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By Jefferson Weaver Yeah runnin’ down a dream That never would come to me...
ELIZABETHTOWN – A 5-run East Bladen seventh inning rally fell one run short as...
TAR HEEL – Coleman Tatum and Hunter Smith combined to pitch a 2-hitter and...
HOBBTON – Freshman Maya McDonald poured a ‘Hat Trick’ plus two of five goals...
Ten Republicans, one Democrat, and one candidate each from the Green Party and Libertarian...
CERRO GORDO – Senior Cody Benton and junior Wesley Ward combined to pitch a...
CERRO GORDO – West Bladen pounded out 18 hits and rolled to a 22-2...
ELIZABETHTOWN – Sophmores Freddy Wooten and Zach Meares teamed up to pitch a 5-hitter...
By Charlotte Smith A Tar Heel man was charged this week with Indecent Liberties...
The Bladen County Board of Education announced a special session on Tuesday, March 19,...
Four County Electric Membership Corporation is a local company who believes in giving back...
Chairman of the Bladen County Republican Party, Walter McDuffie has sent a letter to...
By Charlotte Smith The White Oak Dike in Kelly damage has created much debate...
By Dr. Mike Walden Two news items motivated me to write this week’s column...
Don’t test your luck this weekend during St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Law enforcement is...
RALEIGH – The following are highlights from this week at the N.C. Department of Transportation....
Federal government data confirms state’s status as No. 2 solar producer Duke Energy has...
Today is the final day for candidates for the NC 9th Congressional House District...
BLADENBORO – Nyquan Richardson scored the winning run in the top of the tenth...
BLADENBORO – Karli Priest pitched a 2-hit shutout and struck out 3 batters to...
TABOR CITY- South Columbus defeated West Bladen 6-3 Thursday in Three Rivers Conference boys...
BLADENBORO- St. Pauls defeated West Bladen 6-3 Wednesday in Three Rivers Conference boys tennis...
1781 – British and American forces clash during the Battle of Guilford Court House,...
Contributed The Elizabethtown Rotary Club heard from more than one speaker on Wednesday. Two...
A vehicle that was parked on Gooden Street resulted in the arrest of the...
Contributed RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ)...
Contributed Fort Mill S.C. – March 14, 2019 – Sharonview Federal Credit Union, one...
Contributed FORT MILL S.C. – March 14, 2019 – Sharonview Federal Credit Union, one...
Contributed WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement: “I agree...
Contributed State Superintendent Mark Johnson will visit Town Creek Elementary School in Winnabow (Brunswick...
Congratulations to the Bladenboro Middle School Battle of the Books team for winning the...
Contributed RALEIGH: Governor Cooper today issued Executive Order No. 91 to increase internet access...
By Charlotte Smith In the past year Bladen County has suffered a lot, but...
By Erin Smith More than 78,000 pounds of ground turkey have been recalled by...
Photographers Urged to Not Take Prom Photos on Tracks During Prom Season RALEIGH – You...
By Erin Smith A fire was reported early on Thursday in the vicinity of...
DUBLIN – Local businessman and community supporter, Brian Campbell, has been appointed by the...
By Erin Smith A new initiative has been implemented in the court system in...
March 14-16 marks the 6-month anniversary of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina, and State...
Cliff Tyndall, a Wilmington resident who teaches at Bladen Community College, has a new...
The Clarkton Beautification Committee will host a Spaghetti fundraiser on Saturday, March 23rd,...
The annual Kelly Spring Fest will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at...
Prospective students, their families, and the residents of southeastern North Carolina will have the...
Wake County Superior Court Judge Sends Case to Three-Judge Panel RALEIGH, N.C. – On Wednesday, Wake...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced that producers who purchased...
CLINTON- West Bladen exploded for six first-inning runs Wednesday en route to a 9-4...
RICHMOND, VA – White Lake’s Lacey Suggs was named to the All-Colonial Athletic Association...
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to twenty one North Carolina boards and commissions....
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and...
This should be a perfect spring-like day, weather wise. Some sunshine expected with temps...
TABOR CITY – Sophmore Kenia Medina fired in two goals off of a pair...
