Full-time security, on-site management and other safety improvements will be required if the owners of Sandy Ridge Apartments want to stay in business. A consent agreement filed with the courts between Sandy Ridge and the [Read More]
After complaints about open air drug sales at Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County Vice-Narcotics agents arrested an alleged customer and dealer July 14. Conrad Demetrius Powell, 51, and Ernest Jerome Bland, 46, were spotted completing an [Read More]
An investigation into fentanyl trafficking sent two men to jail July 7 at the Whiteville Econo Lodge. The sheriff’s office said Lamarquise Pollard, 23 and James Edward Campbell, 30, were arrested in the raid. Pollard [Read More]
With summer soon coming to an end, Whiteville City Schools have announced the date and times for district open houses. Sessions will take place on Aug. 25, and the times for each school is as [Read More]
State officials are sounding the alarm over the latest variant of COVID-19. BA.5 is now the most common variant, Gov. Roy Cooper said in a press release, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Read More]
Dawn Hinshaw has been named the new Agribusiness Technology instructor at Southeastern Community College. Hinshaw comes to SCC with nine years of experience teaching at West Columbus High School. Since beginning her career she has received her [Read More]
I realize that I may be in a minority of males with this opinion, but I am horrified at the idea of wearing a t-shirt, shorts and possibly even flip-flops in public. If I guy [Read More]
Back to school shopping may be lurking around the corner, but the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Whiteville still has many adventures lined up through September. Catch a bug, learn about a prehistoric one, [Read More]
Around 75 symbols of the American West visited Lake Waccamaw Friday and Saturday, and a number of them stayed here in Columbus County. The Bureau of Land Management brought wild horses and burros from Nevada, [Read More]
Chief Mission Officer Ray Cockrell will serve as temporary CEO of the Boys and Girls Home at Lake Waccamaw. President Rickey Creech and two family pets died this morning after a fire at the family’s [Read More]
Boys and Girls Home President Rickey Creech died when his Lake Waccamaw home burned just after midnight Saturday morning. Deputy Fire Marshall Chase Lancaster said the blaze is under investigation. Officials said Creech and two [Read More]
This season is the summer of fun in Columbus County this weekend. Take a trip to the museum, the farmer’s market, or the horse sale to check out everything the place has to offer. • [Read More]
• The case is the first documented rabid animal this year in Columbus. The county’s first documented case of rabies for the year was found in Evergreen Wednesday. In a press release, Animal Protective Services [Read More]
The N.C. Forest Service (NCFS) is now accepting orders in its annual tree seedling sale. With an average annual production of 15 million seedlings, the Nursery and Tree Improvement Program produces enough native and genetically [Read More]
Nothing says summer like a “red to the rind” watermelon.Whether it’s a Charleston Grey on a grandmother’s porch after Sunday dinner, a truckload of Congos at Vacation Bible School, a volunteer hybrid broken open on [Read More]
Contractors bored through a water line north of Whiteville Wednesday, leading to a boil water advisory for many customers in Columbus County Water District Three. The areas affected include Tart Road addresses higher than 8917, [Read More]
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