Amanda Crabtree, Southeastern Health Last year, two Southeastern Health co-workers, Melanie McKee and Stephanie Smith, helped to organize an event designed to raise awareness and funds to assist COPD ...
The phone rang, strident and screaming in the pre-dawn, at an hour that nothing good ever comes via telephone call. I tapped Toni the Pillow Puppy, and she moved without...
Thursday’s incident involving a mentally challenged man whose caretaker allegedly kept him from casting a ballot as he wished has been sent to the state Board of Elections for further...
The most recent death from COVID0-19 in Columbus County brings the local toll to 60. The Columbus County Health Department, in its regular Thursday report, said the individual died today...
Editor’s note — we’re pleased to welcome Katie Compton Boyd to Columbuscountynews.com. Katie is the owner and operator of Old South Tour Company in Southport. Rather than tell you ab...
Two conversations with dear friends got me to thinking the other day about what things will be like when “this is all over.” Whether “this” is the pandemic, the quarantine,...
Whiteville officials want to know what residents and business owners think will help downtown grow and become more attractive.The city will be holding the first public meeting for the downtown...
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV My father alw...
County governments and nonprofit groups may apply for funding assistance from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation projects beginning Oct. 1...
Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputy D. Zehnder is being called a hero after saving a man form a burning home Sept. 26. Columbuscountynews.com broke this story on the day of the...
Throughout the month of October, SeHealth is sponsoring initiatives designed to promote awareness, prevention, and early detection as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Businesses are invite...
Governor, DHHS secretary brief state North Carolina can move into Phase Three of reopening in the pandemic, Gov. Roy Cooper announced today. Beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, outdoor venues with...
Aircraft, military vehicles and even enemy combatants will be seen in Bladen County and border communities in the coming weeks, but there’s no reason to worry. The 24th Marine Expeditionary unit...
Wherever it came from, whoever is behind it, whatever the reasons – burning, looting , and threatening have no positive effects on anyone. On the 19th anniversary of the night a...
Food trucks will now be able to operate without a zoning permit in Whiteville, but only under very specific circumstances. The city council Tuesday approved a new ordinance that allows...
Former Animal Control Director Joseph Prince has asked the state Attorney General to investigate alleged improper actions in the District Attorney’s office. Prince resigned as director of the departme...