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The public will have a chance Tuesday to ask questions about a residential development proposed for south of Olyphic when the Columbus County Planning Board meets at 6:30. 

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Columbus County’s Public Utilities Department released an announcement at 4 p.m. Friday rescinding a boil water advisory issued earlier in the week for customers within Water and Sewer District IV, including those in the Riegelwood Sanitary D…

The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is getting a new tool to help solve crimes — license plate readers that will notify deputies if a wanted vehicle drives by. During their meeting Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously approved Sheriff B…

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Southeastern Community College has increased its focus on public safety training recently, and that emphasis is reflected in the college’s county budget request for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1. 

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Fair Bluff residents should be able to drink water from the town’s new well in December, engineer and project manager Carter Hubard from the W.K. Dickson Company told the town council during its meeting Tuesday. Hubard predicted that construc…

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After close to an hour in closed session Tuesday, the Lake Waccamaw Town Council voted unanimously to purchase a three-bedroom mobile home from Marty Wright Home Sales of Chadbourn. Mayor Matt Wilson described it as “a trailer for temporary housing” and said it would be “for our new EMS folks.” 

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Fair Bluff residents should be able to drink water from the town’s new well in December, engineer and project manager Carter Hubard from the W.K. Dickson Company told the town council during its meeting Tuesday. Hubard predicted that construction will be finished in October; however, due to …

Residents of Tabor City, Cerro Gordo and Fair Bluff who carry out building projects must now obtain their inspections from the Columbus County Building Inspections Department, under agreements adopted by the three towns and county government.