The North Carolina Museum of Science in Whiteville’s Foundation Board Chairman Bill Thompson, right, accepts a $21,000 check from John K....

Nearly 200 people attended a celebratory dinner Thursday evening at The Chef & The Frog to honor The News Reporter’s 2017 class of...

Columbus County commissioners were expected in a rare 7 a.m. session today to extend for another 90 days a June 30 deadline the county...

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...

Whiteville City Schools teachers of the year for 2017-2018 are Katie Worthington, Bruce Ketcham, Heath Conner, Katherine Hyatt and Jami...

Although a 41-year-old Fair Bluff native who took a big risk six years ago by leaving the security of state employment to open his own...

For about a month after floods from Hurricane Matthew wrought havoc on Columbus County, Resident Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser of...

The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville was the site of an event bringing together representatives of other small towns that...

Ronna Gore lights up with excitement and surprise after being named Columbus County Schools Principal of the Year at the awards banquet...

Columbus County Schools named Fred Mason of Columbus College and Career Academy as teacher of the year. Mason teaches general...

As the tobacco industry in North Carolina continues to dwindle, farmers continue to search for alternative crops. Commercial hemp...

Columbus County commissioners are expected tonight to authorize Economic Developer Gary Lanier to use contract and inmate labor to clean...

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 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...

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