Counties and communities in southeastern North Carolina have released information to help residents prepare for the potential impacts of Hurricane Ian.
Whiteville’s city council voted 5-1 Tuesday night in favor of creating a downtown social district, allowing adults to carry open-container beverages in a designated area of the city.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has announced that community input will soon be accepted from Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Robeson and Harnett counties concerning their draft 10-year transportation improvement plan.
There’s a new library program at Maides Park in Wilmington, but it doesn’t involve books. Cardholders can now “check out” packets of seeds for fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Nearly all candidates running for seats on the Columbus County and Whiteville City Boards of Education will take part in candidate forums starting at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, in the auditorium at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville.
New Hanover County has announced that the 27th annual Art in the Arboretum has been postponed due to the potential impact of Hurricane Ian on the Cape Fear region.
The free courses teach disaster psychology, medical operations, fire safety, light search and rescue, CERT organization and other emergency response skills.
Chemours informational meeting will be held tonight at 5 p.m. in Leland at the Cultural Arts Center. Community is encouraged to show up and let your voice be heard about contaminated drinking water.
Not many of us can remember a five-minute conversation we had nearly 40 years ago, but Terrol Rose will never forget who he spoke with while working in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.
The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina has successfully raised the $100,000 needed to pay for the higher-than-expected cost of their new facility: the nCino Hunger Solutions Center at 1000 Greenfield Street.
In their first few months, PCU has launched multiple programs focused on getting resources to people in need and de-escalating community conflicts that could otherwise become violent.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released a new action plan intended to reduce the rate of injury and death associated with suicide.
New Hanover County Commissioners Rob Zapple and Jonathan Barfield Jr. received appointments to the National Association of Counties along with County Manager Chris Coudriet.
Former TRU Colors employees are looking for jobs after the brewing company shut down for good last week. Part of the company’s workforce included rival gang members with a mission to stop community violence.
Holly Begley, an English as a Second Language teacher, is hoping to get scholastic magazines and headphones for her students at Shallotte Middle School
The Brunswick County Board of Elections announced that routine logic and accuracy testing will begin for the county’s voting machines in preparation for the November elections.
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