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Deputies found a man shot to death in a home on Peacock Road at midnight Monday. The sheriff’s office responding to a shots fired call a few minutes after 12 a.m. found the deceased man in a home in the 4400 block of Peacock Road. The incident report indicated a handgun was found at the scene. The man’s name was not immediately released, pending the ongoing investigation.
Fire officials have closed N.C. 211 between Bolton and the Brunswick County line due to the Pulp Road fire in the Green Swamp. The fire has spread to 11,500 acres as crews use backfires to eliminate fuel. The northern edge of the fire has reached ground cleared by the Driving Creek fire in 2022. In an attempt to contain the fire on the southern edge, the Department of...
Crews have the Pulp Road fire contained in the Green Swamp, but the fire’s effects are stillk being felt across the area. The Forest Service said that as of 9 a.m. today (Friday), the Brunswick County fire has burned roughly 2,500 acres in the Green Swamp Nature Preserve. The fire started out as a controlled burn by the Wildlife Commission and Nature Conservancy. A shift in weather patterns...