N.C. Department of Transportation officials and state Rep. Brenden Jones will join family and friends of the late Bill Johnson Friday to dedicate the N.C. 242 bridge spanning U.S. 74 in the Evergreen community.
Julie Strickland, director of Columbus County Parks and Recreation, professed herself to be “speechless” upon receiving the Sol B. Mann Community Spirit Award Tuesday from the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and Tourism.
About 80 people gathered Tuesday morning at the new North Carolina Department of Insurance regional office in Whiteville to celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Southeastern North Carolina’s economic development signale…
About 30 people gathered at the Lake Waccamaw Fire Department for a lunch of hamburgers and hotdogs Tuesday, the final day before the station will commence emergency medical services to the surrounding response district.
A state-directed program to increase tourism “could be the shot in the arm we need,” Joan McPherson, president of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, said Tuesday morning. McPherson’s comments came after a presentation on the UPLIFT…
Lake Waccamaw town government’s fire and rescue department has achieved state certification for emergency medical services and will begin running calls Wednesday, according to Finance Officer and Town Clerk Meredith Parker. “We will be operat…
Kristie Massey, a Columbus County native from the Beaverdam community, fell in love with the healthcare industry focusing on senior citizens. Almost three years ago, she became the director of the Columbus County Department of Aging. She supe…
Columbus County Schools Associate Superintendent Jonathan Williams announced Thursday afternoon that an open house for the public at the new PreK–8 facility will be a week later than previously planned.
Whiteville City Council has paved the way for potentially an unlimited number of food trucks to wheel into town. In a 5–2 vote Tuesday night, council voted to do away with the limit allowing at most 10 permitted food trucks to regularly opera…
The Columbus County and Whiteville City school systems are updating their electoral maps, Elections Director Ashley Collins said Monday at the Columbus County Board of Elections meeting.
Months after voting to allow a limited number of food trucks to operate in town, Whiteville City Council will consider doing away with that limit altogether at its 6:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday.
At first glance, the new stoplights being installed at the J.K. Powell Boulevard and Columbus Street intersection in Whiteville may appear to just be a minor traffic pattern change. However, they’re a significant step toward creating a new co…
