Note to my readers: With rare exceptions, I do not like to reprint columns, since I consider this to be a lazy habit. However, at the request of several folks, the column below is an edited version of...
The woman facing dozens of animal cruelty charges has been arrested on additional warrants for abusing and neglecting rabbits. Deborah Ross Dohl, 70, of 364 Pone Hill Rd., Hallsboro, was taken into cu...
Columbus Regional is moving into pain management on the Whiteville campus. Advanced Pain Solutions will open this month. It is a new service line dedicated to caring for chronic pain patients. “This e...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) announces the spotted seatrout harvest season in inland and joint (by hook-and-line) fishing waters reopens today (July 1). NCWRC closed the season betwe...
A Southern Pines man arrested in a storage closet in Tabor city allegedly threatened to kill law enforcement officers. Michael Allen Cole, 56, of Southern Pines, was arrested Sunday on Labon Street in...
The deputy shot to death in Darlington County, S.C. early this morning was a Columbus County native. Devin Mason, 27, graduated from West Columbus High School. He was originally from Evergreen. Darli...
Today We Honor One of Our Own. We Honor Mr. Jefferson Weaver All of us here at Jones Media Partners LLC / Columbus County News want to congratulate our Managing Editor, Jefferson Weaver on his Five-...
Tabor City Police had to wake up a break-in suspect Saturday before taking him into custody. John Henry Thomas, 81, 0f 130 Oxford Village Apartments, Tabor City, was charged with breaking and entering...
Cory Finch is the new police chief for the town of Lake Waccamaw. The veteran and longtime officer replaced Scott Hyatt, who retired last week after 26 years at the position. Finch previously served ...
The N.C. Forest Service will begin accepting orders July 1 (Tuesday) for its annual tree seedling sale. With an average annual production of 10 million seedlings, the NCFS Nursery Program produces eno...
North Carolina’s largest annual impaired driving enforcement effort kicked off this morning. Operation Firecracker is part of the Booze It and Lose It campaign sponsored by the Governor’s Highway Safe...
North Carolina’s peach season is arriving a bit earlier than expected this year, with growers across the state beginning to harvest a bumper crop of high-quality fruit. A stretch of warmer-than-averag...
Under the new system and effective immediately, all driver license offices in the state now serve walk-in customers all day. Customers without an appointment no longer have to wait to be seen u...
When talking about the great athletes that Whiteville High School has produced, a multitude of names pop up. About every sport in the school has had an All-American, professional athletes, N.C. Player...
Whiteville High School teamed up with Columbus Recreation Department to host its Summer Basketball Camp June 23-25 at the Recreation Center. More than 45 campers from ages 6-15 came to learn the funda...
A measure aimed at protecting schools from disruptions by protests could become a county ordinance next month. County Commission Chairman Laverne Coleman said the ordinance came about after protestors...