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The state's top elected officials this morning approved an expedited schedule to sell $742 million in bonds for university buildings, prisons, museums and a polar bear exhibit at the N.C. Zoo.

Marcus Randoff Smith, 28, of Autumn Chase Lane, Tabor City, has been arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill involving the wounding of a woman on Miller Road on Dec.

Christmas trees will be picked up at the curb in area towns through the first full week of January.

Some insurance companies are refusing to write fire policies in certain areas of Columbus County because of the large number of arson cases in the community.

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Sudie Strickland Buffkin, 83, of Cardinal Lane, Whiteville, was injured Monday at 1:20 p.m. when she wrecked her vehicle on Furnie Hinson Road south of here, according to a Highway Patrol report.

Joshua Vereen, the 17-year-old from Yam Lane, Tabor City, involved in the kidnapping and armed robbery of two Tabor City men last April, was placed on probation for five years recently.

The North Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus has unanimously re-elected Sen. R.C. Soles Jr.

Luis Rodriguez, 23, of Clarendon, has been arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injuries on a warrant obtained by Sheriff's Detective Sgt.

Chadbourn Police Sgt. Dennis Brisson was tapped as the town's Officer of the Year at the Dec.

In spite of a housing code that requires potable water and proper sewage disposal in homes, complaints about unfit living conditions at a Tabor City home and recommendations from the police chief, Tabor City's ...

Johnny Ray Huggins Jr., 26, of the 1400 block of Marlowe Road, Tabor City, was charged with seven felonies last week after a search-warrant raid by sheriff's drug detectives produced cocaine, marijuana and a ...

Folks all over the county celebrated the holidays Saturday with parades and festivities.

A black Chevrolet Monte Carlo with a broken taillight was stopped near Tabor City at 3 a.m. Tuesday, Dec.

Newly elected county Commissioners Giles "Buddy" Byrd of Hallsboro and Edwin Russ of Lake Waccamaw are fresh faces on the Columbus County Board of Commissioners after being sworn in Monday.

The News Reporter has learned that District Court Judge Tom Aldridge Jr., one of two district judges from Columbus County, has resigned effective Dec.

Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series concerning efforts to locate a state correctional facility in Surry County.

The driver of a Columbus County Department of Transportation medical transport van and his passenger were killed Monday night in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of N.C. 904 and Miller Road southeast ...

Two Columbus County men were killed at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in a collision of a van and GMC Yukon sport utility vehicle at the intersection of N.C. 904 and Miller Road west of the Guideway community in ...

All day long on Thanksgiving eve, Eastern Carolinians have welcomed friends and family.