Columbus County Commissioners on Monday have a full agenda. In addition to public hearings on a planned duplex development and a proposed ordinance regulating campers, the board will consider a memorandum of understanding between [Read More]
Representative Brenden Jones called out former governor Roy Cooper and the N.C. Office of Resilience and Recovery in an X post Wednesday for failure to properly manage millions of dollars in relief for victims of [Read More]
Photos by Christopher Cawley Forest Service crews with aircraft and heavy equipment are working with volunteer fire departments on a fast moving wildfire off Mangum Road in Evergreen. The fire threatened several structures and vehicles [Read More]
County water customers in District III are under a new boil advisory today (Thursday). A water main line break near Waterfall Estates has caused an outage for all customers in the community. During repairs to [Read More]
Photos by Christopher Cawley Firefighters and the Forest Service are working to contain a wildfire off Bud Stephens Road this afternoon (Wednesday). The blaze was referred to as a “full on forest fire” by the [Read More]
Breaking news Firefighters have contained an out of control grass and debris fire on Whitehall Road has threatened a shed and a home. Radio traffic indicates firefighters from Hallsboro, North Whiteville, Welches Creek, Whiteville, and [Read More]
Emergency repairs on North Creek Drive in county Water District IV have led to a boil advisory. The affected area includes all of North Creek Drive. Flow will be reversed for periods of time, leading [Read More]
Courtesy Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce The 79th Annual Banquet was held this past week at The Todd House Wedding and Event Center. We were blessed to have 105 guests in attendance. Everyone enjoyed [Read More]
Columbuscountynews.com welcomes dissenting and concurring opinions, guest columns and letters to the editor. All submissions must be signed, and have the sender’s address and telephone for verification. Only the contributor’s name and community will be [Read More]
The suspect in a New Hanover County murder was apprehended by Columbus County deputies in Whiteville. Marvin Lorenzo Newkirk, 40, of Wilmington, was wanted first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, armed robbery, and felony [Read More]
Two people living in a storage building were airlifted to a burn center after the shed caught fire early Tuesday. Hallsboro Fire Chief Joe Tyler said firefighters were called out at 2:20 a.m. to 155 [Read More]
Ervin Hakeem “Ervianna” Johnson was murdered, according to the State Bureau of Investigation. Johnson, 25, disappeared from his Bermuda Bay home near Tabor City Feb. 13. His body was found Feb. 18 by a family [Read More]
A New Hanover Novant Life Flight helicopter crashed Monday night on the Pender New Hanover County line. The helicopter was one of those that provide air medic service in Columbus County. No patients were on [Read More]
After serving 579 people in 219 households, the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is coming back March 3. The free food pop up market will be from 10 a.m. until noon at [Read More]
A traffic stop turned into a long high speed chase that ended with foot chase and felonies early Thursday in the Town of Brunswick. David Reynosa allegedly fled from deputies near the Tiger Mart. The [Read More]
Rep. Brenden Jones and three other legislators are co-sponsoring a sweeping bill to eliminate DEI in state government, including removing funding for DEI practices local government agencies. House Bill 171, titled Equality in State [Read More]
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