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Friday | WWAY-TV Wilmington

Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region

Submitted by WWAY on 2 July 2009 - 4:39pm. Whats Happening: July 3-5 Old Glory is proudly flying this weekend all across the area.

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Related Topix: Wilmington Metro, Wilmington, NC, Surf City, NC, Life, Holidays, 4th of July, Gates, NC

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Man charged in North Myrtle Beach is registered sex offender

A 35-year-old man charged after a 14-year-old girl reported an abduction and sexual assault in North Myrtle Beach is registered as a sex offender in North Carolina and spent 11 years in jail after pleading guilty to robbing and raping a woman in 1996.

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Related Topix: Tabor City, NC, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Education

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WWAY

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Submitted by WWAY on 29 June 2009 - 5:47pm. READ MORE: Center makes it convenient to visit inmates Matthew Chapter 25 Verse 36 says, "I was in prison and you came to me.a By offering free housing, the Matthew 25 Center in Burgaw makes it easier for inmates' loved ones to do just that.

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Related Topix: Prison, Burgaw, NC, Pender County, NC, Tabor City, NC

Sun Jun 28, 2009

WECT-TV Wilmington

Family survives raging thunderstorms in Columbus County

Fernando Sandoval and his daughter visited what was left of his aunt's home on J.D. Cartrette Road, South of Whiteville.

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Related Topix: Whiteville, NC

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Squall Lines

Commissioner abstains from budget vote

Columbus County Commissioner Ronald Gore chose not to vote with other commissioners to approve a $75 million budget for 2009-10. Gore declined to say precisely while he was abstaining, but later he confirmed to the Whiteville News Reporter that his decision had to do with his employment in the school system.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

WECT-TV Wilmington

New public alert system in Columbus County

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

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Related Topix: Weather, Riegelwood, NC

Wed Jun 24, 2009

WECT-TV Wilmington

Vote for Columbus County's farmers market

The Columbus County farmers market could be voted one of America's favorites. American Farmland Trust is holding a national contest to find the best markets, and Columbus County is on the ballot.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

WECT-TV Wilmington

Columbus Co. family left with badly damaged home

It's been one week since storms ripped through parts of Bladen and Columbus counties, leaving behind many damaged homes.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

WWAY-TV Wilmington

Columbus County man dies in plane crash

Submitted by Meghan Packer on 18 June 2009 - 11:50pm. READ MORE: A Columbus County man died Thursday night shortly after his plane took off from a private runway.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

Bladen Journal

Monday storms wreak havoc in county

A microburst from a severe thunderstorm all but destroyed a mobile home Monday and temporarily trapped a woman inside.

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Related Topix: Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Bladen County, NC, Hailstorm

Tue Jun 16, 2009

WWAY-TV Wilmington

Native American students may have to change schools

Submitted by WWAY on 16 June 2009 - 5:24pm. Native American students may have to change schools The Waccamaw-Siouan tribe community straddles the Bladen / Columbus county line.

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Related Topix: Bladen County, NC

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Sampson Independent

Friends: Barefoot's compassion will be his legacy

When friends remember Walter "Gene" Barefoot, they will recall how loving and compassionate a man he was.

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Related Topix: Sampson County, NC, Clinton, NC

Thu Jun 11, 2009

StarNewsOnline.com

Severe thunderstorms moving toward New Hanover County

Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 8:47 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 8:47 p.m. Strong thunderstorms over Brunswick and eastern Columbus and Horry counties are moving toward coastal New Hanover County, the National Weather Service said in a special statement issued at 8:44 p.m. Thursday.

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Related Topix: Weather, New Hanover County, NC, Brunswick, NC, Whiteville, NC, Carolina Beach, NC

Wed Jun 10, 2009

Brunswick Beacon

Brunswick-Columbus industrial park to receive $500K for water lines

The N.C. Department of Commerce has awarded Columbus County $500,000 to help provide water for a joint industrial park being planned by Brunswick and Columbus counties.

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Related Topix: Brunswick, NC, Brunswick County, NC

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Squall Lines

Folks in Columbus have more sense than those in New Hanover & Brunswick

Or so say the folks in Columbus County, regarding the handling of a certain tough-skinned lizard: Unlike their neighbors in New Hanover and Brunswick counties, Columbus residents know how to handle alligators.

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Related Topix: Brunswick, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Weather

Mon Jun 08, 2009

Bladen Journal

Torch run visits Bladen

Members of Bladen County law enforcement took part in the Special Olympics Torch Run on Tuesday morning.

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Related Topix: Bladen County, NC

Sat Jun 06, 2009

Bladen Journal

Blueberry Fest on tap for Saturday

AMMON a ' Though it is usually a quiet place, with a few locals who greet each other by name and occasional visitors passing through, the little town of Ammon will be painted blue on Saturday for the annual Ammon Blueberry Festival.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival, Breakfast, Elizabethtown, NC, Delco, NC

Thu Jun 04, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

NC farmer's markets to accept food stamps

A statewide initiative is making it possible for farmers markets in 12 North Carolina counties to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer card payments from consumers who are in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Life, Food, Nutrition, Agriculture, Science, Chapel Hill, NC, Asheville, NC

Wed Jun 03, 2009

Brunswick Beacon

Suspected Brunswick-Columbus drug trafficker arrested

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

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Related Topix: Drugs, Brunswick County, NC, Brunswick, NC, Riegelwood, NC

Tue Jun 02, 2009

WECT-TV Wilmington

Pender Co. residents ask commissioners to investigate animal control

Some people in Pender County are asking county commissioners to investigate whether Pender County Animal Control officials are doing their jobs.

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Related Topix: Pender County, NC, Animal Rights, Surf City, NC

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