Wilmington NC

A second Wawa convenience and gas station could be coming to Wilmington. A conditional zoning map amendment application is pending before the Wilmington Planning Commission for property at 524 College Road. The 1.76-acre property is the former site of Furniture Fair. Boomtown Advisors, LLC is listed as the property...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A newly opened Black-owned restaurant is drawing crowds in downtown Wilmington, led by a chef familiar to the port city’s culinary scene. Keith Rhodes, who owned the award-winning Catch restaurant for years, has opened Voyce, combining his culinary background with his vision for the future.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– Locals gathered in Downtown Wilmington to honor the life of James Van Der Beek. Locals left a makeshift memorial between Market Street and Water Street, leaving flowers, a candle, and a photo of Van Der Beek. Dale Williams, a producer on the show “Dawson’s Creek”, says...

Measles is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract that causes a fever, cough, and distinctive rash. There can also be white spots that develop inside an individual's mouth. It can be deadly, with a mortality rate of about one to three per 1,000, typically from unvaccinated patients developing spinal...

Soph’s Beach House is a local brand built on fragrance, slow living and feeling at home on the coast. Some brands are born from a business plan. Soph’s Beach House started as something much more personal: a Wilmington creative who missed making things with her hands. Sophia Wentz...

Be on the lookout. Contender the great white shark has been pinged again in the Atlantic , about 45 miles southeast of Cape Fear, near Wilmington, North Carolina, on Feb. 8, according to OCEARCH. Massive great white shark detected by researchers off Mississippi coast in rare Gulf migration Weighing in at almost 1,700...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - Nearly 60 years after a grenade fragment lodged near the nerves in his arm during combat in Vietnam, Robert Cloninger has been selected to represent North Carolina in the Purple Heart Patriot Project. Cloninger, who enlisted in the Marines in 1967 at 20 years old,...

PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A judge denied a motion to dismiss charges against Pender County Clerk of Court Elizabeth Craver on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Craver filed motions on Jan. 23 seeking dismissal of charges and raising concerns about a State Bureau of Investigation agent involved in her case. Motion...

In late January, the City of Wilmington fired the two top employees leading and overseeing the Recycling and Trash Services Division, following an investigation. In early February, the city confirmed that Public Services Director Dave Mayes and Superintendent of Recycling and Trash Rick Porter were no longer with the...

WILMINGTON,NC (WWAY-TV) – A Wilmington dispensary is putting a unique twist on Valentine’s Day with THC-infused treats and sweet surprises. Sugar Buzzed is in the city’s South Front District on 2nd Street. For the holiday, the store is offering chocolate roses, THC-infused faux prosecco and THC-infused candies along...