Columbus County /tags/columbus-county Columbus County en-US Copyright Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:38:13 GMT After two hurricanes, Fair Bluff moves its downtown to higher ground /politics/2023-12-01/hurricanes-fair-bluff-downtown-flooding-nc-lumber Mayor Billy Hammond and other town leaders came up with a dramatic plan to address repeat flooding: build a whole new downtown-style commercial district a few blocks up the street on higher ground. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:38:13 GMT /politics/2023-12-01/hurricanes-fair-bluff-downtown-flooding-nc-lumber Colin Campbell A 1,000-year-old Native American canoe was discovered in a Columbus County lake /environment/2023-04-17/a-1-000-year-old-native-american-canoe-was-discovered-in-a-columbus-county-lake The historic canoe artifact that's part of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe was found in Lake Waccamaw. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 21:19:27 GMT /environment/2023-04-17/a-1-000-year-old-native-american-canoe-was-discovered-in-a-columbus-county-lake Sharryse Piggott Bill would require North Carolina businesses to accept cash /business-economy/2023-01-30/bill-require-north-carolina-businesses-accept-cash A bill in the North Carolina House would require businesses to accept cash payments. It's in response to stores and restaurants that are going cashless. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:46:06 GMT /business-economy/2023-01-30/bill-require-north-carolina-businesses-accept-cash Bradley George NC sheriff who disparaged Black employees resigns /news/2022-10-25/nc-sheriff-who-disparaged-black-employees-resigns A suspended North Carolina sheriff has resigned in the aftermath of a leaked audio recording in which he called Black employees by derogatory names and said they should be fired, his attorney announced Monday. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 21:07:15 GMT /news/2022-10-25/nc-sheriff-who-disparaged-black-employees-resigns Associated Press Decades Of Friendship With North Carolina Poet A.R. Ammons /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-26/decades-of-friendship-with-north-carolina-poet-a-r-ammons A.R. “Archie” Ammons never wanted to be called a Southern writer. Raised in rural Columbus County, Ammons wrote reverent poems about a Depression-era… Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:55:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-26/decades-of-friendship-with-north-carolina-poet-a-r-ammons Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio Decades Of Friendship With North Carolina Poet A.R. Ammons /arts-culture/2019-12-26/decades-of-friendship-with-north-carolina-poet-a-r-ammons A.R. “Archie” Ammons never wanted to be called a Southern writer. Raised in rural Columbus County, Ammons wrote reverent poems about a Depression-era… Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:55:00 GMT /arts-culture/2019-12-26/decades-of-friendship-with-north-carolina-poet-a-r-ammons Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio