Rufus Duckworth (left), LRCOG Board Member Mary Jo Adams (right) Lumber River Council of Governments Annual Meeting and Award Winners Contributed On October 21, 2021,…
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By Joy Warren The Town of White Lake has set Saturday, October 30th for door-to-door Trick-or-Treating for Halloween. To provide for the safety and welfare…
By Sonny Jones The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners on Monday night approved a motion to seek a two-year contract with Envirolink to manage the town’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Emerging Contaminants, Forever…
Nationwide campaign will take place in October Elizabethtown, NC — 10/6/21 — Elizabethtown Vocational Rehabilitation today announced its participation in National Disability Employment Awareness Month,…
By Sonny Jones The ghosts and goblins, super heroes and princesses will be out in force in Clarkton on Saturday, Oct. 30. The town’s Board…
By Joy Warren The Town of Elizabethtown Town Council set the date for soliciting treats on Halloween for Saturday, October 30. Only children ages 12…
Contributed by Dr. Larry Hayes, Chair of the Bladen County Democratic Party October 4, 2021- As Chairman of the Bladen County Democratic Party, I believe…
Read the proclamation RALEIGH – Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in North Carolina, kicking off a monthlong campaign by the N.C. Department…
Sep 30, 2021 (Elizabethtown, NC) The Bladen County Republican Party Chairman (BCGOP), Wayne Schaeffer, yesterday, filed an official complaint or protest over how his county’s…
By Sonny Jones The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners on Monday approved hiring an operator in charge for its wastewater treatment operations on a contract basis,…
By Sonny Jones The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners have called a special meeting Monday to approve a pair of budget amendments and to discuss its…
By Sonny Jones The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners on Monday night heard more from the company proposing to operate its water and wastewater management system…
A municipal general election will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 BLADEN COUNTY to vote in the following contest: Municipal Offices. Photo ID is…
by Blake Proctor Board Chair Louella Thompson gaveled the September 14th meeting of the Board of Elections to order at 5:01pm, immediately following a voluntary…
By Joy Warren During the Tuesday evening White Lake Board of Commissioners meeting, Brian Cox (pictured above) with Engineering Services provided updates for Phase I…
By Sonny Jones The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners on Monday night received a proposal to operate its water and wastewater management system, heard about building…
By Sonny Jones Bladenboro Town Clerk and Finance Officer Melanie Hester submitted her resignation Friday after more than 17 years with the town. Her last…
By Joy Warren The Elizabethtown Town Council met Monday evening via Zoom. Ms. Jennifer Woodard McNeill, Commercial & Residential Energy Specialist with Piedmont Natural Gas,…
Dear Friend, Today we remember and pay tribute to the nearly 3,000 innocent lives that were lost 20 years ago during the terrorist attacks on…
According to Christopher L. Williams, Director of Bladen County Board of Elections the Bladen County Board of Elections decided to hold their monthly meeting in…
By Sonny Jones Wastewater treatment regionalization has been discussed at times since the 1980s. Now, the state is offering grants to study the topic some…
By Sonny Jones The Clarkton Board of Commissioners are scheduled to meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Town Hall. The meeting is open to the…
GREENVILLE, N.C. – A Bladenboro man was sentenced today to 6 months in prison for the theft of government property and Social Security fraud and…
By Cara Beth Lewis A “Pastor Gathering” will take place at White Lake on September 27th, 2021 from 11:30 am until 1 pm. It is…
by: Sloan Rachmuth According to earlier reporting by reporter Greg Childress, Columbus and Duplin county schools are piloting Waterford Early Learning (WEL) curriculum for K-2,…
The Bladen County Board of Elections met on August 17, 2021. Before the meeting started, Ms. Patricia Sheppard, who was reappointed to the Bladen County…
by Charlotte Smith The Bladen County Board of County Commissioners held a special called meeting on Monday, August 23, 2021, at the Bladen County Courthouse.…
There is a lot of talk about COVID-19 spreading, masks, and vaccines. However, the increase in child abuse and neglect, another significant concern, receives little…
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners received recognition and gave recognition at their Monday, August 16, 2021 meeting. Tim Holloman, Executive Director of Lower…
By Sonny Jones The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners took no action Monday night after spending an hour in closed session for a personnel matter, then…
written by Bladen County Schools *This is not the official minutes of the meeting, only a recap summary of the meeting. Official minutes of a…
by Charlotte Smith At the elections’ office, the Bladen County Board of Elections held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. All five…
By Joy Warren The White Lake Town Council met Tuesday evening and received the monthly report provided by Dr. Diane Lauritsen. There have been many…
