North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Adolfo Lopez-Alcedo, who was seriously injured when he was hit by a car on I-485, has returned home to his family after 84 days of hospital treatment.
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners is expected to deliver a final vote on the possible sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health.
To help reduce the spread on COVID-19, UNCW will have an extended winter break in lieu of spring break with classes beginning on Wednesday January 20, 2021.
In a split decision released Friday, the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Tyler Greenfield, now 23, for the Feb. 2, 2015 killing of Robert Scott and the shooting of another woman during a drug deal in Wilmington.
The Foundation, as proposed, would, more likely than not, be considered a local government and would therefore be subject to state laws regarding investment of the funds.
A Superior Court judge has ruled against a lawsuit filed by a group seeking to delay the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center until all documents related to the transaction were turned over.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public about serious side effects when overconsuming diphenhydramine because of the popularity of the “Benadryl Challenge” social media trend.
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at helping Americans with pre-existing conditions with their healthcare coverage, among other things, during his trip to Charlotte Thursday.
Pfc. Felipe Vidrios, currently serving in the U.S. Army, was deployed for 13 months in Kuwait and his mother, Candy Vazquez, had no idea he was coming home.
On Thursday, the council held an emergency meeting, an executive session “to receive legal advice regarding county administrative proceedings,” officials said.
The most common flaw with those ballots is having incomplete witness information, with 824 ballots turned down for that reason. Of those, 55 percent were cast by Black voters.
For the past three weeks, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office has refused to release reports of criminal activity as it had done previously in accordance with North Carolina law.
In NC, over a million absentee ballots have been requested as of Sept. 23. The state was the first in the country to have them mailed out to voters beginning on Sept. 4.
A Wilmington drug dealer is headed to federal prison after he was sentenced on crack cocaine-related charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina.
The shots were fired around 8:40 p.m. while officers were conducting crowd control at Brook Street and Broadway after a large crowd had set fires, damaged property and failed to disperse after being warned following an announcement by a grand jury in the Breonna Taylor case, according to police.
The resignation of the two Republican members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections late Wednesday night has raised new questions about a vote, taken by the board in a closed session, that would ease some legal requirements pertaining to absentee by mail ballots.
Former Columbus County Animal Control Director Joey Prince says he is not guilty of criminal charges leveled against him in 2018, but cannot clear his name because the District Attorney still has not taken his case to trial.
The Pender County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify two men who broke into several vehicles in the Hampstead area earlier this month.
After a recent human trafficking investigation led to three arrests in Pender County, local law enforcement is asking you to be vigilant and report anything out of the ordinary.
President Trump’s daughter-in-law and Wrightsville Beach native, Lara Trump, rounded out two days of campaigning for the president across North Carolina with a quick visit to Wilmington Wednesday night.
Deputies used stop sticks to end a vehicle chase and capture a man and a woman accused of stealing a motorcycle from a Bladen County business Tuesday afternoon.
Plasma taken from whole blood donations from individuals previously diagnosed with COVID-19 can help the most critically ill patients fighting the coronavirus because it contains antibodies.
A Superior Court judge heard arguments Wednesday morning after a group filed a lawsuit seeking to delay the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center until the hospital and New Hanover County turn over documents related to the transaction.
Dr. Susan Graziano, current principal at Penderlea School, will join the Topsail High as an assistant principal while Topsail High assistant principal Fallon Fuller will move to Penderlea School as the interim principal.
A 21-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony accessory after the fact in connection with the murder of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant in Wilson.
Eric Layne Walters, 24, was arrested and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, breaking or entering, and interference with electronic monitoring devices.
A third-party survey conducted on behalf of Novant Health found that 72 percent of respondents believe a partnership between Novant Health, New Hanover Regional Medical Center and UNC School of Medicine would have an overall positive impact on the community.
When the Town of Carolina Beach decided to construct the Island Greenway, a multi-use trail leading across the town, neighboring Kure Beach decided not to participate in the project. Now, the Kure Beach Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee is asking town leaders to approve a pathway connection between t
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging Americans to avoid higher-risk Halloween activities like trick-or-treating in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
A serious road traffic accident occurred in Bladen County around 1 p.m. Tuesday on Marsh Road, just north of NC-41 when a pickup truck hit an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer head on.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R) and challenger Cal Cunningham (D) were at CBS 17 in Raleigh, taking part in their second debate amid the North Carolina Senate race.
A group that has opposed the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health continues to fight the move and has now taken the matter to the courts, specifically pertaining to records associated with the deal and the process leading up to it.
The State Board of Elections filed a motion in Wake County Superior Court on Tuesday to make it easier for voters to fix problems with their absentee ballots.
The Brunswick County Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously voted to allow students in grades K-5 to return to school for full-time, in-person instruction beginning next month.
Since 2012, Fermental has been a staple in Ogden but according to owners Steve and Kristen Gibbs, the bottle shop and live music space is at risk of being sold by landlords unless they can figure out a way to match the offer.
Nearly $1 million has been retroactively paid to the families of nine public safety officers who were murdered in the line of duty since 2016, according to the N.C. Department of the State Treasurer.
A 13-year-old Utah boy with autism was shot by police after his mother asked for help getting him hospital mental-health treatment and officers agreed to talk with him, police footage released Monday showed.
Two years ago New Hanover County agreed to spend $1.5 million to help the YMCA construct a natatorium, so far the county has paid $300,000 for a project that has not yet broken ground and now, county leaders are asking for that money to be returned -- for now.
New Hanover County (NHC) Board of Education voted to approve the transition to Plan B using an AA/BB model instead of a three-week rotation schedule at a special board meeting Monday night.
As pandemic-associated job loss means many are turning to the Salvation Army for the first time in their lives, there is a coin shortage due to the health crisis. That led to concerns about the effectiveness of one of the ways the Salvation Army brings in donations: the red kettle.
