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High winds, dry conditions and plenty of fuel have increased the fire danger for the entire state of North Carolina today. The N.C. Forest Service and National Weather Service issued a fire hazard advisory Monday. Despite soaking rains of recent weeks, rapidly drying conditions have been created just in time for the spring fire season. No burn ban has been issued for Columbus County, although Brunswick issued a...
The sheriff’s office and other agencies joined forces March 14 for a major checking station at Haynes Lennon Highway and Princess Ann Road near Chadbourn, netting 31 violations in three hours. “The goal of this enforcement effort was to ensure compliance with motor vehicle codes and to reduce motor vehicle accidents, injuries, and death associated with impaired driving,” Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers said in a press release....
Two men ended up going to jail after a fight in Riegelwood March 15. The sheriff’s office was called to 18 Country Club Trail just after 1 p.m. to a report of an affray. Kenneth Anthony Hewett, 42, and Edgar Villalba Romero, 36, argued then began fighting, the report said. Hewett allegedly cut Romero with a box cutter, and Romero allegedly punched Hewett in the head. Hewett was...