Harriett Coleman and Jeffrey Owens were selected to appear in “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges”. Coleman and Owens were Bladen natives who attended Campbell University.

Clarkton Town Commissioner Robert Register resigned due to moving to Beulaville.

After deliberating for three days, a federal jury found in favor of Deborah Johnson, former town clerk in Elizabethtown, in her wrongful firing and slander suit against the town.

Bladen Technical College named Lynn King their new president.

The Bladenboro Town Board accepted the resignation of Mayor Pro Tem Frank T. Edwards and chose Charles Herring to replace him.

Earline Akins was Bladen County Hospital’s Employee of the Month.

Bladen Technical College has implemented a new program to train med lab techs.