RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Heath Nance to serve as District Court Judge in Judicial District 13, serving Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties. He will fill the vacancy created by the Superior Court appointment of the Honorable C. Ashley Gore.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 9:18 am
By: Governor's Office
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USDA funding will benefit 2,674 people, 84 businesses, 117 farms and four educational facilities
Published: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 5:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The former town manager for the town of Elizabethtown in Bladen County, did not have payroll taxes withheld and possibly used the town’s credit card for non-valid town purposes.
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After months of delays, a barrier wall at the Chemours Fayetteville Works Site in Bladen County is complete, according to The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ).
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has appointed the Honorable C. Ashley Gore to serve as Superior Court Judge in Judicial District 13A, serving Bladen and Columbus counties. She will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Douglas Sasser.
Published: Saturday, August 12th, 2023 @ 7:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Severn Peanut Company, a peanut sheller, will create 44 jobs in Bladen County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $17 million to upgrade and renovate its facility in Elizabethtown for peanut butter production.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 11:47 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the State is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Eric Lavon Chancy, age 20.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 5:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Bladen Journal urges readers that it’s “Time to get busy living, leaving fear behind”
Published: Monday, August 30th, 2021 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bladen County, which has a vaccination rate of only 33%, is experiencing critical viral spread and increases in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Published: Saturday, July 10th, 2021 @ 4:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the State is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the disappearance of Judith Deavers Hyder, age 53.
Published: Saturday, March 27th, 2021 @ 6:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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The 2018 ballot harvesting in Bladen County is hardly the only case of 21st-century election fraud in North Carolina
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Anthem Displays to add 17 new jobs in Bladen County
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 @ 3:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Things continue to go amiss at the Bladen County Board of Elections (BOE).
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 11:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Federal Government has approved North Carolina’s request to add Bladen and Chowan counties to the disaster declaration for Hurricane Dorian.
Published: Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 @ 4:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has designated Bladen and Columbus counties as among the Most Impacted and Distressed (MID) areas that were impacted by Hurricane Matthew.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 8:59 am
By: Governor's Office
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The State Board of Elections on Thursday appointed three members to the Bladen County Board of Elections, but declined to appoint additional nominees who had served on that Board in the recent past.
Published: Friday, March 22nd, 2019 @ 2:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bladen County Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser approved a consent order Monday holding the Chemours chemical manufacturer accountable for release of GenX and other PFAS emerging contaminants which have polluted the Cape Fear River Basin and surrounding groundwater.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The filing period for candidates running in the special election in North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District begins Monday, March 4 and ends Friday, March 8.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 1:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After the breaking news regarding Dr. Harris' decision not to run in the special election for the Ninth District, Chairman Robin Hayes has released the following statement
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 @ 8:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Rev. Mark Harris has thrown in the towel on his hopes of going to Congress. He called for a new election in the 9th U.S. Congressional District as evidence mounted of election fraud in Bladen County during the 2018 election.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections on Thursday unanimously ordered a new election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District and two local contests in Bladen County.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 2:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have a few thoughts in the aftermath of the North Carolina State Board of Election's hearing on the 9th District congressional race and its decision to call for a new election there.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 8:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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McCrae Dowless, the main person of interest in an alleged ballot harvesting ring that helped Republican Rev. Mark Harris defeat Democrat Dan McCready in November, appeared under subpoena at a State Board of Elections evidentiary hearing Monday but refused to testify.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) signed a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the agency to develop federal drinking water standards
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 8:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republican Rep.-elect Mark Harris says he expects a state court will certify him the winner of the disputed 9th U.S. Congressional District election.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2019 @ 3:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An attorney who represented the Bladen County Improvement Association during a 2016 investigation into potential absentee ballot voting misbehavior says the organization was cleared of any wrongdoing
Published: Monday, December 24th, 2018 @ 7:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the term "whataboutism" may be relatively new - coined within the last few decades, and newly prominent in the age of Donald Trump - the logical fallacy it denotes is as ancient as politics itself
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Martin Denning, a former educator and Democratic candidate, says unlike six-term Republican incumbent Rep. William Brisson — his opponent for the N.C House District 22 seat — he won’t switch parties
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to refer what appears to be a serious case of voter fraud through unlawful absentee ballot harvesting to Federal Prosecutors, specifically the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections voted Saturday to dismiss the election protest of Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. of Bladen County, citing a lack of substantial evidence of a violation of election law or other irregularity or misconduct sufficient to cast doubt on the results of the election.
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 8:51 am
By: Russell Allen
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"Today the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to refer what appears to be a serious case of voter fraud through unlawful absentee ballot harvesting to Federal Prosecutors, specifically the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 11:06 am
By: Russell Allen
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We already know about potentially fraudulent ballots in Bladen County, along with irregularities in a number of other counties across the state
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 6:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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McCrae Dowless, who won election as supervisor of Bladen County’s Soil and Water Conservation District, has filed a complaint with his county board of elections, alleging “literally hundreds of fraudulent ballots were cast” in a “massive scheme to run an absentee ballot mill”
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 12:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A formal protest has been filed with the Bladen County Board of Elections to challenge several hundred apparently fraudulent absentee ballots cast for Roy Cooper and other Democrats in Bladen County.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 12:35 am
By: McCrory Communications
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