Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 11:29 AM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
After that part of the property is cleaned up and removed from the national priority list, the next step is to bundle up that clean land to sell to developers.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
After discussion the bill passed 35-10 in favor of what is also known as the Compassionate Care Act.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 10:46 AM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
Booster shots are available at all COVID-19 vaccination clinics and children ages 5-11 are eligible for a booster five months after their most recent Pfizer shot.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 1:14 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
The Pender-Topsail Post & Voice article describes commissioners’ disappointment with PCS and Superintendent Hill for not being at the meeting to present the bond request.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
Throughout May, the Flame of Hope travels across the state finally reaching Raleigh on June 3 for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 4:15 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
The new EV charging station was installed by Duke Energy as part of the Park and Plug program created to support the nation’s goal to reduce carbon emissions.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:26 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
City, County and Housing Authority leaders met with representatives from the Department of Housing and Urban Development Greensboro office to further discuss the mold crisis plaguing the Wilmington Housing Authority.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 11:05 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
Saffo said his main focus is to get the displaced residents back in their homes as quickly as possible and secure funds as soon as possible.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 5:50 AM EST
|By Elly Cosgrove and Carole Wirszyla
Friday is National Wear Red Day, a yearly campaign to raise awareness about heart disease in women.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 11:39 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
For medical procedures, an anesthesiologist or a Registered Nurse must be present in case something goes wrong. Currently, that safeguard is not in place for dentists and oral surgeons.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 4:54 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Boseman refers to Chemours as “the corporate equivalent of the neighbor who plays loud music, blocks your driveway and dumps their garbage on your lawn.”
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 5:43 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Zapple said that on a regular basis the county sees five to seven inches of rain coming in from unnamed storms.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 12:27 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Speakers urged elected leaders to tackle the climate crisis and set the United States on a path to a 50-52% reduction in carbon pollution by 2030
Updated: Dec. 7, 2021 at 10:16 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
The New Hanover County School board addressed non-licensed teacher assistant pay at a meeting Tuesday evening.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 4:16 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Duke Energy Progress residential customers using 1,000 kWh per month will see bills increase by $2.44 per month
Updated: Nov. 22, 2021 at 10:59 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
State Auditor Beth Wood expressed concern about the lack of evidence supporting the asset valuation and is anxious for the three new commissioners that have yet to be confirmed to be sufficiently educated to make an informed decision.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 11:08 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
UNC Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship launched a partnership between the community and the college called the Alliance for the Blue Economy, or “All Blue” this week.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 2:50 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
Testing combined with other prevention strategies helps prevent outbreaks and reduce further transmission in schools.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 5:50 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
The three bills signed into law by Governor Cooper Friday will help bridge the growing gap in academic achievement.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2021 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
This could be a life saver for many of the one in five adults who experience mental illness every year. It could also help people dealing with substance abuse disorder or addiction.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 5:41 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Currently, the only Harris Teeter in Southeastern North Carolina giving COVID-19 vaccinations is the Surf City Crossing Harris Teeter at 203, Alston Blvd. in Hampstead.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2021 at 7:56 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Former New Hanover County Deputy Jordan Kita and Austin Wood appeared in Pender County Court Thursday, February 18 facing charges filed against them in connection with a ‘mob’ incident that happened on May 8, 2020.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 7:34 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla and Clint Bullock
Three people died and 10 people were injured as the tornado ripped through 22 miles of Brunswick and Columbus counties on February 15, 2021 in less than 30 minutes
Updated: Dec. 15, 2020 at 8:50 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Bladen County Hospital is the first in WECT’s five-county viewing area to receive a shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday evening
Updated: Dec. 4, 2020 at 6:06 PM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Cheri Beasley requested a hand-to-eye recount of a random sample of precincts Wednesday night.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2020 at 11:54 AM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
Wilmington Police Department is conducting an investigation into a shooting that happened Friday afternoon
Updated: Nov. 16, 2020 at 5:04 PM EST
|By 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%.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2020 at 8:58 AM EST
|By Carole Wirszyla
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.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
Moderna, Inc. announced Thursday it had completed enrollment of 30,000 participants in the Phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial
Updated: Oct. 13, 2020 at 7:40 PM EDT
|By Bryant Reed and Carole Wirszyla
Pender County Schools Board of Education votes against transitioning K-5 students to Plan A at a meeting Tuesday evening.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By Ashlea Kosikowski and Carole Wirszyla
New businesses are opening as more restaurants and bars are succumbing to the economic challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
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.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
Hurricane Isaias is currently on track to impact southeastern North Carolina with significant rain, high winds, storm surge and flooding.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 9:43 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
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.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
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.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 7:00 AM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
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
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 12:09 AM EDT
|By Carole Wirszyla
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.