Madison Street through downtown Whiteville is open again, after emergency repairs on the facade at Merchantile on Madison have been completed. The facade had separated from the main wall of...
Repair work is continuing on the former Leder Bros. department store in downtown Whiteville, where a brick facade threatened to collapse Wednesday. City Manager Darren Currie said the facade was...
Columbus County Transportation has been awarded a $280,000 federal grant. The N.C. Dept. of Transportation announced today (June 29) that Columbus will receive the grant to pay for improvements to...
Traffic on part of Madison Street in downtown Whiteville is being detoured to Lee due to “construction issues” on a building in the 700 block today (Wednesday). Vehicle traffic is...
Local leader Dewey Lewis Hill passed away today (Tuesday). Hill, 97, served ten terms in the state house, representing Columbus and Brunswick counties, from 1992 until 2012. As a young...
A Whiteville house went under the excavator Monday and Tuesday as part of the city’s flood hazard mitigation buyout program. The property at 705 S. Franklin Street was heavily damaged...
Gambling on horses and sports will now be legal in North Carolina. Governor Roy Cooper today signed House Bill 347, Sports Wagering/Horse Racing Wagering, into law. The bipartisan legislation will...
The Columbus County Farmers’ Market will be hosting their annual Farm-to-Table benefit on Thursday, June 22, at 6 p.m. Many aspects of the feast will include ingredients from local growers...
There’s a place hidden in Elizabethtown full of some of the most amazing things, and the People’s Emporium is its name. Dwayne and Mary Miller opened the shop last summer,...
Maze Craze at Galloway Farm in Hallsboro opened on Saturday, Sept. 24, for their 2022 season. This year, the farm has partnered with Netflix to bring the ‘Outer Banks’ (OBX)...
Updated After 14 months of negotiations, construction of a new Starbuck’s coffeehouse is expected to begin next month. “It’s a done deal,” said Kyle Cox, who owns the property where...
Southeastern Community College is taking workforce training on the road. The college has invested in a mobile lab to take hands-on education for in demand jobs to local high schools...
Patrons of some restaurants in Whiteville could soon take alcoholic drinks as they walk through downtown. The planning board has approved a draft Social District Ordinance. The vote came at...
Trillium’s decision regarding the management of the Healing Place in New Hanover County may be under scrutiny, but Columbus County will still be able to provide mental health and substance...
The N.C. Department of Public Safety is encouraging residents served by the Cape Fear Council of governments regions to attend the upcoming public workshops to develop strategies and projects that aim...
It’s a beautiful day at the Galloway Farm in Hallsboro. The honey bees are buzzing in the sunflowers, and the butterflies are taking a long drink in the zinnias. Folks...