WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a press conference yesterday, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen...
Year: 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. – The candidate filing period for most 2018 elections ended at noon Wednesday. As required...
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the National Guard today hosted...
By Erin Smith The North Carolina Department of Insurance reports a scam is occurring...
By: Charlotte Smith A new revelation was announced in a meeting with Bladen County’s...
Sandy Grove Baptist Church near Bladenboro has announced their schedule of Holy Week Services....
By Erin Smith The investigation into the breaking and entering of the Dollar Tree...
By Erin Smith The North Carolina Highway Patrol recently conducted a promotion ceremony in...
Traffic backed up, alternative route may be needed Traffic backed up on Hwy 72...
Kids, Teens and Grief is a no cost workshop offered by Lower Cape Fear...
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at approximately 10:02 p.m. officers with the Elizabethtown Police Department responded...
The Bladenboro Spring Fling is set for Saturday, April 7, 2018, and will feature a...
DUBLIN – West Bladen rallied for 8 runs in the bottom of the fifth...
WHITEVILLE – Freshmen Freddie Wooten and Zach Meares combined to strike-out nine batters and...
DUBLIN – Fairmont defeated West Bladen 8-6 Wednesday in Three Rivers Conference jayvee softball action. After Fairmont...
May primary participants have been determined. Filing deadline was noontime Wednesday (yesterday). See the...
DUBLIN – Some key West Bladen errors produced 16 unearned Fairmont runs and the...
DUBLIN – Fairmont defeated West Bladen 10-5 Wednesday night in the Three Rivers Conference...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119929′] WHITEVILLE – Whiteville defeated East Bladen 7-1 Wednesday night in the Three...
DUBLIN – Wallace-Rose Hill built a 3-0 halftime lead and defeated West Bladen 9-1...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119947′] WHITEVILLE – Whiteville defeated East Bladen 15-0 Wednesday night in the Three...
1790 – 1st US census authorized. 1845 – US President John Tyler signs a...
By Erin Smith The election filing period has ended and the several Bladen County...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119857′] By Erin Smith The Elizabethtown Town Council held their annual budget and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, North Carolina Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr praised the life and legacy...
RALEIGH, NC – Today, Anita Earls, founder of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice...
Dublin Primary School conducted their second Terrific Kids award ceremony of the 2017 –...
Accounting Manager Jeanine Lawson was named the 2017 winner of the John D. Drake Distinguished...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119774′] By Erin Smith Many veterans prefer to forget their time in service...
By Tori Chestnutt The Bladen County Dementia Awareness series kicked off with a Dementia...
Contributed DUBLIN – Bladen Community College Cosmetology Instructor Mary Anne Murphy has been selected...
By Erin Smith A former Bladen County has published his first novel. Lynn Welborn,...
By Erin Smith Today (Wednesday) is the final day to file for those who...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the Senate’s long-awaited confirmation...
This is February 28th, last day of the month. Filing for the upcoming 2018...
The Knicks defeated the Warriors 25-19 Tuesday night to win Bladen Recreation’s 10-12 Boys...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119835′] Photos by Kenneth Armstrong ELIZABETHTOWN- Guard Malcolm Bolden threw in16 points Tuesday...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119816′] Photos by Kenneth Armstrong ELIZABETHTOWN- Guard Anthony Mitchell fired in 16 points...
1749 – 1st edition of Henry Fieldings’ novel “Tom Jones” published. 1784 – John...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Pittenger’s (NC-09) major bipartisan legislation,...
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC, February, 27, 2018 – Following a thorough evaluation and review of alerting...
It should come as no surprise that some utilities in the southeast have more...
Representative William Brisson submitted a newsletter addressing several areas of concern for Bladen and...
The Lumber River Youth Services Committee is hosting its Youth Empowerment Summit. Youth ages...
Raleigh – Colonel Glenn M. McNeill Jr., commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, provided...
Raleigh, NC — As news reports indicate, a group of Democratic allies organized by a...
Washington, D.C. – Congressman David Rouzer is now accepting submissions for the 2018 Congressional Art...
Lisbon, NC – McCree Clark Alford, 91, of Lisbon, died peacefully on February 26,...
This past week Storm Frith a Bladen County resident announced she has been called...
Update: Dollar Tree robbed overnight By Erin Smith The Elizabethtown Police Department is investigating...
