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Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with your evening weather update. Strong high pressure directly over the Carolinas will dominate our weather through the weekend. It’s going to be an absolutely gorgeous weekend with wall-to-wall [Read More]
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with tonight’s weather update. Not a whole lot to talk about… get outside and try to see the aurora before midnight. Clear skies and chilly temps tonight as we’ll [Read More]
Legislators quickly passed a Hurricane Helene relief bill Wednesday, and Gov. Roy Cooper signed the bill into law just a short time later. “I’m thrilled to announce the passage of our disaster recovery bill, allocating [Read More]
The bipartisan State Board of Elections on Monday unanimously approved a long list of emergency measures to help Helene victims vote in the 2024 election and ensure election officials can provide accessible, safe, and secure voting options [Read More]
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with today’s local weather update and an update on Hurricane Milton. Hurricane Milton will make landfall around 9 PM just south of Sarasota, FL, as a category 3 storm. [Read More]
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with an update on Category 5 Hurricane Milton. Milton underwent an eyewall replacement cycle on Tuesday and briefly weakened to a cat-4 … but has regained his strength and [Read More]
Good Monday evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with an update on Milton. While impacts for the Whiteville area will be essentially nil, the same cannot be said for our friends in Florida. As of 8 [Read More]
County Manager Eddie Madden said the county never prevented City of Whiteville assets from being deployed to the Hurricane Helene response. City officials expressed frustration last week after a team of heavy equipment and chainsaws [Read More]
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with an 8 PM Sunday update on Hurricane Milton. Milton reached hurricane strength on Sunday afternoon … and will quickly achieve cat-3 status on Monday. The Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL, [Read More]
On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has commentary on Hurricane Helene. FEMA, and Government Bureaucracy. The Columbus Connection is a weekly public affairs program produced in, for, and about Columbus County North Carolina. [Read More]
The town of Black Mountain has water service again, in part due to help from Columbus County. Several teams of Columbus County personnel are providing support to the Emergency Operations Centers in Buncombe County and [Read More]
As Hurricane Helene tore its way through Western North Carolina last Friday, City of Whiteville employees were put on notice that some would be deployed to help with disaster recovery. Seven days later, some of [Read More]
Livestock are literally roaming free in the areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene last week, and the state is asking for help corralling the animals. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler issued an urgent plea this morning [Read More]
Rep. Brenden Jones of Columbus County is no stranger to natural disasters. With a business in Fair Bluff and home in Tabor City, as well as close ties throughout the county, Jones is familiar with [Read More]
Deputies and sheriff staff from Columbus and Bladen got a firsthand look at the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains Monday. Sheriff Bill Rogers of Columbus and Jim McVicker of Bladen led [Read More]
Like many of you, I breathed a sigh of relief followed by a prayer for safety when Hurricane Helene jogged left last week. Most of us are still cleaning up or drying out from the [Read More]
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