Wilmington NC

County leaders implemented the ban in 2025 as the popularity of electric vehicles increased alongside safety concerns and property damage reports.

Seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans can switch to another plan with or without prescription drug coverage or return to Original Medicare and enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan if needed.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The New Hanover County Courthouse was evacuated Thursday morning due to a bomb threat. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a bomb threat at the courthouse. Deputies searched the building but found no trace of a bomb. Heavy police presence was seen at...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The State Board of Education approved Thursday new standards for English classes and reading and writing lessons. The new standards, which go into effect in the 2027-28 school year, expand reading and writing requirements to include poetry and even audio texts. The changes emphasize that...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - After reviewing the Battleship North Carolina’s financial processes, an accounting firm has recommended more than a dozen changes to address internal issues plaguing the ship. The review comes after the state auditor’s office found more than $2 million in financial reporting errors in...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY-TV) – An award-winning chef has opened a new restaurant in downtown Wilmington. Keith Rhodes, a two-time James Beard nominee soft launched his new bistro, Voyce, earlier this month. The restaurant is located at 11 Market Street in downtown. The bistro is named after Rhodes’s grandparents –...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY-TV) – The wife of a Wrightsville Beach man accused of second-degree kidnapping a child in downtown Wilmington spoke out on Wednesday. On December 12, 2025, Daniel Summers was in downtown Wilmington passing out blankets, food and jackets to the unhoused. “We have a hundred blankets, half...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — According to Avelo Airlines, its base at Wilmington International Airport in North Carolina is being discontinued. This will cut off Rochester as a destination, among 10 other destinations as well. This comes as the airline looks to streamline operations around its four primary bases, such as...

The proposed extension has been a part of the city’s thoroughfare plan since 1972. In 2014, the Council adopted a resolution supporting the expansion — requesting a design that would improve north-south connection as long as the crossing was at-grade with the existing CSX rail corridor — which CSX subsequently turned...

A start date has been set for the construction of a new overpass near the Isabel Holmes Bridge. The N.C. Department of Transportation has had a flyover ramp on U.S. 421 in the works for roughly a decade. The project, which will transform the intersection of U.S. 421 and U.S. 74, aims to alleviate congestion in the...