By Sonny Jones To mow or not to mow? That was the question before the Bladenboro Board of Commissioners on Monday night during its regularly…
By Sonny Jones The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners are expected Monday to consider whether to participate in one-stop voting for November’s municipal elections, according to…
by Blake Proctor Commission Chairman Charles Ray Peterson called the August 2nd County Board meeting to order at 6:30 pm sharp. All commissioners were in…
By Joy Warren With 25.07 total miles of streets in Elizabethtown, a recent survey has indicated that approximately 72% of the streets are in disrepair…
The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. Meeting materials will be posted on…
The recent COVID-19 news conference was held on Thursday, July 29, at 3 p.m. During the conference, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and his task…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) released the following statement after the House Agriculture Committee, of which he is a member, unanimously voted to advance the…
By Cara Beth Lewis BladenOnline conducted video interviews with two Bladen County residents: Mattie McLaurin, nurse and parent, and Wayne Schaeffer, Chairman for the Bladen…
By Cara Beth Lewis Lamar Burno, an Elizabethtown resident, former celebrity bodyguard, and former manager of Frank Lucas, is scheduled to speak in Charlotte tomorrow.…
By Cara Beth Lewis Municipal elections are held every two years. This year is an election year in Bladenboro. Joey Lee Todd, Sue Elkins Hester,…
Bladen County Sheriff Jim McVicker has announced that he IS running for re-election as our county sheriff! There are some important thoughts about this, however, that you need…
by Blake Proctor At noon on Tuesday, July 20th, four of the five Bladen County Board of Elections members gathered in the board room at…
By Joy Warren A monthly report provided by Dr. Diane Lauritsen reminds the Town and citizens to reflect on the gifts provided by the lake…
by Joy Warren The Elizabethtown Town Council met in-person Monday evening for their regular monthly meeting. Mayor Sylvia Campbell recognized the parents of Larrell Murchison…
The Bladen County Board of County Commissioners has several items to consider with two public hearings scheduled at their next meeting. Maria Edwards, Clerk to…
Christopher L. Williams, Director Bladen County Board of Elections, released the 2021 North Carolina Absentee Request Form for November elections. The next election will be…
On July 2, 2021, North Carolina Governor Roby Cooper signed 11 bills into law and vetoed the Putting North Carolina Back to Work Act. Governor…
Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order establishing rules for how student-athletes enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution in North Carolina can earn compensation or obtain…
On Jun 29, 2021, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced their Board appointed four members to all 100 county boards of elections. Every…
By Blake Proctor At the start of the Commission’s June 21st meeting, Chairman Charles Ray Peterson asked to table discussion of a resolution to disengage…
by Blake Proctor The Bladen County Board of Commissioners met on Monday the 21st for its final regular meeting of Fiscal Year 2021 with a…
GREENVILLE, N.C. – A Bladenboro man pleaded guilty today to theft of government property and Social Security fraud. According to court documents, Leslie McCrae Dowless, 65,…
By Beth Soja If you are covering a public body that has resumed meeting in person but is forcing you to participate remotely, they are…
Pursuant to G.S. § 150B-21.2, notice is hereby given that the State Board of Elections intends to amend the permanent rule cited as 08 NCAC…
By Blake Proctor With member Emery White excused absent, Board Chair Louella Thompson called the June 8th meeting of the Bladen County Board of Elections…
By Joy Warren After meeting over a year via virtual Zoom meetings, the Town of White Lake Board of Commissioners met in-person this evening to…
By Joy Warren The Town of Elizabethtown Town Council met for their regular monthly session Monday night through a Hybrid Meeting (In-Person and Virtual –…
Contributed Elizabethtown – Juneteenth Celebrations will be held June 19, 2021 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm in the open area across from 807 Martin…
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing Monday on the proposed fiscal year 2021-22 budget. The budget must be passed by…
by Paul Mauney and Bill Moss, NC PRESS Last week, many newspapers wrapped up coverage of Sunshine Week, a time set aside to promote government accountability…
Christopher L. Williams, Director Bladen County Board of Elections, announced the next meeting for the Bladen County Board of Elections would be Tuesday, June 8,…
Patrick Gannon, Public Information Director with the North Carolina State Board of Elections released the following Notice of Meeting. NOTICE OF MEETING The State Board of…
Board of Education Regular Monthly Meeting Will Be Remote, but Foundation Meeting Open to the Public
Board of Education Regular Monthly Meeting Will Be Remote, but Foundation Meeting Open to the Public
The Bladen County Board of Education will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on May 17, 2021, remotely. The Bladen County Educational Foundation will hold its…
