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The annual July 4th Sidewalk Sale started last Wednesday and continues on offering savings...
The Dominion Energy and Duke Energy 600-mile (965-kilometer) project designed to cross West Virginia...
Duke Energy and Dominion Energy announced Sunday afternoon that the companies have canceled plans...
It appears the COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed the county, state, nation and all around...
On July 4th, a day when many Bladen County citizens celebrate America’s birthday, Bladen...
“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,...
1841 – Thomas Cook opens first travel agency. 1865 – US Secret Service begins...
Church Day … Services in person, drive up & Internet … maybe others… Hope...
Contributed This weekend, Americans celebrate Independence Day, commemorating the day in 1776 when our...
1776 – US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence from Britain. 1796 – 1st...
Happy 4th of July … Checking the weather forecast … Sunny, with a high...
El Departamento de Salud del Condado de Bladen lanzó hoy la última actualización de...
Bladen County Health Department released the latest COVID-19 update today. Dr. Terri Duncan, Bladen...
By Dr. Mike Walden I usually pepper my public presentations with some humor. After...
Contributed Riddle Me This Adventures is a live-action riddle adventure game, the player will...
Independence Day is a holiday to celebrate freedoms in America. The right to bear arms is...
By Charlotte Smith As the celebration of freedom takes place across America this holiday...
The National Weather Service of Wilmington released this weekend’s weather briefing. Ian Boatman with...
The North Carolina Board of Elections published a survey for election workers recently on...
North Carolina Phase 2 orders continue to restrict gyms in the state from opening....
Sidewalk Sale continues in downtown Elizabethtown … bargains galore… We celebrate July 4th tomorrow...
By Blake Proctor The Dublin Town Commission met in what was a quick half-hour...
Yates A. Lennon of Bladenboro received his Bachelor of Science degree in pre-medicine from...
1819 – 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its...
Contributed by Dr. Terri Duncan 2020 is proclaimed as “Year of the Nurse.” Visit...
Bladen County Health Department released the latest numbers for COVID-19 in the area before...
The White Lake Water Park has been a favorite destination for locals and tourists...
Bladen County Schools has taken considerable time to determine how our student-athletes will participate...
RALEIGH – N.C. Forest Service officials urge the public to use extreme caution with fireworks to...
Contributed Governor Cooper announced on Wednesday that North Carolina would continue working with schools...
The below message was recently distributed to the UNC Wilmington campus community. Dear Seahawk Community:...
RALEIGH – To be open and transparent and to comply with Session Law 2019-251 of...
By Jefferson Weaver Note to my readers: I do not like to reprint columns,...
(Elizabethtown, N.C.), July 2, 2020 – Agricultural producers in Bladen County must complete crop...
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following 24 bills into law: House Bill 1023: Coronavirus...
The Annual July 4th Sidewalk Sale is underway in Elizabethtown … Shop outside and...
A Local Working Group meeting is scheduled Wednesday, July 8 at 2 p.m. in...
The Elizabethtown-White Lake Area Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday that the remaining summer and...
1776 – New Jersey gives the right to vote to all adults who could...
Elizabethtown, N.C., July 1, 2020 – Agricultural producers in North Carolina can now apply...
Contributed by James Smith White and black Americans have a very long and troublesome...
The agendas for this meeting and executive summaries are available online. Please note that Board...
RALEIGH — Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 65 of North Carolina’s counties...
This week, the state has provided personal protective equipment to schools around the state...
Contributed photo. Today was the last day on the bench for the Honorable Judge...
The North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has filed a lawsuit against NC Gov. Roy Cooper....
El Departamento de Salud del Condado de Bladen publicó los últimos números para COVID-19...
Bladen County Health Department released the latest numbers for COVID-19 in the area. The...
Governor Cooper to share an update on COVID-19. The press conference will not include...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bob...
Big Yard Sale Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4 from 8 am until...
Christina Schechtman, Media Relations Specialist with UNC Wilmington announced an update for the UNCW...
Contributed Mary Penny Kelley Named Executive Director of Hometown Strong RALEIGH: Hometown Strong, an effort...
Kelsey B. Edwards, Library Director of County of Bladen announced, all branches of the...
East Bladen High School Senior Portrait dates are set according to EBHS teacher, Anita...
In continued effort to fight fraud connected to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of...
Holiday Insights website announced today as International Joke Day. The site explained the origin...
Contributed Three Bladen County boys that play baseball together at East Bladen High School...
Ready, set, shop! Terri Dennison with the Elizabethtown-White Lake Area Chamber Commerce announced the...
Contributed CHERRY POINT – The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program has a new weapon...
We have reached the mid-year point for 2020 … July 1 … It’s been...
1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies. 1862...
Contributed WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Tuesday...
Contributed The annual Fourth of July Sidewalk Sales in downtown Elizabethtown opens Wednesday, July...
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law Tuesday: Senate Bill...
RALEIGH — Following Secretary Betsy DeVos’s virtual event in North Carolina on Tuesday afternoon,...
Contributed SALISBURY, N.C., June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — To help neighbors enjoy the...
Bladen cases have been linked to social gatherings, work, travel and community acquired (unknown...
The Bladen County Schools announced the local Board of Education special called session yesterday...
Court proceedings are being held as never before during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The first...
NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D., and Director of NC Emergency Management Mike Sprayberry will...
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Eric Dreiband reiterated today that cards...
RALEIGH – Beginning Wednesday, July 1, the North Carolina Forest Service is accepting tree...
By Blake Proctor The Town of Bladenboro met Monday, June 29th to decide two...
1870 – Ada Kepley becomes the 1st American female law college graduate (Old University...
June 30, 2020 … looking forward to better days ahead. … We celebrate July...
Bladen County Schools announced the Schools holiday schedule and information to attend their public...
RALEIGH – A number of N.C. Division of Motor Vehicle fees will increase, effective July...
Raleigh, N.C. – Opening statement from Lt. Governor Dan Forest’s press conference this morning:...
El Departamento de Salud del Condado de Bladen lanzó la última actualización de COVID-19...
Bladen County Health Department released the latest COVID-19 update on Monday afternoon. Compared to...
Wilmington – Our school community is sad to report the sudden death of philanthropist...
With the July 4th weekend approaching, Bladen County Sheriff, Jim McVicker, asks all citizens...
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey, who is also the Tar...
1863 – George Armstrong Custer, age 23, appointed Union Brigadier General. 1891 – US...
Should be another 90-plus day today with a 40% chance of rain, ’bout like...
Greetings on this Sunday, June 28, 2020. … Today’s weather forecast is for a...
1776 – Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress. 1870 –...
There will be no fireworks at White Lake this year according to Terri Dennison...
The Journal of Creative Arts & Minds, Vol.6, No.1 – Summer 2020, an international...
John Q. Shaw, city executive for United Carolina Bank in Elizabethtown, named two new...
By Hannah Davis May 1st was the 80th birthday of Paul Butler, a White...
Weather forecast for today is a good one for the last weekend of June...
1893 – Great stock crash on NY stock exchange. 1914 – US signs treaty...
LAKE WACCAMAW – Michael Campbell and Chris Savage were the big winners Thursday evening...
La población más joven tiene más casos positivos de COVID-19, pero la mayoría de...
Younger Population Have More COVID-19 Positive Cases, but Majority Deaths are in Elderly Population...
According to History.com, the Fourth of July—also known as Independence Day or July 4th—has been...