By Dr. Mike Walden The calendar says 2020, but some say it’s really 2030....
Month: July 2020
By John Clark Loyal, a good friend, a good citizen, tough, a servant, funny,...
RALEIGH – The following are highlights from this week at the N.C. Department of Transportation....
Waiver to remain in place until road tests resume RALEIGH – The N.C. Division of...
Governor Cooper is scheduled to lead the Coronavirus Task Force meeting today. The public...
Today is the last day of July, 2020. Weather forecast … Hot weather continues...
Contributed Men and Women United for Youth & Families, Community Development Corporation CDC (MWUYF),...
By Blake Proctor The Bladen County Board of Elections met Tuesday, July 28th at...
Governor Cooper Announces Additional COVID-19 Funds Disbursed to 97 Counties for Public Health and...
Mental health and substance abuse issues have increased since the start of COVID-19 Pandemic....
As of July 28, 2020 44.9% of households in Bladen County have self responded...
In recognition of National Pet Fire Safety Month, which runs through July, Insurance Commissioner...
Contributed by Chairman of Bladen County Board of Commissioners, Ray Britt We are saddened...
RALEIGH, N.C. – The following is a statement from the State Board of Elections office...
The Town of Elizabethtown Police Chief, Tony Parrish invites the community to attend another...
Lower Cape Fear LifeCare is offering two no-cost virtual grief care workshops for people...
Según USAFacts, una organización sin fines de lucro y no partidista, los Centros para...
In a recent report by USAFacts, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, COVID-19 has climbed to...
Bladen County NC – Star Communications announced today that it has completed its NC...
If you were to write yourself a note and put it away about the...
1869 – The Charles, considered the world’s first “oil tanker”, departs from the United...
Bladen County Schools acknowledged two achievements recently with their tweets on Twitter, a social...
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the N.C. Department of Public Instruction a...
By Bladen County Schools In this time of crisis, the manner in which all...
Bladen County Health Department released the latest COVID-19 update this afternoon. The confirmed positive...
FAYETTEVILLE – July 29, 2020 – Cape Fear Valley Health has ended the temporary...
Southeastern Health announced that it has received a $142,000 grant through the North Carolina Healthcare...
The Town of Elizabethtown release the following public notice. TOWN OF ELIZABETHTOWN PUBLIC NOTICE...
RALEIGH — Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in all 100 of North Carolina’s...
By Steven Brown, State Executive Director in Indiana, USDA Farm Service Agency Farmers and...
Phase 1 awards from Volkswagen settlement funds will grow zero-emission-vehicle fleets and infrastructure RALEIGH: Governor...
USDA is aware that people across the country have received suspicious, unsolicited packages of...
Steven Pfaff, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service out of Wilmington released...
Nominate A Deserving Advocate for the 2020 Advocacy and Leadership Awards by July 31!...
The Elizabethtown-White Lake Chamber of Commerce Director, Terri Dennison announced the next chamber speaker...
Bladen County business owners may qualify for COVID-19 related expense grants. Maria C. Edwards,...
Pfizer is now hiring across the world. According to Pfizer’s website there they have...
Hunter Green from Abbottsburg is offering fresh corn at the Bladenboro’s Farmers Market on...
By Jefferson Weaver Jeffersoncweaver155@gmail.com I didn’t know Mike Adams. We spoke maybe twice, three...
Throughout most any day, receive unwanted phone calls, often informing me that it’s time...
1899 – 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY. 1905 – US Secretary of War...
The NCHSAA Board of Directors has voted to provide Phase Two guidance to member...
Read the Executive Order RALEIGH: With actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 beginning to have...
Contributed On Tuesday morning at approximately 7:30 am, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office was...
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisories across the state due to...
According to the North Carolina Division of Public Health (DPH), there have been 1,205...
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading...
On July 23, 2020 the NCHSAA Board of Directors voted to provide Phase Two...
On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, the Judicial Working Group met at the Bladen County...
Governor Roy Cooper ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities...
Harrisburg – U.S. Attorney David J. Freed recognizes the 30th anniversary of the passage of...
Last week a notice was sent out on behalf of Bladen County Board of...
I attempt to ‘not’ dwell on the weather, but with 90 plus degree temps...
1858 – First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by...
The popular Beast Fest held in Bladenboro, NC, has been canceled for October 2020,...
Bladen County Health Department released the most recent COVID-19 update and new testing sites....
High temperatures kill hundreds of people every year. Heat-related deaths and illness are preventable,...
Testing available at 70 driver license offices RALEIGH – The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles...
Wondering how many folks tuned into the Board of Education meeting on July 23,...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF ELIZABETHTOWN, NORTH CAROLINA APPLICATION FOR 2020 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT...
Pictured, from left, East Bladen’s Zach Meares, Freddy Wooten and Brady Hollingsworth, who are...
July 27, 2020 … If it were a normal year, many would no doubt...
1789 – US Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs now referred to as the...
Bladen County Health Department released the following COVID-19 Update. COVID-19 TESTING SITES Ø Centerville Baptist...
The CDC Guidelines states… “The best available evidence indicates if children become infected, they...
Pictured, from left, East Bladen’s Zach Meares, Freddy Wooten and Brady Hollingsworth, who are...
Pictured, from left, East Bladen’s Zach Meares, Freddy Wooten and Brady Hollingsworth, who are...
1775 – US Continental Congress creates United States Post Office in Philadelphia under Benjamin...
Have mentioned several times activities, events, etc. that have been changed due to the...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is taking further action to...
Political activity ‘pickin up’ at the state and national level. Always interesting how folks...
A Bladen County Schools employee has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Public Relations...
Lex Jones was appointed to a two year term as Bladen County Tax Supervisor....
1729 – North Carolina becomes a colony. 1850 – Gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue...
North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services announced today, Bladen East Health &...
The Bladen County Law Enforcement Officers Association will host a Concealed Carry Permit Class...
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced new judicial appointments to serve Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, McDowell,...
Contributed by Bladen County Schools The Bladen County Schools’ Board of Education has released...
RALEIGH – The following are highlights from this week at the N.C. Department of Transportation....
RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper announced yesterday $194 million in loans and grants to help pay...
By Gov. Roy Cooper Next week, thousands of North Carolinians who are out of...
RALEIGH – The second half of summer comes with a few typical themes: barbeques...
RALEIGH – North Carolina Criminal Justice Analysis Center announced Wednesday Part 1 of the...
We need rain … 70% chance last night, but no rain in Happy Valley,...
East Bladen baseball players, pictured from left, Zack Meares, Freddy Wooten and Brady Hollingsworth...
1758 – George Washington elected to Virginia House of Burgesses representing Frederick County. 1824...
Bladen County Board of Education met on Thursday, July 23, at 5:30 p.m. virtually....
Contributed Next week, thousands of North Carolinians who are out of work due to...
On Thursday morning, the 911 Center of the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office received a...
Contributed In a picturesque outdoor ceremony on Thursday, July 16th twenty-nine deserving seniors finally...
According to figures released Thursday by the Bladen County Health and Human Services Department,...
The Bladen County Tax Office is in the process of data collection for the...
Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski, with the United States Justice Department’s Criminal Division, announced...
Extreme heat is a period of high heat and humidity with temperatures above 90...
The COVID-19 pandemic will add additional challenges and changes to the 2020 hurricane season,...
El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Carolina del Norte actualizó su mapa...
By Jefferson Weaver Against my better judgement the other day, I found myself in...
A reminder, if you have not responded to the 2020 census, need to do...
1872 – African American inventor Elijah McCoy is granted a patent for lubricators for...
