Columbus County teams opened the NCHSAA state basketball playoffs with a strong showing Tuesday night, highlighted by first-round wins from the Whiteville, South Columbus, West Columbus and East Colum ...

With just four days remaining in the early voting period for the 2026 primary, Columbus County voters have limited time left to cast ballots ahead of Election Day next week.

Nearly five decades after a baby was found dead at a county landfill, a Whiteville woman has been arrested in the case. The charge follows a reopened investigation that relied ...

Construction on a $1.8 million roundabout in downtown Whiteville could begin as early as late March. The N.C. Department of ...

A Whiteville man was jailed Tuesday after authorities charged him with setting fires along U.S. 74-76. The N.C. Forest Service charged Jeremy Lynn Hayes, 42, with three felony counts and three ...

A North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper who lived in Cerro Gordo was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday ...

On Tuesday, the Columbus County Planning Board will consider its first planned unit development application since last fall, ...

The murder case against Xavier Thomas in Columbus County Superior Court ended in a mistrial Tuesday after the jury failed to ...

A Chadbourn man is facing a felony assault charge after authorities say he attacked another man with a knife, leaving him seriously injured.

The Lake Waccamaw Board of Commissioners has called a special meeting for 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at Town Hall, 205 Flemington Drive.

Dereck Whittenburg, a member of the 1983 N.C. State University national championship basketball team, will hold a book signing next week at Lake Waccamaw.

Two Columbus County towns that rejected a proposal to transfer their utility systems to the Town of Fairmont have learned that they’ll receive state grants to improve their own infrastructure.