Wilmington NC

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Wilmington City Council will vote Tuesday on a resolution requesting additional review of a federal harbor deepening project. The council meets at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 to consider the resolution addressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Wilmington Harbor 403 Project. The federal...

LELAND, NC (WWAY) — With a winter chill on the horizon, Piedmont Gas offers a few tips to help get us through this cold weather. With your heating system working harder, some things you can do to save money include resealing your home and changing your air filters regularly.

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Actress and filmmaker Kristi Murdock has begun production on a new holiday feature film in which she wrote, ‘A Proper Christmas.’ Filming will occur this month at multiple locations throughout Wilmington and nearby coastal communities. A graduate of the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WNCN) — A man fishing along the North Carolina coast shared with CBS 17 videos of two sea creatures a little too big to capture with a rod. Ryan Cooper, originally from Clayton, spotted two humpback whales earlier this week about eight miles off the coast of Carolina Beach. Cooper is a […]

CASTLE HAYNE, N.C. (WECT) - A Castle Hayne resident has filed a complaint with the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office against the developer of a massive project proposed in New Hanover County. The complaint alleges the company falsely advertises a Better Business Bureau accreditation on its website, when it’s...

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Pender County Cooperative Extension is urging residents to stay alert after reports that unsolicited seed packets are once again being mailed to U.S. addresses. Similar incidents were reported nationwide in 2020, when mysterious seed packets believed to have originated from China arrived at...

A proposed annexation could more than double the size of the town of Holly Ridge. A landowner has officially applied to annex roughly 1,500 acres of land spanning Onslow and Pender counties. Tuesday night, the town voted in favor of the annexation, beginning a long process for Holly Ridge. Town...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A man running for Brunswick County Commissioner was found not guilty on a domestic violence charge. Clifton Cheek of Ocean Isle Beach was accused of “grabbing the victim and tackling him to the ground…the defendant was the current parent of the child,” per a warrant.

CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - Police in Ohio said a woman told them she choked on a French fry, causing her to crash into a gas station awning and hit another car. The crash happened after noon Sunday on South Street in Wilmington. A witness told law enforcement he saw a...

The Wilmington Housing Authority is not raising rents at Creekwood after all. Earlier this week, WHA learned from the state that it had vouchers that would stabilize rents — that means the tenants will be able to continue paying 30% of their income, instead of paying a flat rent based on the unit size.