Contributed by Terri Dennison, Elizabethtown-White Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Last year,...
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Current total surpasses previous yearly record of 10.5 million pounds in 2019 RALEIGH – The...
Contributed Bladen County Schools is embarking on the development of a strategic plan. The development...
FAYETTEVILLE – Oct. 20, 2021 – As the community’s positive test rate and the health system’s...
Watched a little of the baseball playoffs last night … Dodgers eaked out a...
Here are three things to know for Wednesday, Oct. 20: 1. E-town Ramp Massacre...
NOTICE IS HEREBY PUBLISHED THAT Chairman Jake Womble of the White Lake Planning Board...
Late NFL score … Tennessee Titans 34 – Buffalo Bills 31 … Both teams...
Here are three things to know for Tuesday, Oct. 19: 1. Bladen County Citizen...
By Cara Beth Lewis It is always important to do all that we can...
By Cara Beth Lewis National Health Education Week, observed in the third week of...
Bladen County Law Enforcement Officers Association Conceal Carry Class will be Saturday, November 13,...
NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS/FIRMS – RFP EMS Billing Bladen County BLADEN County (“County”), a...
Contributed by Jacob Barber This year Ag’em Up was a three-day event. The field...
I delivered BBQ plates (in my dreams) just about all night long … I...
Here are three things to know for Monday, Oct. 18: 1. Bladen County Commissioners...
“Baby, it’s cold outside” Remember that old tune? 56 degrees at 5 a.m. Sunny,...
Here are three things to know for Sunday, Oct. 17: 1. Blessing of the...
High School football results St. Pauls 46 – East Bladen12 Midway 49 – West...
Here are three things to know for Saturday, Oct. 16: 1. Yard Sale: Today,...
Shriners Jimmy Smith and Phillip Little with volunteer, Berry Lewis, are in the photo...
An Agenda for October 18, 2021, Bladen County Board of County Commissioners’ meeting has...
By Cara Beth Lewis Bladen County is hosting “Citizen Cafes” on two different occasions...
Bladen County Sheriff’s deputies reported a tractor was stolen from the farm of Paxton...
RALEIGH – In support of Operation Stop Arm week, the State Highway Patrol will be aggressively enforcing...
Thursday night football results … Tampa Bay Bucs (5-1) 28 – Philadelphia Eagles (2-4)...
Here are three things to know for Friday, Oct. 15: 1. High school football:...
The Weekly Recipe Video hasn’t been “weekly” like we had hoped. These are trying...
The 2020 tourism spending numbers for North Carolina was recently released by Visit North...
Thursday Night Football scheduled for tonight … Tampa Bay Bucs (4-1) at Philadelphia Eagles...
Here are three things to know for Thursday, Oct. 14: 1. Blood Drive: Today,...
by Blake Proctor The Bladen Board of Elections met on Tuesday, October 12th for their...
by Blake Proctor President Terry Nance called the monthly meeting of Boost the Boro...
By Joy Warren The Town of White Lake has set Saturday, October 30th for...
Don’t you just love the cooler weather? A light jacket or long sleeves feels...
Here are three things to know for Wednesday, Oct. 13: 1. Municipal elections one-stop...
By Sonny Jones Bladenboro has hired Alexis Craig of Lumberton to be the town’s...
The Bladen County Board of Education has met twice this month. The elected officials...
The Bladen County Tax Office is in the process of data collection for the...
Riegelwood, NC — The US Army Corps of Engineers’ Cape Fear River Lock and Dam...
By Charlotte Smith The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office will host a Blood Drive from...
By Cara Beth Lewis Farmers Day is celebrated annually on the 12th day of...
By Sonny Jones The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners on Monday night approved a motion...
Monday night NFL results … Ravens 31, Colts 25 (OT). Jon Gruden resigned as...
Here are three things to know for Tuesday, Oct. 12: 1. Government meetings today:...
Roosters Barnyard in Dublin, NC will host the Hellzapoppin Show this Saturday, October 16,...
By Cara Beth Lewis Countdown to College is North Carolina’s annual campaign to support...
By Cara Beth Lewis On the second Sunday of each October, we recognize ministers,...
