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The N.C. Wildlife Commission announced Friday that Bladen County has been removed as a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) secondary surveillance area, but sampling will continue.

In celebration of National Small Business Week, Bladen County entrepreneurs took center stage at the Small Business Expo on Wednesday, April 29 inside the auditorium at Bladen Community College. The event featured the announcement of four promising new ventures as winners of the Pitch It Bladen County small business accelerator…

Here are some upcoming events in Bladen County. Events can be added to our online calendar by visiting bladenjournal.com and clicking on Calendar. Events for the print edition may be submitted for consideration at [email protected].

About 25 people gathered at Browns Creek Bike Park & Nature Trail in Elizabethtown on Friday, April 24 for a Star Party hosted by Bladen County Public Library.

PEMBROKE — Lumbee Tribal Council voted 17-2 on Thursday, April 16 to approve an ordinance which will advance a constitutional amendment authorizing gaming to a referendum of the tribal public to be held later this year.

Bladen County remains under a ban on open burning as extreme drought conditions have expanded in North Carolina.

The folks who live in Farmers Union are a tight-knit community where everyone knows everyone.

Anyone with a cell phone can be a photographer or videographer. Shoot it. Share it. Done.

Chris Carroll wanted the full experience of being “arrested,” except, of course, for actually being placed behind bars.

Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest is hosting its annual permitted turkey hunts this week. The area will be closed to the public Thursday, April 23 through Saturday, April 25. The forest will resume normal operations Sunday, April 26 at 11 a.m.

Seven U.S. Army veterans met in Clarkton recently to celebrate their return from Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in April 35 years ago.