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Bladen County 4-H Friends and Partners need your assistance with completing their survey. Every...
By Erin Smith Easter Week or Holy Week, as it is known around the...
New Light Church of Bladenboro, NC, donated funds to the Southeastern Health Foundation to...
A little of this and a little of that: Lots of sports news. Clint...
By Erin Smith The National Weather Service office in Wilmington has issued a frost...
The Elizabethtown Rotary Club learned about Bladen We Care on Wednesday at their luncheon...
A concert to benefit the Matthew 25 Center of Tabor City will be held...
Contributed Dr. Renee Steele, Bladen County Schools educator, was an inspirational speaker at the...
The Healthy Bladen Collaborative meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, at 9 a.m. has...
By Erin Smith A series of equipment failures left many Star Communications customers without...
The annual Relay For Life of Bladen County event will take place on Friday,...
On Sunday afternoon, April 8, 2018, Bladen County Relay will host their Annual Survivor...
Faye Rice was Bladen County Hospital Employee of the Month. Some roads were closed...
RALEIGH — The state’s seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate was 4.5 percent, remaining unchanged...
By Erin Smith This weekend the 26th annual Old Fashioned Planters Day is being...
Stock Market still searching for a bottom! The past week was the worst in...
By: Jefferson Weaver I have never walked through the doors of the old store....
FAYETTEVILLE – Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09) today joined Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08) for a...
Wilmington, N.C. (March 23, 2017) – A new master’s program in film studies is...
Bladen Soil and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the North Carolina Association of...
By Erin Smith The North Carolina State Office of Management and Budget has released...
Contributed The East Bladen High School Booster Club held its annual Steak Dinner Reverse...
The West Bladen High School Concert Band traveled to the Robert L. and Elizabeth...
All on Facebook is not bad. I discovered a very nice article about Tar...
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Bladen County from 5...
CLOSINGS: SR 1308 (Old N.C. 20) SR 1308 will be closed starting Monday, March...
[slideshow_deploy id=’122310′] The Bladenboro Rotary Club hosted a prospective membership dinner at their regular Monday...
Weather has become a topic of discussion, again. Cold, cloudy day yesterday. Today, more...
By Erin Smith Bladen County is a great place to live, play and work,...
Retirement planning is something many of us take for granted until it is time...
Atkins “Trey” Michael, a 17-year veteran of the Department of Public Instruction, has been...
Spring came in like a lion! Thunder, lightning, rain & cooler weather. Hopefully no damage...
By: Charlotte Smith The agenda for the March 19th Bladen County Commissioners meeting was...
Officials with the North Carolina Interscholastic Cycling League are calling this weekend’s event at...
U.S. Congress is wrestling with approving a budget that was due October 1, 2017. ...
All branches of the Bladen County Public Library will be closed Friday, March 30th, and Saturday,...
By Erin Smith Two Bladen County companies are being recognized by the North Carolina...
Gibbs Helping Hands an organization which helps to build awareness for Autism will be...
[slideshow_deploy id=’121902′] Brown’s Creek Bike Park was busy this weekend with the NICA Race...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is continuing to work on the bridge on...
[slideshow_deploy id=’121883′] The United Way of Bladen County held their first annual St Patrick’s...
A correctional officer at Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton was assaulted by an inmate...
Great weekend for sports! NASCAR winner – Martin Truex, Jr. PGA winner – Rory...
1628 – Massachusetts Bay Colony granted land by England. 1822 – Boston Massachusetts incorporated...
NCAA tournament has produced some interesting results…So, how many local, North Carolina, South Carolina...
1541 – Hernando de Soto observes first recorded flood in America (Mississippi River). 1810...
Contributed The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8062 in Elizabethtown conducted their March...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Shocker: NCAA Basketball Tournament…No. 16 UMBC 74, No. 1 seeded...
By Erin Smith The Bladen County Board of Commissioners will meet on Monday night...
1756 – St. Patrick’s Day is first celebrated in New York City at the...
