Smart Start of New Hanover County to host tenth annual family festival
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Families with young children are invited to a family friendly festival for children eight and under. Smart Start's tenth annual...
Left Behind: North Carolina’s Senior Housing Crisis
On this episode of Shoresides, we dive into the hidden side of North Carolina's senior housing crisis. Coastal North Carolina has long been a...
Dermatology Practice Leases First Floor Of New Wilmington Office Building
Waccamaw Dermatology, one of the largest physician-owned dermatology practices in the Carolinas, is opening an office in Wilmington, according to an announcement Tuesday. The...
The Wilson Center to host first ever student-inspired arts and music festival
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) is working with CFCC's Commercial, Fine, and Performing Arts department for...
New Hanover County ABC Board awards eight local non-profits with grant funding
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Eight nonprofits received grant funding from the New Hanover County ABC Board as part of the FY2025 Community Health &...
A new documentary aims to make the Wilmington coup and massacre a well-known part...
A coup d'état on American soil. That's the basis for a new documentary by PBS NC and American Experience premiering today, Nov. 12, 2024....
‘It’s a real tragedy that we don’t have this resource anymore’: Church’s mobile shower...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Weeks after a mobile shower trailer was stolen from a church parking lot, leaders are hoping to rebuild before the...
Wilmington police looking for missing juvenile
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington Police Department announced that it is looking for 14-year-old Chaz Johnson. According to police, Johnson was last seen...
Python escapes North Carolina woman’s car at Chili’s
A North Carolina woman was reunited with her pet snake after police found it slithering near a restaurant last week and put photos out...
Get Fit with 6: Training wrapping up for three runners preparing for first half-marathon
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Parkway Subaru Battleship NC Half Marathon is just days away. For the past six months, WECT has followed three...
