The order means New Hanover County Chairwoman Julia Olson-Boseman will avoid the possibility of being arrested for roughly three weeks so she can comply with the court order to turn over banking records to the North Carolina State Bar
Cape Fear Community College trustees reviewed the salaries of other community college presidents before voting on Morton’s raise July 21, but declined to share the salary survey they considered with WECT. For two weeks, the station’s investigative team worked to obtain a copy of the presidential salary document trustees looked over before making this big decision. CFCC officials refused the request.
WECT first contacted the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday night attempting to confirm the tip but did not receive a response. On Monday, District Attorney Jon David confirmed the attack and the SBI investigation.
After months without complying with a court order to turn over banking records, New Hanover County Commission Chairwoman Julia Olson-Boseman has sent a letter to the North Carolina State Bar acknowledging the requirement to do so, and says she plans to comply.
In the interest of transparency, WECT is releasing the body camera footage obtained from that night. The video is edited for time and to remove minutes of footage where officers are walking the perimeter of the building and not interacting with D’Auvray. The unedited four videos have a runtime of approximately 45 minutes, the edited video is roughly 28 minutes.
North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell is speaking out about ongoing financial issues in the Town of Navassa, and has specific concerns with the person recently appointed to serve as the town’s finance officer. Folwell said he is worried that Navassa Town Councilman James Hardy, who is serving double duty as the town’s finance officer, perceives himself as “above the law.”
The North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDL) has closed its case looking into conditions that contributed to a suspect’s escape from the custody of Pender County Sheriff’s deputies.
Thursday afternoon, hospital officials expanded on a previous statement responding to claims that a woman had died in the Emergency Room lobby after waiting for hours to be seen.
Sources tell WECT the problem is not necessarily a shortage of beds at the hospital, but a shortage of nurses to staff those beds. Nurses say entire halls in the hospital have been blocked off for use because of staffing shortages.
For nine weeks the City of Wilmington has failed to provide documents requested by WECT that would provide a closer look at the city’s illegal short-term rental ordinances City Council approved several years ago.
From the Cape Fear Fair and Expo to the Carolina Beach Boardwalk, amusement parks, fairs, and waterparks attract thousands of visitors each year, but there are risks associated with these attractions. From injuries like whiplash to even deaths, the consequences of unsafe rides and injuries caused by rider and operator error can be devastating.
From the time you start to the time you finish, becoming a foster parent should take about five months but one woman says she has waited nearly two years for her license and still isn’t getting anywhere.
After months without response from New Hanover County Chairwoman Julia Olson-Boseman in an investigation into her alleged mishandling of client funds, the N.C. State Bar (NCSB) has filed a motion in Wake County requiring Olson-Boseman to explain to a judge, why she should not be held in criminal contempt of court.
The former director of the Wilmington Police Department crime lab alleges that she was denied employment when the Sheriff’s Office took over the facility in 2019.
Decades after consuming contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, victims who suffered adverse health effects may be allowed to recover monetary damages from the US Government. Federal lawmakers are trying to pass legislation to help former residents and workers on the Marine base who developed illnesses linked to tainted well water they consumed while living there.
With a degree in engineering and a 40-year career working as an engineer in North Carolina, Wayne Nutt has plenty of experience in his field, but he never held an engineering license from the state.
Wilmington’s City Council is once again considering the purchase of VIP tickets at the Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park from Live Nation. However, at least one councilmember has voiced his concerns and objections to the purchase, and the subsequent government waste of taxpayer money.
Nearly five years ago residents relying on drinking water from the Cape Fear River learned about the polution of the river with the chemical known as GenX. The revelation spurred lawsuits, federal intervention, and anger from those impacted by the pollution.
Body cameras can serve as a tool to shed light on law enforcement interactions with the public, but the family of a man found dead on TRU Colors’ property last month said footage from police has prompted even more questions as to what happened in the 24 hours leading up to his death.
