Thu, 13 Aug 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

This morning (Thursday) Superintendent Marc Whichard announced that the 2020-2021 teacher of the year for Whiteville City Schools is Jessica McPherson, who teaches third grade...

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

Columbus County has approximately 168 active cases of COVID-19, the county health department announced Thursday. The total of 959 cases includes 743 recoveries and 48...

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

Lake Waccamaw Police Officer Nathan Pierce is sworn in by Town Clerk Crystal Cartrette Wednesday. Pierce grew up in Charlotte and has family from the...

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

The Columbus County Board of Elections on Monday unanimously voted to increase the pay of poll workers and temporary office staff with a $2 an...

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

Gov. Roy Cooper has reappointed Columbus County's representative on the N.C. Board of Transportation. Robeson County native Grady Hunt, who joined the board in 2017,...

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

No matter how hard we try, how much attention we pay to details, how much research we do or how committed we are, we can...

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

When Marian Duncan began working at the Columbus County Health Department in 1955, she never thought that she would still be working there almost a...