Columbus County News

Submitted by WWAY on 24 November 2009 - 5:41pm. READ MORE: The only charter school in Columbus and Bladen counties is hoping to get bigger.

Coastline Rescue's dwindling volunteer roster has the squad chief and president worried about the volunteer squad's future.

Authorities in Columbus County have offered a $1,000 reward for a poacher - a bear poacher.

Election officials in Columbus County will wait until they finish another recount to make a decision about investigating an election protest.

Submitted by WWAY on 19 November 2009 - 6:46pm. A startling statistic coming out of Columbus County; the rural county dispenses the most prescription drugs in the entire state on a per capita basis.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:55 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:55 a.m. Looking back 50 and 100 years ago in the StarNews.

Dalton Dockery, Bladen County Extension director, for the past two years, has announced he will be leaving his post effective Monday, Nov.

James "Jim" R. Hinkle - one of 32 applicants to become Vance County's full-time economic development director - will begin as interim director Monday under a three-month contract.

Submitted by WWAY on 10 November 2009 - 6:37pm. Fire now believed to be part of a murder Investigators are looking into what at first appeared to be a mobile home fire in Riegelwood.

Columbus County authorities are investigating a suspicious fire that happened early Sunday morning.

Submitted by WWAY on 5 November 2009 - 6:52pm. Recycling could be made easier, especially in rural areas It has been more than a month since new state laws governing recycling took effect, but it's unclear if these laws are working in some rural communities.

More than 100 people are being laid of in Columbus County as a result of the Georgia Pacific Company shutting down.

The compeition is tough in Columbus County as seven candidates are running for just two available city council seats.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. By a bizarre coincidence, all three of the most famous sets of conjoined twins in American history wound up in North Carolina.

Herea s a significant passage: Candidates agreed the town should continue to clarify its unified development ordinance to better meet the needs of applicants.

Submitted by WWAY on 28 October 2009 - 5:52pm. New allegations aimed at Soles For more than a year we've been following the controversy surrounding State Senator R.C. Soles and his clients.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 11:42 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 11:42 a.m. Like it or not, Brunswick County will soon gain yet another superstreet, this time near the Columbus County line on U.S. 74/76. Any major developments on U.S. 17 and U.S. 74/76 must now build a superstreet - a concept that restricts left turns, ...

Submitted by WWAY on 23 October 2009 - 5:18pm. Yam Festival full of sweet potatoes Tabor City is hosting the 39th Annual Yam Festival through the weekend, however you won't find any yams there, only sweet potatoes.

Columbus County planning board members are looking for ways to clean up some rundown mobile home parks.

An anchor from the shipwreck that's thought to be from Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, is so unstable that divers in North Carolina hope to retrieve it now rather than waiting until next year.