Thu, 14 Jan 2021 | PREMIUM CONTENT

Columbus County Schools had four people testing positive for the coronavirus between Monday and presstime Thursday, down from 29 on Jan. 7. The patients included...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 | PREMIUM CONTENT

Columbus County Schools will continue to provide remote-only instruction through Feb. 1 "due to spiking [COVID-19] numbers," the board of education announced Wednesday afternoon. "We...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 | PREMIUM CONTENT

Evans Humphreys, a senior at Whiteville High School, is a nominee for UNC Chapel Hill’s Morehead-Cain Scholarship. He is the 17-year-old son of Kathryn Humphreys. ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 | PREMIUM CONTENT

The Columbus County Board of Education voted unanimously at about 9 p.m. Monday (tonight) to sell four empty schools to the county government. For a...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 | PREMIUM CONTENT

Whiteville City Schools leaders said during the board of education meeting Monday night that they were prepared for the resumption of in-person classes on Jan....

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 | PREMIUM CONTENT

The Columbus County Board of Education will meet Monday, Jan. 11, at 5:30 p.m. via Google Meet. To join the meeting, Superintendent Deanne Meadows asks the...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 | PREMIUM CONTENT

Colleagues and students are mourning the loss of Wendy Fipps, a fourth grade teacher at Edgewood Elementary School, who died Friday. The school did not...