7 Things Everyone Should Know About Ticks
Protect yourself and your pets with these top tick tips. 1. Ticks come in small, medium and large sizes. 2. Ticks crawl up. They live on the ground and migrate upward. 3. Cold and snowy? No big...
View ArticleThoughts While Shaving for November 17
If you could sit and talk for an hour with anyone, anyone you desire, who would it be? Wish I was worth a lot of the money, I mean lots of money. I think I would like to help recent college graduates...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Tops Forbes List of Best States for Business
For the second consecutive year, North Carolina is the nation’s No. 2 best state for business according to Forbes magazine. Forbes’ annual “Best States for Business” list measures which states have the...
View ArticlePaint Night at LuMil Vineyard set for Monday, Nov. 28
On Monday, Nov. 28, Bladen Community College will host Paint Night at LuMil Vineyard, from 6 until 9 p.m. Participants will be painting a Charlie Brown Christmas setting. The cost of the class is $35...
View ArticleFederal Flood Insurance Program topic of Rotary meeting
The members of the Elizabethtown Rotary Club were presented a program about the Federal Flood Insurance Program. Rotarian Paul Norris provided the group with an interesting discussion on how one...
View ArticleLu Mil Vineyard Festival of Lights Honors Veterans
DUBLIN, NC – Lu Mil Vineyard transforms its’ iconic windmill into a towering Christmas tree of beautiful green lights in support of the national “GreenLight a Vet” initiative. The Taylor Family &...
View ArticleFEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Team to be at BCC
Dublin – The public is invited to hear the Disaster Assistance Team speak at a briefing at Bladen Community College on Mon., Nov. 21, at 11 a.m. in the Student Resource Center (building 7)....
View ArticleCongressman Pittenger: ‘Beyond Me’ How Obama Okay With Providing New...
WASHINGTON – A little-known provision of President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran allows the export of commercial aircraft to Iran. The sale of 97 airplanes was authorized in September. Yet in 2011,...
View ArticleBladen County Board of Elections puts off hearing on Dowless protest
board-of-elections3 board-of-elections4 board-of-elections1 board-of-elections2 The Bladen County Board of Elections met on Thursday afternoon to deal with provisional ballots and absentee ballots....
View ArticleTillis: Devastation Caused By Hurricane Matthew Is Incomprehensible
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) delivered a Senate floor speech to bring attention the human and economic damage caused by Hurricane Matthew and the need for Congress to help North...
View ArticleRibbon cutting held for Bladen Medical Associates-Dublin
dublin-medical-clinic3 dublin-medical-6 dublin-medical-clinic-oepning-2 dublin-clinic-6 dublin-clinc-5 dublin-medical-clinic-opening dublin-clinic-8 dublin-clinic-9 dublin-clinci-7 A ribbon cutting...
View ArticleMAINSTAGE SERIES Annual “A Robeson County Christmas Show”
The Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater in Lumberton presents the Fifth Annual “A Robeson County Christmas Show,” its heart-warming holiday musical revue for the entire family. This year’s show...
View ArticleGovernor McCrory Announces Reward Concerning Western NC Wildfires
Bat Cave, N.C. – Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the state is offering a reward of up to $10,000 to be issued to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the...
View ArticleMORTY PRIDE MEATS, INC. RECALLS PORK BARBEQUE PRODUCTS DUE TO MISBRANDING AND...
Morty Pride Meats, Inc., a Fayetteville, N.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 237,891 pounds of pork barbeque products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleThis Day in History – November 18
1307 – William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son’s head. 1861 – The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia. 1894 – 1st newspaper Sunday...
View ArticleUS 701 Bridge Reopens
us-701-bridge-reopens2 us701-bridge-reopens The bridge over Brown’s Creek on US 701 has re-opened. Traffic has been shifted to the new bridge that will become part of a traffic pattern change at the...
View ArticleBallots Cast By Dead, Double and Felon Voters Challenged In 50 NC Counties
Additional Ballot Protests Expected As Voter Fraud Concerns Grow Raleigh, N.C. – Protests are being filed in 50 counties to challenge known instances of votes being cast by dead people, felons or...
View ArticleNCHSAA Class 2A Football Play-offs: Farmville Central (6-5) at East Bladen (7-4)
In the rematch of a 2014 second-round play-off game, East Bladen’s Eagles entertain Farmville Central Friday night at 7:30 in the opening round of the NCHSAA Class 2A Football Play-offs. “They are huge...
View ArticleSBE: Statement on County Canvasses
RALEIGH, N.C. – This release serves to update the public on the status of general election results and certain processes now underway across the state. County Canvass State law established Friday (Nov....
View ArticleThoughts While Shaving for November 18
East Bladen Eagles (7-4) football team host Farmville Central (6-5) this evening in the 1st round of the 2A Football Playoffs. The visitors feature huge lineman, the Eagles have small, quick, fast...
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