🌱 Months-long Tabor City drug probe ends with four arrests

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In today's newsletter:

• Months-long Tabor City drug probe ends with four arrests
• See who shined in Tabor City's latest high school soccer rout

Also on today's calendar: North Carolina Yam Festival Scholarship Pageant and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 88, low: 68.
• Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Four arrested and charged in Tabor City drug bust after months-long investigation (wect.com) — Law enforcement carried out a months-long narcotics investigation centered on a home in Tabor City's Green Acres community, seizing cocaine and marijuana and arresting four people on Sept. 25. Columbus County deputies say undercover buys at the Pine Circle Road residence led to the search, and the suspects are now being held on secured bonds at the county detention center.
   

• Wednesday Roundup: West volleyball, soccer, Hester win (bladenjournal.com) — High school sports fans in Tabor City saw West Bladen's boys' soccer team roll past South Columbus on the road, with a standout five-goal performance in a Southeastern Conference match. The roundup also recaps West Bladen volleyball and tennis results, cross-country finishes in Lumberton, and provides a full slate of upcoming regional games and youth soccer at Bladen County Park.
   

📸 Around Tabor City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tabor City

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• 2nd Saturday Storytime →
  North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville, 415 S Madison St, Whiteville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• North Carolina Yam Festival Scholarship Pageant →
  South Columbus High School, 40 Stallion Drive, Tabor City
  3:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Tabor City Council Meetings →
  Tabor City Visitor Center, 301 East Fifth Street, Tabor City
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Planning and Zoning Board Meetings →
  Town Hall, 1108 E 5th St, Tabor City
  6:30 pm
Tuesday October 20
• Sweet Potato Food Cook Off →
  The Todd House Wedding & Event Center, 102 Live Oak Street, Tabor City
  9:30 am
Thursday October 22
• Taste of Tabor →
  Tabor City NC
• Taste of Tabor at Sunnyfield Equestrian Farm →
  Sunnyfield Equestrian Farm, 1861 Ten Mile Road, Tabor City
  6:00 pm
Friday October 23
• Yam Festival Student Art Show →
  The Todd House Wedding & Event Center, 102 Live Oak Street, Tabor City
• Yam Dance & Fall Bash →
  Lake Tabor Field & Park, 102 Lynwood Norris Road, Tabor City
  6:00 pm
• West Bladen at South Columbus →
  40 Stallion Dr, Tabor City
  7:00 pm
• Street Dance →
  Lake Tabor Field & Park, 102 Lynwood Norris Road, Tabor City
  7:00 pm
• Yam Bowl →
  South Columbus High School, 40 Stallion Drive, Tabor City
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Columbus County Schools posted a job opening for Exceptional Children Teacher Assistant (7 hours per day)/Bus Driver in Lake Waccamaw. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Food/Consumables Team Supervisor in Calabash. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tabor City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Whiteville

• Local Volleyball Roundup: Netters Turn Up the Heat (columbuscountynews.com)
• The Good News Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2026 (columbuscountynews.com)

Bladenboro

• Tuesday Roundup: East, West volleyball win; Bladenboro soccer unbeaten (bladenjournal.com)

Sunset Beach

• 1008 Great Egret Cir SW Unit D, Sunset Beach, NC 28468 (redfin.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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