News About Outdoor Activities and Entertainment in Columbus County, NC
During the end of April and the first of May, it’s all about nature at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Whiteville. The City Nature Challenge begins on April 29 and will run through Ma...
The Waccamaw Siouan STEM Studio Second Annual Community Yacunne Camp will kick off this Friday in Buckhead. The camp is part of the Waccamaw STEM Studio, in cooperation with the Wildlife Resou...
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Executive Director Cameron Ingram announced today that he has invoked Emergency Powers to activate a localized response plan to assist with the detection...
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has finally hit North Carolina’s deer herd. Officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced today (Thursday) that a sample collected from a hunter-harvest...
A commercial turkey operation in Johnston County has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI), according to state officials. This is the first case of high path avian influenza in do...
North Carolina’s largest salamanders are beginning to stir from the winter sleep, and state biologists want to know exactly where they are living. Hellbenders and mudpuppies, sometimes call...
The same storm system that brought destructive tornados to Oklahoma and Louisiana will visit the Cape Fear region today, but it won’t pack quite the same wallop. The National Weather Service Wil...
If you suspect bats may be living in your home, biologists at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission ask that you relocate them responsibly before pup rearing season begins on May 1. &...
The Whiteville Junior Woman’s Club hosted their 2nd annual Artic Alligator Plunge this morning at the Lake Waccamaw State Park. Challengers couldn’t jump off the pier because of the shallo...
The Whiteville Junior Woman’s Club is back again this year with their 2nd annual Artic Alligator Plunge. The purpose of the event is to raise money to help the organization with charitable projects, s...
The Waccamaw Siouan STEM Studio has hosted many events over the past year, but the most successful of them all will be back again for two weekends in April. The second annual Community Yacunne (Fish...
A wild Northern shoveler duck has tested positive for avian influenza in Hyde County, prompting reminders for commercial and hobby poultry growers to increase their biosecurity measures. The U.S...
Deputies with the sheriff’s office man tracking team found a Tabor City area man safe and sound after a harrowing few hours Tuesday. Ronald Gore, 58, was reported missing by his wife around 9:30 p.m.,...
Michael Edward Abernethy got more of an adventure than he bargained for while hunting in the Green swamp this week.Abernethy, 56, was on vacation in Myrtle Beach with his family from Morganton. After ...
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Columbus County is absolutely ready for the holidays this year. Covid-19 may have put many things on the back burner in 2020, but the area is going bi...
Deer hunting is on in full force in Columbus County and bear season is fast approaching on Nov. 8. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission wants to make sure folks stay safe and injury free b...