Lawmakers are pushing to give parents more control over their child’s education but opponents of the bill are concerned that it would hurt some students in the state’s public school system.
The Town of Leland is working with REV Entertainment and Brunswick County to develop “a world-class development concept with sports and entertainment as the anchor,” town officials announced Wednesday.
Three Asian small-clawed otters pups were born to Leia and Quincy at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher on Tuesday, joining their siblings Stella, Mae and Selene.
Items were found off the coast of Brunswick County that belong to the missing 23-year-old boater last seen in the North Myrtle Beach area during a search on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $80,000 in federal funding to the Town of Leland and $575,000 to the Grand Strand Area Transportation Study to develop road safety action plans.
Community members learned more about a plan to make it safer to walk around Wilmington as Walk Wilmington talked to people about how they hope to build on the city’s current pedestrian plan.
New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office deputies had to clear Brogden Hall during a basketball game Tuesday night after two fights broke out in the stands.
The unknown man reportedly forced his way into the restaurant, held employees at gunpoint, stole an unknown amount of money and ran on foot. No one was injured.
State lawmakers have their sights set on a law that’s been on the books in North Carolina since 1919 that requires a local sheriff’s permission and permit before a North Carolinian can legally buy a handgun.
The N.C. Department of Labor announced that it investigated 63 non-COVID-19 work-related fatalities in 2022, including five in southeastern North Carolina. It also inspected three cases reported as COVID-19-related deaths.
Stores in Bladen and Brunswick counties are among 52 fined by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division due to price-scanner errors.
The New Hanover County Board of Education approved a calendar which would make the fall semester of the 2023-24 school year end in January with a 5-2 vote on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that Daniele International LLC has recalled approximately 52,914 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products over Listeria monocytogenes concerns.