By John Clark BLADENBORO – Thursday night West Bladen’s Knights, the Southeastern Athletic Conference...
Year: 2023
West Bladen’s Lil Knights basketball program held their ‘Championship Saturday’ event February 11th with...
Contributed Trillium Health Resources will have ribbon cutting ceremonies February 15 in Columbus County...
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 HIGH SCHOOL Basketball Southeastern Athletic Conference tournament at Sampson Middle School...
Here are three things to know for Wednesday, Feb. 15: 1. Dementia Caregiver Support...
Contributed ROCKY MOUNT – The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles is making changes to...
By Cara Beth Smith This morning as I ran errands in Elizabethtown, it made...
WHITEVILLE – The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville is offering a...
Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973: •...
The Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) will hold a virtual meeting on...
By Sonny Jones ELIZABETHTOWN — Jacob Nixon knocked down seven 3-pointers and finished with...
By Sonny Jones ELIZABETHTOWN — Sophomores NeNe Ward and Lalia Smith combined to score...
Happy Valentine’s Day to ALL … Be nice … Build up points… Thanks to...
FAIRMONT – The tall duo of Taniya and Myasia Simms combined for 23 points...
BLADENBORO – Keonta Hill sparked a 21-4 2nd period Bladenboro blitz that propelled the...
CLARKTON – Imani Bowens and Nevaeh Brown keyed a 14-2 opening spurt that propelled...
BLADENBORO – Harley Jordan threw in 10 1st half points to spark Bladenboro to...
WHITEVILLE – A. Smith threw in 8 of her game-high 16 points during an...
WHITEVILLE – Whiteville Central rode a 30-12 2nd half surge to a 53-27 Waccamaw...
CLARKTON – Khalil Morgan poured in 11 of his game-high 20 points during a...
CERRO GORDO – West Columbus bolted to an early 25-3 lead and went on...
CERRO GORDO- Skylah Collins and Alaina Spencer combined for 20 points to lead West...
TUESDAY, FEB. 14 RECREATION 7-9 Boys Basketball at King Street Gym, Elizabethtown Blue Devils...
Here are three things to know for Tuesday, Feb. 14: 1. Trail Festival Weekend...
1887 – Cubs sell Mark King Kelly to Boston for $10,000. 1899 – Congress...
The Bladen County Health Department has opened a confidential Bladen County telephone referral service...
Shooting its highest score of the season, West Bladen AJROTC defeated Natchitoches Central AJROTC...
Pornography is a photograph that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual...
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for portions of Bladen County...
Kansas City Chiefs 38 – Philadelphia 35 … Chiefs are Super Bowl champs again...
“Golf is a lot like life. It will test your patience. It will dazzle...
MONDAY, FEB. 13 HIGH SCHOOL Basketball Southeastern Athletic Conference tournament Girls: Clinton at East...
Here are three things to know for Monday, Feb. 13: 1. High School Basketball:...
1795 – 1st state university in the US opens, University of North Carolina. 1861...
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, 2023 … Eagles vs. Chiefs … Game time is 6:30...
By Sonny Jones Which team will win the Super Bowl and how do you...
West Bladen won a coin flip Saturday morning to earn the top seed for...
Although the weather was cloudy the rains held off and the Vineyard Golf Super...
ST PAULS – Yoshua McBryde tossed in 3 baskets to spark a 16-8 spurt...
DUNN– Jemari McNeil and Wyatt Herring ignited a 17-0 3rd period burst with 5...
Q. In 2018, Europe regained the Ryder Cup by beating the United States, but...
Here are three things to know for Sunday, Feb. 12: 1. Dementia Caregiver Support...
1909 – National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms. 1914 –...
By John Clark DUNN – West Bladen’s Knights are Southeastern Athletic Conference co-champions! Sophomore...
ST PAULS – East Bladen’s Eagles are Southeastern Athletic Conference co-champions! The Eagles senior...
If you were out late last evening, you may have been ‘rained on’ …...
By Sonny Jones What a difference a few years has made for Bladen County’s...
The Elizabethtown-White Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and partners are planning to kick off...
The Bladen County Board of Education will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday,...
ST PAULS – Senior Aniyah Easterling made 2 free throws with 20 seconds left...
