Carole Wirszyla

In this first analysis, of the 95 cases of COVID-19 observed, only five were detected in the vaccine test group versus 90 in the placebo group. This resulted in a vaccine efficacy rate of 94.5%.

Unlike with early voting where people can choose where to vote, Election Day ballots must be cast at the polling place assigned to each registered voter.

Moderna, Inc. announced Thursday it had completed enrollment of 30,000 participants in the Phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial

Pender County Schools Board of Education votes against transitioning K-5 students to Plan A at a meeting Tuesday evening.

New businesses are opening as more restaurants and bars are succumbing to the economic challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic

Isaias briefly intensified to a Category 1 hurricane Monday, August 3 before making an official landfall at Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County at 11:10 p.m.

Hurricane Isaias is currently on track to impact southeastern North Carolina with significant rain, high winds, storm surge and flooding.

At an interim meeting held Tuesday evening, Board of Education members considered a switch to reopening New Hanover County Schools under Plan C—virtual learning—for the first grading period.

A Wilmington medical practice has been selected by Trial Management Associates, LLC (TMA) to conduct the first COVID-19 vaccine Phase III trial in the United States.

Shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday, protesters took to the streets in downtown Wilmington and tensions rose when they sat in the middle of North 3rd Street

Throughout the evening, there were alternating moments of silence, chanting and reading of names of those who had died at the hands of law enforcement.