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Allen Turner
Jun 19, 2017
Commissioners to pass budget, discuss economic development
The Columbus County Board of Commissioners tonight will pass a proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and go behind closed...


ALLEN TURNER
May 15, 2017
Jones, Britt feel good about bills that ‘crossed’
Rep. Brenden Jones, RColumbus, and Sen. Danny Britt, R-Robeson, Columbus County’s two delegates to the N.C. General Assembly, expressed...


Britney Nguyen NR Intern
Mar 23, 2017
Farmers consider hemp for crop to replace tobacco
As the tobacco industry in North Carolina continues to dwindle, farmers continue to search for alternative crops. Commercial hemp...


ALLEN TURNER
Mar 6, 2017
Inmates may make G-P site more, marketable
Columbus County commissioners are expected tonight to authorize Economic Developer Gary Lanier to use contract and inmate labor to clean...


Allen Turner
Mar 2, 2017
Commissioners okay Ga.-Pacific lease negotiations
The Columbus County Board of Commissioners didn’t take a formal vote Wednesday night but authorized County Attorney Mike Stephens and...

Allen Turner
Feb 20, 2017
Lovette brings IT expertise home with RadixBay
Greg Lovette shakes hands with Columbus Jobs Chairman Rick Edwards A Columbus County native who has seen success in the information...


Les HIgh
Feb 20, 2017
Two prospects announced; DOT looks at rail study
The end of last week saw a flurry of business and industrial activity in Columbus County, not only centered around the former...


Les HIgh
Feb 6, 2017
Columbus Jobs membership kick-off
The Columbus Jobs Foundation will have its membership kick-off event Thursday, Feb. 16 and celebrate the accomplishments of 2016. The...


CLARA CARTRETTE
Feb 2, 2017
Native son is V.P. of railroad ties company
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...


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Jul 21, 2016
Team approach bringing new jobs to county
A revitalized team approach taken by Columbus County economic development groups and the county commissioners paid dividends with the...


Allen Turner
Jun 14, 2016
Edwards says time has come for growth
Rick Edwards has a tough time hiding his enthusiasm. “I feel very good about Columbus County,” the president of the Columbus Jobs...


Allen Turner
Jun 6, 2016
Walden tells Jobs Foundation economic outlook is good here
North Carolina State University economist Dr. Michael Walden told about 150 members of the Columbus Jobs Foundation Thursday that, while...
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