By John Clark DUNN – Senior Leah Culbreth sparked a 9-0 Midway run that...
SATURDAY, FEB. 11 RECREATION Lil Knights Basketball at West Bladen High School Atlantic Division...
Here are three things to know for Saturday, Feb. 11: 1. Clarkton Dixie Youth...
1895 – Georgetown became part of Washington, D.C. 1903 – Congress adopts the Expedition...
One Super Bowl Scramble golf tournament has moved its shotgun start up an hour...
By Charlotte Smith The Bladen County Substance Misuse Task Force continues the fight against...
The Buffaloes defeated the Tigers on Thursday night in the Bladen County Recreation Department’s...
By Haylie Robinson Your main question is probably, “What is Teen Court?” According to...
The Bulldogs defeated the Tigers on Thursday night in the Bladen County Recreation Department’s...
The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners will conduct its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Feb....
The Lakers defeated the Pistons 13-8 on Thursday night in the Bladen County Recreation...
By Mike Walden When I speak to a variety of groups around the state,...
People interested in learning more about Bladen County and how to be involved in...
ACC basketball season regular season winding down … and the four North Carolina teams...
By Sonny Jones The focus Friday night, as it should, will be on the...
The Town of Elizabethtown seeks written proposals for qualified Design/Build firms licensed in North...
RALEIGH — The board of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina has...
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation is accepting applications for the 2023 Multimodal...
FRIDAY, FEB. 10 HIGH SCHOOL Basketball West Bladen at Midway, 4:30/6/7:30 p.m. East Bladen...
Here are three things to know for Friday, Feb. 10: 1. High School Basketball:...
1855 – US citizenship laws amended, all children of US parents born abroad granted...
The Lil Knights basketball program will play its tournament and crown champions Saturday morning...
MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a state record...
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners will hold a planning session at noon on...
Update published on February 9, 2023 Town of Bladenboro officials announced Thursday, February 9,...
Contributed HARRELLS – Harrells Christian Academy’s Junior Beta Club returned to the North Carolina...
By Cara Beth Smith As we all know, restaurants are extremely busy on Valentine’s...
I had a most wonderful dream early this day … Dreamed it was mid-May,...
CLARKTON – Keon Whittington fired in 14 points Wednesday night to lead Tar Heel...
CLARKTON – Montiera Richardson and Nevaeh Brown combined for 11 points Wednesday to lead...
By Sonny Jones Will there be a Southeastern Athletic Conference boys’ basketball champion determined...
WHITEVILLE – Unbeaten Bladenboro rolled to a 31-13 lead and eventual 31-20 Waccamaw Middle...
WHITEVILLE –Williams Township battled back from a 10-0 deficit and defeated Bladenboro 13-12 Wednesday...
LAKE WACCAMAW–Aleigh Godwin threw in a pair of baskets, and Kayla Hall drilled in...
LAKE WACCAMAW– Braylon Waddell tallied 10 of his game-high 13 points in the 1st...
THURSDAY, FEB. 9 RECREATION 7-9 Boys Basketball at King Street Gym, Elizabethtown Tigers vs....
Here are three things to know for Thursday, Feb. 9: 1. Volunteer Income Tax...
1886 – President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of...
CLARKTON- Williams Township overcame an early Clarkton School of Discovery lead and defeated the...
LAKE WACCAMAW- Kayla Hall and Ryleigh Owens sparked a 15-2 2nd quarter spurt that...
LAKE WACCAMAW – Braylon Waddell threw in 11 of his game-high 13 points in...
ELIZABETHTOWN – D.J. Graham pumped in 12 points to lead West Columbus to a...
By Charlotte Smith Leon Grimes, Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Specialist and Local Veterans Employment...
The Town Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 5:30 pm has...
“Part of the Inner Coastal Plain region of North Carolina, an area covered in...
Tuesday was Senior Night at West Bladen High School for winter sports athletes. The...
Tuesday was Senior Night at East Bladen High School for winter sports athletes. The...
Golf is a game where you hit a ball with a stick until it...
Did you watch the State of the Union speech? President Biden delivered the speech...
By John Clark BLADENBORO – West Bladen’s young Knights did it again. After his...