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Bladen County received $6,729 to help emergency management activities. Phil Allen, outgoing Tar Heel...
Contributed WASHINGTON, February 1, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit...
[slideshow_deploy id=’153410′] By Erin Smith A group of activists gathered at Smithfield Foods in...
By Erin Smith The jury in the Christopher Baldwin murder trial returned a verdict...
By Erin Smith A circus is coming to town. The Lewis and Clark Circus...
The votes were cast for the Bladen’s Best of the Best contest in January....
Sampson Bladen Oil Company, one of Bladen Counties oldest businesses, has been ranked 21st...
By Erin Smith Videos of two interviews conducted by investigators with Christopher Baldwin punctuated...
By Erin Smith A controlled burn will take place today at Singletary Lake State...
RALEIGH – Hickory-based Merchants Distributors, LLC, or MDI, has been named the 2019 N.C....
By Dr. Mike Walden During over four decades of teaching, I’ve enjoyed asking students...
By Dora Brogdon Do you know the origin of St. Valentine’s Day? Valentine’s Day...
Wow, where did January go? Today is February 1, 2019, and on this date...
Valentine’s Day is not just for couples. Some local businesses wanted to make sure...
By Erin Smith The Leland Police Department has a warning for residents in...
By Erin Smith NC Governor Roy Cooper named five members to a new State...
By Erin Smith Fire officials are still working on Thursday to learn the...
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed new members to the State Board of Elections. “North...
Contributed Southeastern Health will host “Your Window to Wellness,” a MyChart patient portal sign-up...
RALEIGH —Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 99 of North Carolina’s counties in...
RALEIGH: North Carolinians must act now to participate in a special program to provide rapid...
By Erin Smith The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its recall...
By Erin Smith The North Carolina Attorney General’s Office is warning residents to beware...
Following through on a promise he made last December, State Superintendent Mark Johnson will...
Contributed ALMA PARKER, (married) FARRIS, was born on January 31st, 1917, in Rocky Mount,...
By Erin Smith Bladen Lakes State Forest and Jones Lake State Forest will jointly...
RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced today that the first round of checks...
So, how are you doing with your New Year’s Resolutions? I ceased making them years ago…....
Contributed The Small Business Center (SBC) of Bladen Community College is offering several great...
Youth Empowered Solutions will be offering a Youth Leader Training session on Saturday, February...
By Erin Smith A crash on Mercer Mill Road near Dewitt Gooden Road on...
By Erin Smith The start of day three in the murder trial for Christopher...
Once again this year a former resident of Elizabethtown and his team were the...
RALEIGH, N.C. – In communities affected by Hurricane Florence, local building officials or floodplain...
The Bladen County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) meeting of February 7, 2019 will...
By Charlotte Smith Early Wednesday morning there was a destructive fire at White Lake...
Congratulations to 2 of Bladen finest public servants, Dr. Pearly Hoskins and Hubert Kinlaw. ...
Contributed The Bladen Disaster Recovery Team will accept disaster assistance applications from Bladen County...
By Erin Smith A Tar Heel store was the victim of an armed robbery on...
By Erin Smith With federal government shutdown having come to an end, the federal...
By Erin Smith Perdue has issued a recall for more than 16,011 pounds of...
By Erin Smith Jury selection continued on Tuesday morning for the fourth person accused in the shooting...
Hurricane Florence hit the town of Bladenboro residents and downtown businesses hard. Flooding in...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a New York based company by the...
No end in sight to determine the winner of the District 9 US House seat. ...
By Erin Smith It is not often one hears of someone staying with a...
Bladen’s Best of the Best now has over 1,200 votes cast. Voting will end...
RALEIGH: North Carolinians who are eligible for a special program to provide rapid repairs to...
By Erin Smith The proposed date for the widening of the NC 87 Bypass...
Raleigh –These days the traditional, almost ceremonial way of doing a real estate closing...
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners will hold a Planning Retreat at 10:00 am...
USDA’s Farm Service Agency extended deadlines on many of its programs because of the...
FAYETTEVILLE – Seven bridges across Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett and Robeson counties will be replaced...
By Erin Smith There will be rally at the Elizabethtown Middle School in support...
1851 – Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered. 1855 – The first locomotive runs from the...
I am hoping for a better today, this day than yesterday…to be determined.. Was doing...
A surety bond, as the name suggests, means a sure thing – at least...
By Brenda Brown Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Fayetteville, NC The idea of...
1785 – First US state university in Athens, Georgia. 1870 – After accepting 15th...
By Erin Smith A group of veterans volunteered their time this weekend at the...
The February 2019 meeting of the Compassionate Friends Border Belt Chapter, serving the parents...
Each week we feature an historical place in Bladen County. This week our featured...
Jimmy Green of Clarkton filed for the office of Governor of North Carolina. A...
By Erin Smith A short independent film that showcases the town of Elizabethtown and Bridgers’ Barber Shop is now...
The Emereau: Bladen Board of Director’s Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 31,...
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit has completed an investigation into the mailing...
The federal government is open for business, again. Volunteers are needed today and tomorrow...
By Erin Smith A crowd of friends, colleagues and neighbors gathered on Friday afternoon at Cape Fear...
Masceline Petitlubin, a 2012 Fayetteville State University (FSU) chemistry graduate and current Master of...
The Bladen County Public Library in Elizabethtown will hold a Valentines Make It and...
Bladen Community College officially announces the move of its Small Business Center to the...
By Erin Smith The words repeated by some of the residents who gathered for...
The Mother County Genealogical Society will meet on February 9th from 12-2 pm in...
By Erin Smith A 3-year old boy missing from Craven County has been found...
Remember yoyos, a toy available at most toy stores, including Toys R Us? One of...
By Faye M. Boyne, NC DOT The North Carolina Department of Transportation has issued...
By Erin Smith A car caught fire and burned following a crash on Twisted...
FAYETTEVILLE – The Blood Donor Center is in urgent need of type O negative...
By Erin Smith The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is still seeking leads in a...
By Erin Smith A new documentary on the death of Lennon Lacy is set...
Contributed Volunteers are needed to assist with a project to repurpose two dormitories at...
By Erin Smith The General Mills company has voluntarily recalled five-pound bags of Gold...
Pray for our nation, our leaders and those most affected by the partial shutdown….especially the...
With the federal government shutdown continuing with no apparent end in sight, some federal...
By Erin Smith The Bladen County Department of Health and Human Services has been...
Contributed Bladen County Early College Principal Rodney Smith and Nicole Dove, the Career and...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a Community Mitigation Resiliency Workshop on...
By Erin Smith The Elizabethtown Police Department is asking for the public’s help in...
By Charlotte Smith Bladen County Schools held a Youth and Vaping 101 Community forum...
By Erin Smith The Bladen County Commissioners recognized eight County employees on Tuesday night for their...
Elizabethtown – The Baldwin Branch Missionary Baptist Church clothes closet will be open Saturday, January 26, 2019...
RALEIGH · December 19, 2018 – Pro bono attorneys will help Hurricane Florence survivors...
Weather should be improving over the next couple of days….High today in the mid...
All Farm Service Agency (FSA) service centers will be open beginning January 24 to...
By Erin Smith A Wake County Superior Court Judge refused to certify the 9th...
A former East Bladen High School graduate has been named to the 2018 list...
By Erin Smith Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday afternoon for the fourth person...
By Erin Smith Firefighters spent the night battling a fire on a railroad car on...