The Health Department visits several food-related establishments each month, checking for sanitation and health-related issues.

The Bladen Journal welcomes a new editor this week as Dallas Ludlum assumes leadership of the newspaper, bringing more than two decades of experience in writing, communications and investigative journalism to the role.

Bladen County is scheduled to play Shallotte on Friday, July 10 at 1 p.m. in the first game of the six-team, double-elimination tournament.

By Dallas Ludlum The Bladen Journal ELIZABETHTOWN — Five employees in Bladen County have lost their jobs as Cape Fear Valley Health moves to reduce costs amid growing financial pressures affecting healthcare systems across the country. The workforce reduction, which took effect July 1, is part of a broader restructuring that eliminated about 200 positions […]

Staff report The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help after a pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash on N.C. 211 in Bladen County last week. According to the Highway Patrol, troopers responded to the scene at approximately 8:28 a.m. Thursday, July 2. A preliminary investigation indicates the […]

All lanes are closed on NC-87 in both directions near Kennedy Store Road in Bladen County due to a crash. One witness says emergency vehicles are actively on scene.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is asking for the public's help as investigators work to identify both a man killed in a hit-and-run crash and the driver who left the scene.

By Dallas Ludlum The Bladen Journal ELIZABETHTOWN — Ask a young person in Bladen County about their plans, and there’s a decent chance the answer involves leaving. That’s not a judgment — it’s a pattern. A pattern that the county’s demographic data has been tracking for years, and one that local leaders are now, with […]

Address: 3976 N.C. 211 East, Clarkton Pastor: Avylena M. Stephens. Co-pastor: Elder Freddie H. Stephens. Services: Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship service, 11 a.m; Thursday night prayer and Bible study, 7 p.m.; Evangelistic service, 7:30 p.m. Information taken from online search. If you would like your church to be featured, contact The Bladen Journal […]