- All
- Public Safety
We will bring you Hurricane Ian closings and delays as soon as they become available. Email your closings with a contact number to crystalfaircloth@columbuscounty.news. • The Columbus County Emergency Operations Center has been activated. If you have any non emergency needs call 910.640.2208. For all emergencies call 911. • Whiteville city offices will be closed Friday. Fire and police personnel will be on duty. Public works and...
Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified this morning, and is taking aim at the Florida coast before knocking on the doors of Southeastern North Carolina later this week. WTXY Meteorologist Christopher Cawley urged caution, not panic, in his forecast discussion earlier today. “On a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 being minimal and 5 being “Florence-esque,” I think this is going to be about a 2.5,” he wrote. “This is...
Deputies in Columbus and Bladen counties are investigating a rash of car breakins that occurred Thursday night. The thieves hit areas north of Whiteville, and along the N.C. 211 corridor between Bladenboro and Clarkton, according to both sheriff’s offices. Laptop computers, change and other items were taken, but firearms are especially being targeted, Sheriff Jody Greene said in a social media post. “They (the suspects) were simply dropped...