Riegelwood News

A Bolivia man is one of two suspects sentenced to federal prison earlier this month for his involvement in a six-year mortgage fraud scheme.

Some area gardeners who have already received national attention for their tall, record breaking flowers are hoping to get recognition for three that were overlooked.

Published: Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 10:15 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 10:15 p.m. Wood scraps and forest waste will replace residual fuel oil at International Paper's Riegelwood Mill if talks with Sterling Planet Holdings are successful.

Published: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 8:13 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 8:12 a.m. The idea of a large factory farming operation didn't appeal to Marie Wallace.

Published: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 8:13 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 8:12 a.m. The idea of a large factory farming operation didn't appeal to Marie Wallace.

Folks eager for work to begin on two bridges in Bladen County that cross the Cape Fear River - the bridge at Tar Heel and the one on N.C. 11 at the Columbus-Bladen county line - will have to wait a little longer, according to Sonny Upole with the N.C. Department of Transportation Bridge Unit.

Folks eager for work to begin on two bridges in Bladen County that cross the Cape Fear River - the bridge at Tar Heel and the one on N.C. 11 at the Columbus-Bladen county line - will have to wait a little longer, according to Sonny Upole with the N.C. Department of Transportation Bridge Unit.

Published: Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 1:14 p.m. Jesse Thomas Bostic Jr.

Bobby Goodson can only imagine the challenges that his grandfather faced as a logger 50 years ago.

Officials with the Emergency Management Department in Columbus County have a new system to alert residents.

Published: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 2:41 p.m. Malton Tripp Sr.

Published: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. Dana Marie Goodman and Carsen Shane Scott, both of Delco, N.C., are engaged to be married.

Brunswick County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Agents arrested a man last week they said has been trafficking cocaine between Brunswick and Columbus counties.

There have been a dozen fatal accidents in Columbus County in less than a month.

Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Andrea Jean Caroll of Riegelwood and Sterling Bryan Pippin of Farmville.

Published: Friday, April 24, 2009 at 4:34 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 24, 2009 at 4:34 p.m. Twenty years ago, seeking available labor, affordable land and an enhanced quality of life for my family and for our employees, I came to eastern North Carolina to find a new and better home for the company I had founded in 1968.

The good folks at Manna Ministries continue their work of feeding and clothing the needy in north Brunswick County.