It’s Fair Week in Columbus County, and it’s been a busy one.Thousands of visitors have attended the 46th annual fair so far. Tuesday was opening night, and 2,338 tickets were sold. Simons’ Chevrolet G...
A Whiteville whitetail deer is free and clear after some help from firefighters this morning. Whiteville Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder said emergency crews were called to a Fuller Street home...
The Fair Board hosted their annual Columbus County Agriculture Fair Appreciation Dinner Thursday to kick off this year’s event. Arts, crafts, food, livestock contest start being entered today. E...
Ten years after Hurricane Matthew delivered the first of two crippling floods to Fair Bluff, the town is hosting a documentary premiere about what happened and what is to come. The Fight for Fair Bluf...
Entries are still being accepted for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contest. The Patriot’s Pen youth essay competition gives students an opportunity to write essays ...
Nationally-known speakers, praise music and more are coming too Legion Stadium beginning Sunday. The Encounter Crusade is sponsored by the Columbus Baptist Association, in partnership with Every Natio...
Donations are being accepted through Friday for the Chadbourn Library yard sale Saturday. Clothes and shoes will not be accepted, but other items in good condition are welcome. Donations may be droppe...
By Cynthia Nelson Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce and Tourism The North Carolina Yam Festival is shaping up to be a wonderful time in Tabor City. The festival month of October begins with the a...
By Joe Small N.C. Yam Festival The Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce has graciously dedicated this column to the N.C. Yam Festival. I am Joe Small, the NC Yam Festival President and I woul...
Columbus County Clerk of Superior Court Jess Hill is the new chairman of the Boys & Girls Homes Board of Trustees. He is the first second-generation board chairman for the organization, following ...
Nancy Etheridge Varney of Crusoe died Sunday at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Whiteville. Mrs. Varney was the founder the Columbus County Memories Facebook page, which has thousands of fans. She started ...
Mary Frances Long, 53, of Crusoe, passed away Sept. 9, 2026. She was born Aug. 20, 1973, in Greenville, S.C. She was predeceased by her parents, Floyd Wright and Dolly Mason. Mary was known as “the Ca...
This year’s Pecan Music Festival will also feature the Veterans Celebration Parade in Whiteville. Entries are being sought for the parade, which will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7. There is no ent...
The N.C. Chamber announced today that Council Tool Company’s Scout Hatchet is among the 30 semifinalists for its annual “Coolest Thing Made in NC” online competition, which began with 88 nominees. In ...