News About Outdoor Activities and Entertainment in Columbus County, NC
Tabor City, Chadbourn, the Veterans Memorial Park, and Lake Waccamaw have Independence Day activities planned, and now the town of Fair Bluff has announced that they will be joining in...
The N.C. Forest Service will begin accepting orders July 1 (Tuesday) for its annual tree seedling sale. With an average annual production of 10 million seedlings, the NCFS Nursery Program...
North Carolina’s largest annual impaired driving enforcement effort kicked off this morning. Operation Firecracker is part of the Booze It and Lose It campaign sponsored by the Governor’s Highway Safe...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking nominations through Friday, June 27 for the annual Thomas L. Quay Award. This award honors an individual who has made significant, long-standing commi...
The Wildlife Resources Commission is currently seeking nominations for the Lawrence G. Diedrick Small Game Award which recognizes meaningful contributions of an individual or organization that benefit...
Another black bear has been struck and killed on U.S. 74 near Hallsboro, the third in recent years in the same general area. Hallsboro Volunteer Fire Department was called out...
While King and Clapper Rail are sometimes called “marsh quail,” their smaller cousins are not as well known, and apparently disappearing. Eastern Black Rail are elusive and hard to find....
Lake Waccamaw Mayor Matt Wilson said officials hope to find a “happy medium” in dealing with alligators at the lake. “There are folks who just want to kill them all,...
A necropsy is being performed on the alligator that attacked and injured a girl at Lake Waccamaw Friday. Sgt. Matt Criscoe of the Wildlife Resources Commission said the girl will...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) is encouraging livestock and poultry owners to protect their animals from black bears. Black bears tend to consume a mostly plant-based diet and are attrac...
The state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has confirmed an established presence of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in Rockingham County. Initial surveys indicate t...
The state will not extend the primary and secondary Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) observation areas for the upcoming deer seasons. Ten new cases of CWD were confirmed over the past...
NFPA Provides Top Grilling Safety Tips for Memorial Day and Beyond For many of us, Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, when many people dust off their...
A LAW ENFORCEMENT EXERCISE NOTICE: The U.S. Coast Guard, along with federal, state, and industry partners, are scheduled to hold an active-shooter/active threat full-scale exercise in Brunswick County...
April 27 through May 3, 2025 is National Rip Current Awareness & Education Week Rip current and beach safety during this year’s “Rip Current Awareness Week”. The National Weathe...
State Wildlife biologists are at Lake Waccamaw this week taking blood samples from alligators to check for toxins in the water. Alligators provide overall data because they retain toxins from...