CLINTON – Sophmore Shelby Pharr pitched a 5-hit shutout and struck out five batters...
CLINTON – A 3-run fifth inning rally propelled West Bladen to a 5-2 non-conference...
1794 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing the cotton industry in...
WHITEVILLE – Columbus Christian defeated Emereau 12-2 Tuesday in middle school softball action. Gabby...
ELIZABETHTOWN – Britt Sasser and Zach Sholar combined to pitch a one-hitter Tuesday to...
BLADENBORO – Senior Hannah Arnett fired in two goals to lead West Bladen to...
LAKE WACCAMAW – East Bladen swept East Columbus 9-0 Wednesday in Three Rivers Conference...
A parking violation led to one person being issued a citation for marijuana by...
Wilmington, N.C. – The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s master’s degree programs in nursing...
RALEIGH — “Poisonings and deaths occur when prescription drugs end up in the wrong...
WILMINGTON, N.C.—The President released the budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 (FY20) which includes...
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2019 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA)...
On Saturday, March 9, 2019, Marianne Porter Absher, dedicated and loving wife and mother...
By Erin Smith The filing for the 9th Congressional District election has gotten underway...
The hog farm nuisance lawsuits were the subject of the evening at the Sampson...
A Job Fair is planned for Tuesday, April 16, 2019, from 10 a.m. until...
RALEIGH – The N.C. Judicial Branch has launched a new court date notification service allowing...
The Southeastern Fellowship Golf Association opened the season with 64 members playing at Timberlake...
Columbus Charter School Kindergarten students will celebrate learning to read on Friday, March 15,...
The Bladen County Educational Foundation, a non-profit corporation organized and existing to provide financial...
Contributed We can all “LIVE UNITED” this weekend and support our United Way of...
For those who have been in the area for a few years…remember Kent Dunn? ...
FAIRMONT – Fairmont rallied for 4 runs in their last at-bat to edge East...
FAIRMONT – Sophomore Jordan Kinlaw pitched 5 strong innings and struck out nine batters...
WHITEVILLE – Whiteville defeated West Bladen 16-0 Tuesday in Three Rivers Conference jayvee baseball...
WHITEVILLE – Whiteville defeated West Bladen 11-2 Tuesday night in Three Rivers Conference baseball...
WHITEVILLE – Whiteville rallied for 8 runs in the third inning to overcome a...
FAIRMONT- Sophmore Kayleigh Raynor pitched a 5-hitter to lead East Bladen’s Lady Eagles to...
FAIRMONT – Senior Pierce Melvin and sophmore Freddy Wooten combined to pitch a 4-hitter...
TABOR CITY – East Bladen exploded for 7 runs in the final two innings...
1639 – Cambridge College, Massachusetts, renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard. 1677 – Massachusetts...
The Bladen County Democratic Party will have its annual county convention on Saturday, March...
By Joy Warren Eddie Madden, project manager for the White Lake Multi-Use Path, provided...
By Erin Smith A long awaited Bojangles restaurant is taking another step towards becoming...
The Baldwin Branch Missionary Baptist Church clothes closet will be open Saturday, March 23, 2019 from 8...
Contributed LUMBERTON – Drivers on U.S. 74 in Robeson County may encounter temporary roadblocks...
By Erin Smith A federal grand jury for the Eastern District of North Carolina...
Contributed WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and David Rouzer (R-NC-07) applauded President...
Each week we present an historical place in Bladen County. This week we present...
NAKINA – Karli Priest pitched a 5-hitter and struck out six to lead Clarkton...
LUMBER BRIDGE – A familiar theme ensued again Monday in the Three Rivers Conference...
Contributed COVE CITY, NC: Six months after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina,...
By Erin Smith The Bladenboro Town Board met on Monday to discuss a request...
By Bethany Stephens The Board of Education met on Monday night for their monthly...
[slideshow_deploy id=’157186′] The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 12 people...
An Elizabethtown man is recovering from a gunshot wound he received on Monday and...
April 15 is a month away, but the closer we get, the faster time...
ST PAULS – Junior Sydney Wober lit up the scoreboard with a ‘Hat Trick’...