Stock market has rebounded to within less than 1000 points of all-time high. Previous...
1801 – Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction. 1813 – 1st federal vaccination legislation...
RALEIGH – North Carolina farms that welcome visitors can take advantage of the 2018...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119563′] By Erin Smith The Bladenboro Town Board held a public hearing...
ELIZABETHTOWN – In the 7-9 Coed League’s fourth-place play-off game, the Red team from...
Photos contributed by: KenArmPhoto.com [slideshow_deploy id=’119668′] ELIZABETHTOWN – Guard Alexus Mitchell fired in 12...
Photos contributed by: KenArmPhoto.com [slideshow_deploy id=’119648′] ELIZABETHTOWN –Center AnnaGrey Heustess fired in 28 points...
Photos contributed by: KenArmPhoto.com [slideshow_deploy id=’119681′] ELIZABETHTOWN – Center Lancine Soumanoro poured in 26...
By Erin Smith Two more Bladen County residents have filed seeking elected office. The...
West Bladen High School will have a ribbon cutting ceremony from 5:30 p.m. –...
The East Bladen High School Booster Club will meet Thursday, March 1st, at 6:30...
A Beginning Genealogy group will meet on the first and third Friday of each...
Contributed The Compassionate Friends Border Belt Chapter, serving the parents of both Columbus and...
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners will attend a Town of Elizabethtown Retreat Dinner...
GASTONIA – A Gaston Correctional Center minimum custody inmate who left his outside work assignment...
The March 2018 meeting of the Compassionate Friends Border Belt Chapter, serving the parents...
RALEIGH – A Gaston Correctional Center minimum custody inmate who left his outside work assignment was...
Contributed A fundraiser is planned for Saturday, March 3, from 4 until 7 p.m....
The Bladen County Dementia Awareness series has announced the dates for three classes designed...
Bladen County Board of Elections will be having a board meeting on February 27th,...
On Monday, February 26th, 2018 around 12:45 p.m. the Town of Elizabethtown announced they...
CHARLOTTE – Dr. Billy Graham will lie in honor in the Rotunda of the United...
By Erin Smith The Bladen County Dementia Friendly Kick-off is planned for Tuesday, February...
By Erin Smith Bladen County has been awarded a grant from the North Carolina...
Elizabethtown Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is now hiring: Certified Nursing Assistants First Shift – 7 a.m....
The Elizabethtown Town Council will conduct its annual Budget Retreat on February 27, 2018,...
The East Bladen High School Dream Team has designed a T-shirt for the Governor’s...
The Duplin County Sheriff’s Office is seeking your help in locating Javier Gomez (aka)...
Today is February 26, can you believe? Wednesday, February 28, at 12 noon is...
1732 – 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St. Joseph’s, Philadelphia. 1863...
The Bladen Five Middle School Basketball Tournament begins Monday night at Elizabethtown Middle School...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119398′] Photos by Kenneth Armstrong RICHLANDS – East Bladen’s Lady Eagles overcame a...
1751 – 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent) 1791 –...
[slideshow_deploy id=’119381′] By Erin Smith Saturday night was a night fit for an...
A few thoughts related to life ‘yesteryear’. Did you ever ‘set up’ with a...
The flowers and trees are beginning to bloom in Bladen County signifying the early...
Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located near Elizabethtown,...
East Bladen High School girl’s basketball team had a record of 17-0 and was...
Public meetings will take place across the country using an open-house format, so participants...
East Bladen girls basketball team will be on the road playing Richland girls today. Gametime is 6 PM game...
1803 – US Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison) 1857...
K-9 Jaxx knows how to use his nose. That skill by the Bladen County...
A Bladenboro man who had a prior criminal record was charged Thursday with possession...
By Erin Smith An Elizabethtown arrived at Cape Fear Valley-Bladen Healthcare seeking treatment of...
By Erin Smith One more candidate has opted to file for a seat on...
CHARLOTTE – Dr. Billy Graham will lie in honor in the Rotunda of...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has issued a revised listing of the roads...
The Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary will hold a Needs Drive on Sunday, February 25th,...
Raleigh, NC — Christian evangelical Billy Graham, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, passed away...
The Kiwanis Club of Elizabethtown recognized three of its members for their length of...