The North Carolina Rural Center met with Columbus County leaders at the DREAM Center Friday as part of an 80- day tour to discuss the...

Fair Bluff native Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, Thursday introduced a bill to appropriate $5 million from the state’s general fund to...

The Greater Fair Bluff Chamber of Commerce held its annual dinner banquet Thursday night, honoring several local citizens and businesses...

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

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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 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...

Front, Advisor Alisha Alston, SkillsUSA President Preston Prince, SkillsUSA Historian Chrissilynn Ammons, Hannah Brown, and Advisor Chef...

Anyone interested in a new career opportunity is encouraged to attend pre-employment skills classes at Southeastern Community College in...

From left, Southeastern Community College’s Beverlee Nance and Mark Lennon, S&A Railroad Ties’ Ron Gaskins and R.J. Corman’s Adam Boyles...

Ben Andrew Briggs, a doctoral student, on a stop across America. A doctoral student on his way across America on foot called Columbus...