WBTV Investigates: The raises and inflated salaries at the state’s education office come as classroom teachers continue their years-long wait to see increase in pay
The First Amendment protects your right to free speech, among other things, and prohibits the government from infringing on that right --- but a homeowner in St. James, N.C. is finding out that those protections don’t apply when you agree to live in a subdivision with restrictive covenants.
Investigators with the Wilmington Police Department are asking for help locating the driver wanted in a hit-and-run on Market Street that left a pedestrian critically injured.
The race, which begins in Wrightsville Beach and ends near the Battleship North Carolina, has three components: a 1.2-mile swim course, a 56-mile bike course, and a 13.1-mile run course.
Meredith Viera’s current project, the Fox-syndicated game show “25 Words or Less” is now in its’ third season, and seen on television stations across the country. It’s another success in Viera’s award-winning career.
Many children have formed unhealthy habits from their pandemic lifestyle, like a lack of physical activity and not eating a nutritional diet. If these trends continue, more children could end up with a range of health issues, like diabetes, high blood pressure, or obesity.
You may have heard of the “blue ribbon award” for schools based on test scores, but US Department of Education leaders were in town Thursday presenting a “green ribbon award” to three area schools.
New Hanover County health officials will consider lifting the countywide mask mandate as COVID-19 related metrics continue to trend in a positive direction, including the percent positivity rate that has fallen below 5 percent for the first time since late July.
From shootings to the arrest of the town’s former police chief, concerned residents took the chance to ask those running for town council about the future.
SUNSET BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - The sudden resignation of a town council member has left a seat open on the board in Sunset Beach, But it’s not the first controversy leaders there have had to deal with.
Wilmington City Councilman Charlie Rivenbark is attempting to clarify his words which were found on an email he sent to a member of the ILM Airport Authority that appear to label a woman who spoke during a City Council meeting ‘a real bitch.’
The FDA’s Doran Fink previewed “some announcements later today,” which were expected to include allowing the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses among the three U.S. manufacturers — Pfizer, Moderna and J&J. Fink appeared at a meeting of vaccine experts convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who are expected to take up the FDA decisions and make their own recommendations on Thursday.
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