DUBLIN — Alyssa Bell, a senior at West Bladen High School, reigns as the 27th annual Dublin Peanut Festival queen. She was crowned on Saturday night at Dublin Primary School at the conclusion of the [...]

ELIZABETHTOWN — A baker’s dozen of bicycle riders took the the highways of Bladen County on Saturday for the second annual Grape Escape. Riders had a choice of a 60- or 30-mile route. The starting [...]

ELIZABETHTOWN — Only the canvass awaits Monday morning. The Bladen County Board of Elections met Friday and finished decision-making on absentee-by-mail votes and provisionals from Tuesday’s special election for the 9th District. None of the [...]

KELLY — For a week, Bladen County braced for Hurricane Florence. One year ago on the morning of Sept. 14, she roared ashore as a Category 1 storm near Wrightsville Beach, about 60 miles away. [...]