Wilmington NC

NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — The Wilmington Fire Department, New Hanover County Fire Rescue, and Novant Health have partnered for a book drive throughout the month of December that will be going to children in the hospital. More than 1,500 books were collected for the pediatric unit at Novant...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Year is a perfect time to start on goals that you want to achieve for the year. It’s easy to set resolutions, but it can be hard to keep them. The most common goals people want to work on are fitness, finances and personal growth.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Your First Alert Forecast opens this Friday with sunshine that will fade late in the day behind a bank of clouds. Despite the ominous look, rain chances look to stay low as highs jump into the 60s once again. Rain chances remain on track to spike...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– “It’s New Year’s Eve in Wilmington, that’s what we are doing here!”. The party to 2026 has officially started at Thalian Hall, the Center for the Performing Arts, with its New Year’s Eve Gala 2025. The party had open bars, multiple...

James Yokeley Jr., who was serving as Surry County Board of Elections chair, resigned on Thursday morning.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– Entering the new year, everyone wants to be financially smart. UNCW Economist Professor has a great way to get the start at financial success, paper over plastic. Spending money is probably the easiest thing anyone can do, as currency can be inside a card or a...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY-TV) – It’s News Years Day – a time that represents hope and new beginnings. On Thursday, more than a thousand people, including two reporters from WWAY, started off 2026 by taking a plunge into the Atlantic Ocean at the 11th Annual Wrightsville Plunge.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– “I love having these little guys in here to cuddle and enjoy. They definitely help calm your senses a little bit”, said Delany Moser, taproom manager at Waterline Brewing Company after hanging out with baby goats. On Thursday evening, Waterline Brewing Company, located on...

Almost 1,500 people gathered Thursday to participate in the 11th Annual Wrightsville Beach Polar Plunge near Crystal Pier in Wrightsville Beach. The event benefits Communities In Schools of Cape Fear, which works to help keep students in school and on the path to graduation. The plunge offers a festive way to support...

You'd never know it to see him on stage, when he's rhyming with verbal dexterity and making lyrical connections between subjects as disparate as old TV shows, hip-hop culture and a sports jersey some dude in the crowd is wearing. But one of Wilmington's best-known, longest serving and most prolific rappers is a big...