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Cancellations, Closures from Winter Storm

January 30, 2026

1 p.m. Saturday update Columbuscountynews.com will update this list of closures and delays as new information come in. Send your schedule changes for churches, vici groups, businesses and others to CCN.CFaircloth@gmail.com or CCN.JWeaver@gmail.com. First Presbyterian Church in Whiteville will have online services Sunday at 11 a.m. Stream on their Facebook and YouTube pages. All outpatient services at Columbus Regional are cancelled Monday. Patients will be called with a...

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January 29, 2026

Officials and residents across Columbus are bracing for yet another round of winter weather, and this one appears to be targeting areas missed by last week’s storms. Potentially heavy snow, 20 mile-per-hour winds and zero-degree windchills led the National Weather Service to issue a Winter Storm Watch for the southeast this morning (Thursday) to go into effect Friday. Conditions are expected to deteriorate Friday night, with a possible...

Thomas Latrevis Howell (BCSO)

January 29, 2026

A Bladenboro man has been charged with murder after the death of a reported romantic partner. Thomas Latrevis Howell, 36, of the Bladenboro area, is being held under no bond, charged with first degree murder, the Bladen Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies were called to Tina’s Lane in the Clarkton are around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic disturbance. While en route they were notified that Alisha Jones had...

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