Last week, I was getting gas for my car out at Go Gas when a car pulled up on the other side of the pump...
Read MoreWhile some BB&T customers are not thrilled with the reduced number of Whiteville branches, everyone should be thankful that the bank’s new facility on Powell...
Read MoreSlowly but surely, Columbus County is increasing the number of residents who have taken the coronavirus vaccine. That’s thanks largely to an increased supply, with...
Read MoreBB&T’s consolidation of its two campuses in the county — the call center in North Whiteville and the office complex in downtown Whiteville – leaves...
Read MoreA fellow asked me the other day, “What would you do if you had all the money in the world?” I told him I’d pay...
Read MoreSenate Bill 355 — the Government Transparency Act of 2021 — would at last allow the public to see the disciplinary files of public employees,...
Read MoreBudgeting for the next two years got a lot easier for Columbus County government and several municipalities in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic when...
Read MoreWe sold Mama’s house a little while back, just before she died. We realized that she wasn’t coming back from the nursing home, and she...
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