Bladen County Schools has a regular monthly Board of Education meeting today, October 11,...
by Blake Proctor The regular 6pm meeting of the Tar Heel Town Council was...
By Cara Beth Lewis In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Cape Fear Valley...
By Cara Beth Lewis According to the daily COVID-19 update from Dr. Teresa (Terri)...
By Cara Beth Lewis Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and in...
Lumberton, NC– UNC Health Southeastern’s new President and CEO, Chris Ellington, will begin his...
Bladen County Board of Elections will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, October 12,...
Director of Bladen County Board of Elections, Christopher L. Williams, has shared the scheduled...
Happy Columbus Day … Today is a holiday but few observe with a day...
Here are three things to know for Monday, Oct. 11: 1. Government meetings today:...
College Football Results Texas A&M 41 – #1 Alabama 38 Wake Forest 40 –...
Here are three things to know for Sunday, Oct. 10: 1. Municipal elections one-stop...
The North Carolina Virtual Public School Advisory Council will hold its quarterly meeting virtually...
High School Football Results East Bladen defeated Red Springs St. Pauls over West Bladen...
Here are three things to know for Saturday, Oct. 9: 1. NC Grape Festival:...
Boy Scout Troop 600 is hosting a Big Doe Roundup, and the troop is...
According to the National Weather Service, the wet pattern we see today will continue...
North Carolina State Senator Hector McLean was the main speaker at the monthly meeting...
by Blake Proctor Mayor Darryl Dowless, evidently itching to adjourn early, rapped his knuckles...
By Cara Beth Lewis Each year in October, we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness month...
By Cara Beth Lewis There have been 5,358 positive COVID-19 cases in Bladen County...
On Saturday, October 23rd, Friends of the Skateparks Foundation will present the “E-Town Ramp...
By Cara Beth Lewis Event organizers announced the event scheduled for October 9, 2021,...
On Wednesday morning, October 7, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a...
RALEIGH – To be open and transparent and to comply with Session Law 2019-251 of...
By Dr. Mike Walden During my 43 years of teaching economics at North Carolina...
NFL results … Rams 26 – Seahawks 17. Re-districting time … An event that...
Here are three things to know for Friday, Oct. 8: 1. High school football:...
Full STEAM Ahead is a new program on the campus of Bladen Community College...
Congratulations to Ms. Vertis McKoy of Clarkton … recently purchased a $10 scratch-off and...
Here are three things to know for Thursday, Oct. 7: 1. Fish Fry: Today,...
Raleigh, NC – Vertis McKoy of Clarkton, NC, has become the first winner of...
$432 million project will improve safety and ease congestion LUMBERTON – A project is moving...
Nationwide campaign will take place in October Elizabethtown, NC — 10/6/21 — Elizabethtown Vocational...
Looking ahead … fun activities … Bladenboro’s Annual Beast Fest is set for Friday...
By Sonny Jones The ghosts and goblins, super heroes and princesses will be out...
Here are three things to know for Wednesday, Oct. 6: 1. Bladen County Schools...
1889 – Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture. 1893 – Nabisco Foods invents...
Looks like we’ve made it to the Autumn of the year. Whew! I say...
The Town of White Lake Administrative Services Director, Brenda Clark, announced the agenda for...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has assessed...
Nearly 110 registered events taking place statewide RALEIGH – Hundreds of people in communities across...
by Blake Proctor Chairman Charles Ray Peterson called the October 4th meeting of the County...
By Cara Beth Lewis The Beast of Bladenboro Festival planning committee, Boost the Boro,...
By Cara Beth Lewis Most everyone has had a teacher, or many teachers, who...
Yesterday (Monday) was a BIG DAY … Facebook challenger opens up about ‘corruption’ in...
Here are three things to know for Tuesday, Oct. 5: 1. Government meetings tonight:...
By Joy Warren The Town of Elizabethtown Town Council set the date for soliciting...
According to a press release by the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern...
Mark Timothy Sykes of 2006 Berry Lewis Road in Bladenboro is in the photo...
By Cara Beth Lewis Today in the Mother County, the number of active COVID-19...
By Cara Beth Lewis Each year, National Taco Day is celebrated on October 4th....