As hurricane season winds down, a storm is building over State Auditor Dave Boliek’s exhaustive report on the N.C. Office of Resilience and Recovery (NCORR). NCORR was established to funnel relief funds to homeowners in [Read More]
A number of area organizations are offering opportunities to help provide Thanksgiving meals for the needy this week. Capture Community Center in Loris, SC will have their annual community Thanksgiving dinner giveaway on Nov. 25 beginning at [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for November 24, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
News Briefs for November 23, 2025 Cleon Cortez will serve 338 to 473 months in prison for molesting a child in 2023. Cortez was found guilty in Columbus County Superior Court Thursday. Jurors took less [Read More]
CCN Weather Update for Saturday November 22, 2025 This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it comes to home, car, boat, or [Read More]
News Briefs for November 21, 2025 Columbus County municipalities will receive more than $538,000 in Powell bill funds with the second installment of the state road money. Powell Bill money is based on state-maintained mileage [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for October 10, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
A Columbus County jury took less than an hour to find Cleon Cortez guilty of child sex crimes today (Nov. 21). Cleon Cortez, 53, was found guilty of taking indecent liberties with a minor and [Read More]
The State Highway Patrol today announced 55 new troopers graduated from its 166 Basic Patrol School, and one of them is coming to Columbus County. Christopher Renzi will begin work here Dec. 10. The troopers [Read More]
Slumber time for black bears is quickly approaching, and in some cases, already happening. Now is the time to start bear proofing residential and commercial properties to discourage winter denning. Black bears in North Carolina can start [Read More]
Two vacant lots between Caldis and Franklin streets in Whiteville may become a retention pond. Amber Ransom Leonard, Glenda Holt Ransom and Timmy Ransom are requesting that the city of Whiteville consider acquiring 152 and [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for November 21, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
According to AAA, nearly 82 Million Americans are expected to be on the road during the Thanksgiving Holiday, and there’s no great shock that Gasoline prices are expected to go up. For the majority of [Read More]
News Briefs for November 20, 2025 The Columbus County Sheriff’s Animal Protective Services has reopened to intakes. Sheriff Bill Rogers said the shelter was closed temporarily when officials expected 34 dogs from a cruelty case [Read More]
Rehabilitated Coastal Pelican Release Exciting news from Sunset Beach Police Department. Join us this Friday, November 21 at 1:00 p.m., on the beach at the Sunset Beach Fishing Pier, as our very own Animal Control [Read More]
The driver of a Columbus County school bus was injured Wednesday when the bus and a work truck collided near Nakina. No children were on the bus at the time of the wreck, according to [Read More]
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