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RIEGELWOOD, NC (WWAY) — Columbus County Sheriff’s Office arrested a former employee of a Riegelwood-area business following an investigation into embezzlement. On December 30, 2025, the sheriff’s office received a report from the West Fraser Paper Mill suspecting an employee of embezzlement. This came after the...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Multiple roads will be closed during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade on Monday, Jan. 19. The parade will start at 11 a.m. on 3rd St. and finish around 2 p.m. The parade’s setup will begin at 7 a.m. Meters located on streets scheduled...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is reminding customers to protect their pipes as temperatures drop below freezing. Temperatures are expected to drop into the lower 20s overnight Thursday into Friday then again overnight Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. To help prevent pipes from bursting,...

Editor's Note: just a note, some sources in this story are only identified by their first names out of consideration for their safety. Community members lit candles and spread them across the marble steps of the Alton Lennon Federal Building as part of the vigil, organized by Siembra NC, a grassroots organization...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A 33-year-old man received a prison sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty in a fatal drug case that claimed a woman’s life in 2023. Michael Lawrence Walker Jr. pleaded guilty to Death by Distribution and Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell, or Deliver a Schedule II Controlled...

Wilmington, NC (WWAY) — New Hanover County Fire Department was dispatched to an abandoned structure fire around 4 this morning on North College Road. When crews responded, they initially had issues finding the fire as it was hidden by thick brush, but they were eventually flagged down. Crews were able to extinguish...

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) discussed the possible winter weather coming to Southeastern North Carolina this weekend. According to the WECT First Alert Weather team, a cold snap on Sunday, Jan. 18, will bring rain or a brief wintry mix to the area. New...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Emergency crews responded to a fire in New Hanover County on Friday morning. According to the New Hanover County Fire Marshal, the fire happened at an abandoned house off of Castle Hayne Road on Jan. 16. “It looks like we have a homeless slash...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Two huge white sharks were tracked off the North Carolina coast in the last two days, according to an ocean research group. The most recent ping came late Wednesday morning from a quarter-ton shark off the southeastern North Carolina coast near Wilmington, according to OCEARCH, a group that...

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 […]