KINSTON – Middle school students from Clarkton School of Discovery in Bladen County and...
KINSTON – The North Carolina Global TransPark will host an international conference next week – the first...
Flags are being flown half staff in honor of a retired Bladen County Sheriff’s...
Faye M. Boyne, NC Department of Transportation The North Carolina Department of Transportation has...
RALEIGH —Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 93 of North Carolina’s counties in...
An Exceptional Children’s Spring Fair is planned for Thursday, March 22, 2018, from 5...
Estate Sale! Starting Friday, March 16th, 2018 until everything is gone. Located at 2622 Hwy...
By Erin Smith The Better Business Bureau of Coastal Carolina addressed the Elizabethtown-White Lake...
By: Dora Brogdon There will be plenty to see and do in Bladen County...
RALEIGH — The state’s seasonally adjusted January unemployment rate was 4.5 percent, remaining unchanged...
Raleigh (March 16, 2018) – Today, Parents for Education Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC)...
RALEIGH – The N.C. Forest Service is encouraging all North Carolinians to plant a...
Found an interesting post on Facebook…’Just spent 15 minutes searching for my phone in...
RALEIGH — The Department of Public Safety today announced additional action steps taken to...
RALEIGH – State officials are hosting a public hearing Mar. 22 on the Pender...
By Erin Smith Freezing temperatures the past several nights have had farmers keeping long...
[slideshow_deploy id=’121515′] Yesterday students across the nation participated in a political Walkout in reference...
Fundraisers for many groups/organizations that provide very valuable services to local residents are scheduled...
Contributed Bladen County native Lauren Bowen has been named to the Honor Roll for...
Faye M. Boyne, NC DOT The North Carolina Department of Transportation has issued an...
Bladen Community College and West Bladen students have returned with medals from the regional...
By Erin Smith An update on Teen Challenge opened the meeting for the Bladen...
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners will hold a Preliminary FY 2018-19 Budget Meeting...
By: Dora Brogdon This week a 1-year-old male cat by the name of McKinley...
The Bladen County Educational Foundation, a non-profit corporation organized and existing to provide financial...
Growing old has its advantages, so I am told, still searching. Enjoy pictures from yesteryear. ...
By: Tori Chestnutt Parents have an obligation to their child to ensure their safely....
DUBLIN – Bladen Community College will welcome Dr. Stanley Knick to campus on March...
By Erin Smith The Bladen County Board of Commissioners met on Monday and adopted...
Carol is a native of Bladen County. Carol is a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)...
[slideshow_deploy id=’121212′] By Erin Smith The Bladen County Board of Commissioners met on...
[slideshow_deploy id=’121194′] By Bethany Stephens The Board of Education met Monday for their...
By Tim Armstrong, National Weather Service Meteorologist The chances of measurable snow remain low...
A Youth Leadership Summit is planned to take place on Saturday, April 21, from...
The Bladen Community College Small Business Center is offering a Non-profit Academy during the...
A Career and Job Fair is planned for Tuesday, April 17, at the Bladen...
By Erin Smith NC Governor Roy Cooper’s Office has generated draft guidelines for public...
By Erin Smith The annual Bladen We Care Gala is scheduled for Friday, April...
[slideshow_deploy id=’121086′] Photos by Kenneth Armstrong Command Sergeant Major Annie L Walker, a native...
Bladen We Care information for 2018 will be released, possibly as early as today,...
There is the possibility of a mix of rain and snow late Monday night,...
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see....
Spring isn’t here yet, but we still must spring forward. This evening before you...
By Erin Smith The North Carolina Highway Patrol has released the names of the...
Reminder: Set clocks/watches forward an hour before bedtime tonight. Spring forward. #6Tar Heels vs...
1849 – Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US President to do so)...
The alumni of Tar Heel High School classes from 1980 through 1989 will hold...
By Erin Smith It’s time to move those clocks forward one hour this weekend....
[slideshow_deploy id=’120929′] Contributed Harrells, NC – For three very full days, whether traveling down...