Wilmington NC

Brunswick County has announced changes to office and service hours for the Thanksgiving holiday in 2025. All county offices, the License Plate Agency in Bolivia, and all library branches will be closed from Thursday, November 27, through Friday, November 28. Libraries will also be closed on Saturday, November 29....

Across the U.S., towns ring in the most wonderful time of the year with family-friendly Christmas parades, visits with Santa, and other festive traditions. Along the coast, many seaside towns put a nautical twist on the classic holiday parade. Wilmington, North Carolina's portside gem, may draw visitors year-round...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The Brunswick County Board of Elections has announced it will hold a special meeting about the 2026 elections. According to a notice, the public meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2, will focus on identifying suitable locations for early voting sites in the county. “The Board of...

Parents discover that classroom libraries are suddenly off-limits. Around North Carolina, some teachers were told to cover or clear their classroom shelves as soon as students came back. Under guidance tied to House Bill 805, kids cannot borrow books until every title is entered into an online catalog. For many...

The New Hanover County Health and Human Services Board in Wilmington, NC, will hold a special meeting on December 2, 2025, at 8:15 a.m. The meeting will be in the multipurpose room at 1650 Greenfield Street.

MYRTLE GROVE, NC (WWAY) — “There is nothing else more fun than helping other people,” said Jerry Cannon. Cannon has been directing the “Thanksgiving Project”, for well over 40 years. The project started out small, with only a few bags of groceries, but it eventually turned into a community event at the Myrtle Grove...

BURGAW, N.C. (WECT) - The Pender County Animal Shelter is holding a special holiday adoption event today. All adoption fees will be $5 on Tuesday, Nov. 25, for the shelter’s “Home For the Holidays” adoption event. According to the shelter, all adoptions include vaccines, initial internal and...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — Baskets of clean clothes and washers and dryer units stacked in a cramped space. Welcome to the mobile laundry trailer of Catholic Charities of the Cape Fear Region. The organization partnered with First Baptist Church and the Harrelson Center to launch a one-of-a-kind, free...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - An amended complaint has been filed in a family’s lawsuit against New Hanover County Schools and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The amended complaint, filed Nov. 25 in New Hanover Superior Court, makes several changes to the original one filed in October. Jordan...

LAKE WACCAMAW, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons (NCCMP) has issued a silver alert for 85-year-old Betty Ward Stanley. Stanley left her Lake Waccamaw residence on Tuesday, Nov. 25, and was last seen at 8:27 p.m. when she was stopped by police on Highway 74, heading west, in Leland.