Brunswick County Bookmobile will launch this month, with a ribbon-cutting planned March 16. (Courtesy photo) BRUNSWICK COUNTY — A new “Bookmobile” is launching in Brunswick County to offer services in ...

Tobias Van Cooley, Jr., 39, entered a combination of guilty and Alford pleas to more than a dozen charges, including common-law robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession ...

CAROLINA BEACH — Boardwalk Blast is roughly two months away from kickoff in Carolina Beach, meaning temperatures are warming as tourist season approaches. The free weekly concerts and fireworks’ ...

New Hanover County Board of Education member David Perry has announced his decision to switch from the Republican Party to the Libertarian Party.

A Pender County Schools educator has been tapped to help lead a new bipartisan effort to reshape North Carolina’s public school policy. Lisa Godwin, the district’s Beginning Teacher Coach ...

WILMINGTON — Cape Fear Community College is inviting local job seekers to its downtown campus this month for a dedicated part-time hiring event. The college will host its part-time career fair ...

A proposal to convert a Market Street motel into affordable housing units received the go-ahead from the Wilmington Planning ...

Police have arrested a 22-year-old Wallace man in a shooting that left one person injured over the weekend in a downtown parking deck. An ICE detainer also has been filed in the case.

Family members and friends of Edilberto Espinoza Sierra gathered at a Market Street parking deck Tuesday morning to call for justice and transparency after their 21-year-old family ...

The Alliance for Cape Fear Trees and the Enterprise Mobility Foundation are partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation to distribute 1,000 native trees in Leland on Saturday for free.

WILMNINGTON — Louis Claude “LC” Dechent, Jr., 77, of Wilmington, NC passed away peacefully Wednesday March 4, 2026. Born in Kinston, NC August 30, 1948, he was the son of the late Louis Claude Dechent ...

WILMINGTON — Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Garnet Wade, 68, of Wilmington, North Carolina, passed away on March 1st 2026. She was born on July 13, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan. Her parents were Ernest and Laura Keener ...