New mask and social distancing guidelines were announced today by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper during the COVID-19 task force update. On Thursday the Centers for…
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners will discuss the fiscal year 2021-22 budget during a special meeting Monday at 5 p.m. It will take place…
by Blake Proctor With Board member Deborah Belle excused absent, Elections Board Chair Louella Thompson called the May 11th meeting of the Bladen County Board of…
By Joy Warren The Town of White Lake Board of Commissioners received a schedule of events for the White Lake Water Festival scheduled for Friday,…
Contributed May 3, 2021- As Democrats and residents of Bladen County, we listened with interest to the five chapters of “The Improvement Association”. After several…
By Joy Warren The Town of Elizabethtown Town Council met virtually on Monday evening. New Town Manager Dane Rideout indicated that he is hoping that…
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners have called a special meeting Monday to begin discussion of the fiscal year 2021-22 budget. The meeting is scheduled…
Contributed Elizabethtown, NC – In 2019, Zoe Chace, a reporter associated with The New York Times and This American Life (A program from NPR) traveled…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) introduced the Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2021, a bill to create a new section under the Stafford Act…
by Blake Proctor Announcing that Commissioner Michael Cogdell was excused absent and Commissioner Dr. Ophelia Munn-Goins was attending via Zoom, Commission Chairman Charles Ray Peterson…
The Bladen County Board of Education published an agenda for the Monday, April 19, 2021, board meeting in BoardDocs that stated, “Chairman Carroll will call…
By Joy Warren The Town of Elizabethtown Town Council met via Zoom for their April meeting on Monday evening. The first order of business was…
Since the 2016 elections, Bladen County elections have made a lot of news headlines. Recently more reports have been published about the possibility of fraudulent…
Seven employees are expected to be recognized Monday for their years of service during the Bladen County Board of Commissioners meeting. The meeting will be…
By Joy Warren The White Lake Town Council met Thursday evening to act on a special use permit after conducting a public hearing at its…
By Joy Warren The Town of White Lake met via virtual meeting on Tuesday evening. Dr. Diane Lauritsen presented her monthly White Lake Monitoring report…
In February North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson addressed issues and argued against the North Carolina State Board of Education adopting new state social studies standards. Lt. Gov. Robinson said the…
Raleigh, NC – Yesterday, North Carolina’s Republican delegation in the United States House of Representatives sent a letter to the Biden Administration demanding answers for recent reports of illegal, COVID-positive…
Part of the American Resue Plan Act, known as the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds legislation, was signed into law by President Joe Biden…
Similar to last year, we will be conducting our County GOP convention on Monday, March 15th at 7:00pm via the Zoom link noted below. This…
WASHINGTON – Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the Senate’s version of the Democrats’ partisan $1.9 trillion spending…
The photo above is a screenshot of the Bladen County Schools website. It was sent to BladenOnline after the meeting by a Bladen County Schools…
By Joy Warren The White Lake Planning Board, at its February 18 meeting, reviewed a Special Use Permit request submitted by Jake Womble to develop…
By Joy Warren Elizabethtown Town Council held a reconvened meeting Monday evening. The first order of business was approving a resolution to name the bridge…
Raleigh, N.C. – The State Board of Elections invites public comment on a series of proposed rules related to the expiration of political parties, precinct observers,…
by Blake Proctor With Commissioners Dr. Ophelia Munn-Goins and Michael Cogdell attending telephonically, and all other Board members present, Chairman Charles Ray Peterson gaveled…
Washington, DC – THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, folks. For a few weeks now, an overwhelming percentage of the American public has made it clear that…
WASHINGTON – Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) issued the following statement after last night’s passage by the House of H.R. 1319, the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion partisan bailout bill…
The Bladen County Board of County Commissioners’ next scheduled meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 1, 2021. The meeting will be held in the Superior…
Raleigh, NC — Ward and Smith attorney Mike McIntyre has been selected for the North Carolina State Bar’s highest honor, the John B. McMillian Distinguished Service Award, which…
Contributed RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Elections dismissed a complaint against Bladen County Board of Elections member Michael Aycock on Tuesday. The…
The photo above was taken at the HBCU Fly-In in 2020. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) will participate in the Fifth Annual…
Bladen County Asks To Leave EastPoint, Join Trillium. Seeks Public Comment
Contributed Elizabethtown, NC- The Bladen County Board of Commissioners has requested permission from Secretary Mandy Cohen of the NC Department of Health and Human Services…