Lawmakers in North Carolina’s General Assembly have filed nearly a dozen bills concerning PFAS, the group of man-made chemicals which have contaminated the drinking water supply of thousands of residents in the southeastern part of the state.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - After a year of changes for students and teachers, learning through a computer screen is almost second nature, but it’s not the way things are meant to be.
Voters are used to going to the same precincts to cast their ballots, but with the growth that has happened in recent years, they might want to double check before the next election day.
A group of local Democrats gathered together Wednesday to protest recent mass shootings and police brutality. They also condemned Congressman David Rouzer for what they view as his failure to act to protect his constituents from police and gun violence.
When New Hanover County Commissioners meet at 9:00 a.m. Monday morning, March 15, members could take a step forward in a project that could transform a county-owned block of land in downtown Wilmington called Project Grace.
For the most part, it would cost $9 more per month for customers. That’s around $100 more a year-- a hefty number for those already struggling to make ends meet.
North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety has agreed to release at least 3,500 people in state custody within the next six months to settle a lawsuit filed by civil rights organizations.
Greta Van Susteren has hosted shows on all three major cable networks in her 25-year television career. She is the guest on this week's episode of the "1on1 with Jon Evans" podcast, looking back at that career and how a toga party played a part in making it happen.
After local leaders raised concerns regarding increasing amounts of litter along roads and highways across southeastern North Carolina, lawmakers from the region have signed on as sponsors to House Bill 100, the Highway Cleanup Act.
Lawmakers from southeastern North Carolina will hold leadership positions on several committees when North Carolina’s General Assembly reconvenes on Wednesday to begin the 2021-22 session
The United States Department of Justice has ended its investigation into the stock trading of North Carolina Senator Richard Burr with no charges, as the case is now closed.
WECT caught up with Representative David Rouzer (R) of North Carolina’s 7th district to talk through what happened Wednesday, whether he ever considered changing his vote and who he feels is responsible for the transgressions against our democracy’s sacred ground.
Members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation are reacting to the events that unfolded Wednesday when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed Capitol Hill during the debate on certifying electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.
Rep. David Rouzer and Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina are on opposite sides of Wednesday’s vote to certify the electoral votes cast in the 2020 presidential election.
Even though most of the signatories are far-right conservatives who come from deep red districts, the filing meant that roughly one-quarter of the U.S. House believes the Supreme Court should set aside election results.
Bladen County Commissioner David Gooden is refusing to concede to fellow commissioner G. Michael Cogdell in the 2020 General Election race for the final county-wide or at-large seat on the board.
As Dale Folwell prepares to begin a second term as North Carolina State Treasurer, he has laid out several priorities he would like the office to tackle in the next four years.
The New Hanover County Board of Elections voted unanimously to finalize the local results of the 2020 General Election — but not in two major statewide races.
Election administrators across North Carolina continue to update the information of people who voted on election day, even as calls increase for that information to be made public much sooner. But the process is working on schedule, just as it always has.
The race for a seat on the Bladen County Board of Commissioners is tighter after elections officials added accepted absentee-by-mail and provisional ballots to the election results.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections now says there are approximately 94,900 outstanding absentee-by-mail ballots statewide that could be accepted and added to the general election results during the pre-canvassing process.
Boards of Elections in southeastern North Carolina counties have set meetings to approve provisional ballots cast by voters on Election Day, and remaining absentee ballots received after the election but postmarked on November 3.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has released details of the approximately 116,00 outstanding absentee-by-mail ballots that could still be counted in 2020 General Election races
Political newcomer Republican Mark Robinson won the race for lieutenant governor of North Carolina, according to the Associated Press. He will be the state’s first ever African-American lieutenant governor.
Record numbers of absentee voter ballots are being counted. That includes New Hanover County where the numbers are five times higher than the 2016 presidential election.
Control of the North Carolina General Assembly, and thus a hand in the once-a-decade redraw of congressional and state legislative maps, may come down to a handful of state Senate races. And the money aimed at those races shows it.
One-stop early voting runs from Thursday, October 15 to Saturday, October 31, in counties across North Carolina. Local Boards of Elections have set up several locations where voters can cast ballots ahead of Election Day, November 3.
Eight days until election day, and an average of recent polls has President Trump and Joe Biden fewer than two percentage points apart in North Carolina.
After months of legislative and legal fights over the rules for absentee-by-mail voting, North Carolina finally has some clarity two weeks before Election Day.
Six candidates are running for three seats on the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners in the 2020 General Election. All six took part in a Power Breakfast event sponsored by the Greater Wilmington Business Journal.
The New Hanover County Board of Elections can show voters how long they will have to wait to cast their ballot at any of the nine One-Stop early voting locations across the county.
According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, more than 330,000 people showed up to cast ballots in-person on the first day of One-Stop early voting Thursday, October 15, 2020.
Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, have tested negative for coronavirus after two of her staff tested positive earlier Thursday, Tim Perry with CBS News reports.
Democratic Vice Presidential hopeful Senator Kamala Harris' Thursday trips to Charlotte and Asheville have been canceled after two people close to the campaign tested positive for COVID-19.
Sen. Danny Earl Britt is the republican incumbent running for reelection to a third term representing District 13 in the North Carolina Senate, which includes all of Columbus counties.
Barbara Yates-Lockamy is the democratic nominee for the District 13 seat in the North Carolina Senate, which covers all of Columbus and Robeson counties.
Sen. Thom Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave opening remarks as the confirmation hearings began for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
Democratic senatorial nominee Cal Cunningham refused to elaborate Friday on questions regarding an alleged extra-marital affair and his admission of sending sexual texts to a woman who is not his wife.
Most absentee ballots cast from the five-county area of southeastern North Carolina for the 2020 general election are from registered democratic voters, according to an analysis of data provided by the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Rep. Ted Davis is the republican nominee running for the District 20 seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives, which includes the northeastern part of New Hanover County and Wrightsville Beach.
Adam Ericson is the democratic nominee running for the District 20 seat in the NC House of Representatives. The district stretches from the northeastern portion of New Hanover County to the Myrtle Grove area, and includes Wrightsville Beach.
David Sink is the democratic nominee running for the District 8 seat in the North Carolina Senate. The district includes all of Brunswick, Bladen and Pender counties, and a portion of northern New Hanover County.
Rep. Deb Butler is running for reelection as the democratic candidate for the District 18 seat in the NC House of Representatives, which includes the northern part of New Hanover County.
Tom Simmons is the democratic nominee running for the District 17 seat in the NC House of Representatives, which includes most of Brunswick County from the southern-most beaches inland to the Leland area.
Debbi Fintak is the democratic nominee running for the District 16 seat in the NC House of Representatives, which includes all of Pender County and the eastern half of Columbus County.
Rep. Carson Smith is running for reelection to the District 16 seat in the NC House of Representatives, which includes all of Pender County and the eastern half of Columbus County.
Marcia Morgan is the democratic nominee running for the seat in the newly re-drawn state House District 19, which covers parts of New Hanover and Brunswick counties.
Charlie Miller is the Republican nominee running for the District 19 seat the state House of Representatives, which represents parts of Brunswick and New Hanover counties.
Sen. Harper Peterson is running for re-election in the North Carolina Senate District 9, which represents most of New Hanover County in the General Assembly.
Michael Lee is running to win the District 9 state Senate seat he lost in 2018. Lee is the republican nominee running against incumbent Sen. Harper Peterson.
