Plantation Village is now the first senior care community in southeastern North Carolina to receive a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) certification.
Local fish markets in the area are seeing an increase in most species of fish, a sign by co-owner of Seaview Crab Company, Sam Romano, that the local industry has finally made a comeback.
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has fined a Columbus County man after pesticide that was spread on his farm damaged a soybean crop at a neighboring farm.
The Town of Wrightsville Beach and the Wrightsville Beach Fire Department held a remembrance service Friday for a firefighter who died in the line of duty nearly 40 years ago.
Leslie "Bud" Hollenbeck, now 97 years old, recalls his memories from the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Hollenbeck is believed to be the only survivor of the attack living in the Wilmington area.
Teaching your children about money-- could be one of the most important lessons a parent can provide. Especially in a world where millions carry debt each year for mortgages, student loans and credit cards.
In the midst of a violent streak in Wilmington, sports legend Lenny Simpson is quietly working day in and day out to give kids a chance for a better future.
Children of wartime veterans—including children whose parents have been killed or injured in combat—are scrambling to adjust to major cuts to a promised state-funded scholarship weeks before the semester is set to end.
History was made at Duke University Hospital after a heart transplant team became the first in the U.S. to transplant an adult heart into a recipient through a process known as Donation after Circulatory Death, or DCD.
Police say a man stole a vehicle with a baby inside and crashed in east Charlotte before he was arrested near a middle school where children had been playing outside Thursday afternoon.
Sources confirmed to WBTV Thursday that Major League Soccer (MLS) will announce Charlotte as the newest franchise. The announcement is expected to happen on December 17.
North Carolina lottery leaders have taken a key step toward expanding online sales, while leaving themselves a way out if they aren’t satisfied with the details or face opposition from retailers or politicians.
New Hanover County Schools administrators are preparing to launch a new phone app that will help parents track their child’s school bus. The Parent Portal Bus Tracking Application won’t officially go live until January 2, but administrators are doing a soft roll out this month to help people get fam
The FAA told airports in the U.S. that using the foam would result in “longer-than-expected extinguishing times or possible failure to achieve extinguishment.”
The female, only known as Jane Doe 37, may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation.
On Monday, New Hanover County Schools will launch a new system that will allow parents, students, employees, and community members to report a complaint or concern anonymously.
Officers with the Wilmington Police Department responded to the 600 block of Steamboat Springs Ave. in the Redpoint neighborhood at approximately 2:45 a.m. in reference to shots fired.
Connie Carr-Costin, the executive director of Smart Start in Pender County, won $636,788 on Nov. 17 with a ticket she purchased using Online Play on the Education Lottery’s website.
Logan Developers, Inc. has submitted a request to rezone approximately 52 acres of land from R-15 and R-20 Residential Districts to a Conditional Residential Multi-Family Low Density District.
For the fifth year, a number of Wilmington-area faith communities and local organizations came together for a vigil to remember victims of gun violence and to pray for an end to gun violence.
EC students at schools throughout Pender County are creating their own products to sell for Christmas. Dog treats, ornaments, Christmas decorations, you name it.
County commissioners Frank Williams and Jonathan Barfield joined other members of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners’ Board of Directors for a meeting Wednesday at The White House.
A Wilmington insurance agent is accused of embezzling thousands of dollars of insurance payments from a client, according to the N.C. Department of Insurance.
