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Whiteville’s new City Planner Robert Lewis is no stranger to the area. Lewis, 34, lives at Lake Waccamaw with his wife Andrea. His...

The Columbus County Board of Commissioners tonight will pass a proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and go behind closed...

Columbus Jobs Foundation President Rick Edwards, left, and President Wes Carter of Atlantic Packaging. Atlantic employs more than 300 in...

Rep. Brenden Jones, RColumbus, and Sen. Danny Britt, R-Robeson, Columbus County’s two delegates to the N.C. General Assembly, expressed...

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The novelist Thomas Wolfe had it wrong, at least as far as Greg Lovette is concerned: you can go home again. Lovette, a 52-year old...

The Columbus County Board of Commissioners didn’t take a formal vote Wednesday night but authorized County Attorney Mike Stephens and...

Whiteville native Justin Smith announced Monday his intention to run for a District 1 city city council seat in the November general...

Greg Lovette shakes hands with Columbus Jobs Chairman Rick Edwards A Columbus County native who has seen success in the information...

The end of last week saw a flurry of business and industrial activity in Columbus County, not only centered around the former...

High School students across Columbus County can attend college for free beginning in the fall of this year. Those students who...

The board of directors includes, front row: Amber Bellamy, Nancy Sigmon, Joan Ward, chairman; Rebecca Murphy, and Pickett Council Ellis....

The Columbus Jobs Foundation will have its membership kick-off event Thursday, Feb. 16 and celebrate the accomplishments of 2016. The...

Ron Gaskins has been named vice president of a new local company that is not yet producing a product, so far as the public knows, but he...

The Georgia-Pacific plant, in background, is adjacent to Southeast Regional Park. The county commissioners voted to buy the vacant...

A revitalized team approach taken by Columbus County economic development groups and the county commissioners paid dividends with the...

A railroad crosstie recycling company that will eventually bring 50 new jobs to the county announced it is locating near the former...

A party to celebrate the Class of 2016 Fifteen Under 40 winners is set for Friday evening, July 29 at the Batten Pavilion at Vineland...

In a split 6-1 vote, the Columbus County Board of Commissioners last Monday approved a $100,000 grant to the Columbus Jobs Foundation’s...

Two of six proposed routes to connect local rail service to the port would utilize much of the abandoned rail bed between here and...