🌸🐰🌷 Holiday Announcement 🌷🐰🌸 City Hall will be closed on April 3rd as we celebrate the Easter holiday! We hope this special time of year brings you joy, renewal, and plenty of moments with family and friends. Whether you're hunting for eggs, sharing a meal, or simply enjoying the spring sunshine, we wish you a beautiful and happy Easter! 🐣💐 City Hall will reopen with regular hours on the next business day. Happy Easter to our wonderful community! 💖

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month...💙 This Pinwheel Garden was installed by Columbus County Partnership for Children and the young children and families it serves, to raise awareness.

The Statewide burn ban issued for North Carolina is still in effect until further notice RALEIGH – Due to increased wildfire risk, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning and has canceled all burning permits statewide effective 6 p.m. Saturday, March 28 until further notice. Under North Carolina law, the ban prohibits all open burning statewide, regardless of whether a permit was previously issued. The issuance of any new permits has also been suspended until the ban is lifted. Anyone violating the burn ban faces a $100 fine plus $183 court costs. Any person responsible for setting a fire may be liable for any expenses related to extinguishing the fire. The burn ban does not apply to fires started within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling. The local fire marshal has authority to issue a burn ban within those 100 feet. The Columbus County Fire Marshal and the City of Whiteville Fire Marshal have enacted a burn ban for fires within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling. Local fire departments and law enforcement officers are assisting the N.C. Forest Service in enforcing the burn ban. The N.C. Forest Service and the Whiteville Fire Marshal will continue to monitor conditions. Residents with questions regarding a specific county can contact their N.C. Forest Service county ranger or their city or county fire marshal’s office.

NC Forestry, Columbus County Fire Marshal and Whiteville Fire Marshal have issued a burn ban effective 1800 (that’s six PM for you regular folks) until further notice.