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The 2026 RipRide Rally took place on March 14, 2026, at the Kevin Bell Skatepark in Oak Island. The event featured skate competitions including Skate Jam and Best Trick categories for beginner and intermediate levels. Winners included Mason, Milo, Ryker, and Cory.

A new owner is reimagining Wilmington’s oldest restaurant . Nicolette Hanley started working at Dixie Grill in 2015, when she was studying film at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Even when she was working elsewhere and pursuing other careers, she would pick up the odd shift at the longtime restaurant at...

WHQR's Sunday Edition is a free weekly newsletter delivered every Sunday morning. You can sign up for Sunday Edition here. In the summer of 2022, the late great Roberta Penn introduced me to Ronald Canty, or “Mr. C” as she called him. Roberta, a pugnacious but big-hearted advocate, had been following a criminal case...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon on N.C. 87, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (SHP). Troopers said the crash happened around 2:25 p.m. as a car traveling north on N.C. 87 stopped to make a left turn onto Danford Road and was hit from...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - School districts across southeastern North Carolina are announcing changes due to severe weather expected to impact the area on Monday, March 16. Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) announced it will switch to remote instruction, and employees are asked to work from home on Monday due to the...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – UNCW's women's track program won the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge, and the men finished third on Saturday. The meet featured five event wins for Seahawk athletes and four new entries into the program's all-time top times and marks. The women's 4x400 relay of Carmealla Marino,...

GREENSBORO, North Carolina – Freshman Becca Merrick's two-run single highlighted a six-run second inning to push the UNCW softball team past North Carolina A&T, 10-2, in five innings on Saturday afternoon at the Lady Aggies Softball Complex. The Seahawks won their third straight game to move to 14-10 and...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The official North Carolina Azalea Festival kicks off this weekend with a fashionable bang. The fourth annual Azalea Spring Fashion Show will kick off the festivities as models hit the runway to show off Spring styles to inspire fashion at various events during festival week.

WILMINGTON – Despite strong extra-inning pitching performances from Tommy Mitchell and Kehler Hamilton, Elon dropped its series opener at UNCW, 8-7, in 16 innings Friday night at Brooks Field. The Phoenix and Seahawks battled through six scoreless extra innings before UNCW drew a walk-off walk in the bottom of...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Wilmington, NC – Drivers across the Cape Fear region could run into slick streets and bursts of heavy rain before the Monday morning commute as showers and thunderstorms spread across coastal North Carolina...