on North Elm Street were completed. State-required tests came back Friday showing no contamination,...
Complaints from citizens led Columbus County Deputies to spend some extra time in the Rico community recently, and the effort paid off with two arrests for multiple felony charges. Arrest...
More drainage relief could be coming to Columbus County in the near future, after commissioners approved a $906,000 grant Monday for the Soil and Water Conservation Service. “We’re really grateful...
Two local COVID-19 patients died while hospitalized Friday and Monday, bringing the death toll to 50 and the total number of cases to 987. The Columbus County Health Department released...
UPDATED. Cocaine, heroin, opiates, pills confiscated in undercover cases. Deputies seized drugs and cash in a series of narcotics raids over the weekend. The sheriff’s office arrested suspects in Bolt...
Officials are seeing 100 to 200 mail in requests for absentee ballots every day. COVID-19 and a presidential election is making for a busy time at the county board...