A law enforcement officer is being sued in federal court by the family of a person he killed while working as a Sheriff’s deputy in Duplin County. The same deputy, Jhon Dragocastano, later went on to shoot and kill a man after taking a job with the Pender County Sheriff’s Department.
To hold the former police chief or other town officials criminally responsible for Cinotti’s actions, prosecutors would have to prove intent. Specifically, that they knew Cinotti was not qualified to be an officer and intentionally placed him in that role anyway.
People living in the gated community Shell Point Acres are concerned about their safety after first responders couldn’t get to a woman suffering from cardiac arrest early Tuesday morning.
Repeated vehicle collisions involving Pender County Sheriff’s patrol vehicles are putting a strain on an already limited fleet at the Sheriff’s Office. It’s also prompting questions about deputies’ driving skills, and the cost that all of these collisions are creating for tax payers.
Residents of a gated community in Shallotte are frustrated, saying their Property Owners Association is bullying them with excessive fines and by refusing to follow its own bylaws.
In March, NCDEQ announced it was accepting comments on a draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater permit that would allow Chemours to discharge as much as 2.9 million gallons per day of effluent containing certain levels of PFAS into the Cape Fear River.
On Thursday, the NCDOL confirmed to WECT that 45-year-old William Walker is the employee who died on March 10th after being hit in the chin by the handle of a sledgehammer while working at the Archer Daniel Midland (ADM) plant.
The Sheriff told the Department of Labor that no hazard exists due to the ongoing use of the K-9 vehicle as a backup patrol vehicle. He blames the escape on a lack of supervision by deputies, not inadequate equipment.
Proutey was a Cape Fear Community College student, hoping to someday become an officer in the Marine Corps. On December 13, 2012, he was leaving work when three young men approached him in the parking lot demanding cash. He gave it to them, but they killed him anyway.
Attorneys for the embattled chemical company Chemours are pushing back against a GenX Chemicals Toxicity Assessment issued last fall by the Environmental Protection Agency. The company says the EPA’s science is “flawed,” that GenX is being used to produce products that help the environment, and that GenX is essential to modern manufacturing.
“I thought I was safe. I already had all my belongings packed, they were sitting in an apartment in Eugene. All they had to do is come pick it up and then deliver it. I never ever, ever perceived that I would lose my entire family history. Gone. Everything,” Zimmerman said.
Chemicals dumped into the Cape Fear River were the topic of conversation when the Secretary Elizabeth Biser with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality came to town.
Two deputies are out of a job after an arrest in Hampstead went terribly wrong. Deputies say they were not given proper equipment to do their job, putting them in a dangerous position and setting the stage for the detainee to escape. The sheriff says this wasn’t an equipment issue, but a failure by the deputies to properly supervise the suspect.
What started out as a beautiful Sunday morning bike ride in April of 2011 turned deadly when David and Trey Doolittle were run over by a man who’d been on an all-night bender.
After months of listening to Chemours’ claim to be a good neighbor in its ad campaign, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority launched a campaign of its own - but not in direct response.
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.
In an attempt to put public records laws to the test, WECT requested emails from county commissioners and county management to see what sort of things officials are designating confidential.
In the summer of 2021, a two-sentence email arrived in the inboxes of each staff member of the North Carolina General Assembly offering the “ethics tip of the day.” The topic: confidentiality.
The City of Stuart, Florida is suing companies connected to DuPont that manufactured firefighting foam used by their fire department. The plaintiffs allege the foam contaminated the city’s drinking water, and that the manufacturers failed to warn them about the hazard.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has directed Chemours to expand its interim sampling and drinking water plan for the Cape Fear River area.
For a year after the hospital sale closed in February 2021, employees say they were able to keep the same health insurance plan they had through New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC). Now that year is up, some employees are experiencing sticker shock.
The neighbors in one of Downtown Wilmington’s historic neighborhoods say they have been successful in a David versus Goliath dispute with local, state, and federal governments --- and have managed to finally have peace and quiet in the skies above them.
Victims and community members are still waiting to find out if school administrators will be held criminally liable for failing to report suspected sexual abuse of their students.
