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News Briefs for June 8, 2025 Developers will hold a public meeting June 10 to outline a plan to build more than 4,500 homes near Lake Waccamaw. Advance Land and Timber Company wants to build the homes...
News Briefs for June 6, 2025 A narcotics suspect had large quantities of opiates and a fully-automatic AR pistol when he was arrested by Vice Narcotics agents. Dalvin Devonte Smith, age 24, was...
On this edition of the Columbus Connection, Jefferson talks with Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers about the changes he’s made at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office since he was appointed, a...
News Briefs for June 5, 2025 An elderly man was severely beaten and stomped, then left in a wooded area Friday. Arnold Nance was taken to Columbus Regional Tuesday for treatment. Kaye Stephens ...
News Briefs for June 4, 2025 Columbus County Commissioners approved the new fiscal budget Monday, with some additional job reductions but also saving the County’s QRV Paramedic program for six months....
News Briefs for June 3, 2025 Columbus Regional Healthcare performed its first organ transplant Friday. The patient’s name was not released. Hospital employees lined the halls in tribute to the donor a...
County water customers are being required to pay their bills in person at the utilities office while new software goes online. A notice via the county’s website says that upgrades to the utility depar...
Why Walk-In Urgent Vet Care Is Crucial for Sudden Illness As a pet owner, you are likely familiar with the overwhelming feelings when your pets suddenly become seriously ill. Emergency veterinary care...
News Briefs for June 2, 2o25 Quashaun Freemen has been charged with murder in Tuesday’s killing in Sandyfield. Jonathan Baldwin died en route to New Hanover Regional after being shot, allegedly by Fre...
News Briefs for June 1, 2025 Trees were damaged, power was knocked out and some minor roof damage was reported Friday evening when a line of storms rolled through Columbus County, producing three torn...
Trees were damaged, power was knocked out and some minor roof damage was reported Friday evening when a line of storms rolled through Columbus County, producing three tornado warnings and one unconfir...
First responders are clearing trees from roads in western Columbus after a reported tornado touched down. There are unconfirmed reports of damage in Evergreen and Cerro Gordo, as well as the Chadbourn...
News Briefs for May 30, 2025 A plan to build more than 4,500 homes near Lake Waccamaw has been forwarded by the planning board to the Columbus County Commissioners with a favorable endorsement. The ho...
News Briefs for May 29, 2025 A man was shot to death Tuesday night in Sandyfield, making the county’s fourth homicide this year. Sheriff Bill Rogers said an argument escalated into a shooting on Brown...
News Briefs for May 28, 2025 Drought monitor showed conditions improving in Columbus County, but overall the entire area is still considered in a moderate drought. Columbus County is around four inche...
A fight between inmates at Tabor Correctional sent one man to the hospital. Tabor City Police Officer J. Hicks reported that Francisco Bastian-Castaneda, 29, allegedly attacked fellow inmates Marteise...