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Area schools struggling to keep up with growth

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 6:59pm.READ MORE:
videoThe evidence of our growing region is apparent in our already overcrowded schools. Every school in Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender Counties is filled to capacity. Full story...
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Area schools struggling to keep up with growth

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The evidence of our growing region is apparent in our already overcrowded schools.

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Man arrested for having gun, fake credentials

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 6:40pm.READ MORE:
When Perritt Alford picked up his child from school on Wednesday a student noticed a gun on his belt. Agents searched Alford's house and found several fraudulent US Marshal and police badges, IDs, and other items. Full story...
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Area homeless number down from last year

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 6:33pm.READ MORE:
The numbers are in for the tri-county's homeless population, and the news is encouraging. Full story...
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Brunswick County sees first murder of 2008

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 6:26pm.READ MORE:
Brunswick County Sheriff Ron Hewett says the suspect went into a home where some of his family members were sleeping. Full story...
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Attorney General warns of foreclosure scam

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 6:22pm.READ MORE:
The state Attorney General's office has a warning. The warning comes after a company in Florida offered foreclosure assistance to some North Carolina residents, but did little or nothing to help them. Full story...
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Students get doses of reality, mad science

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 6:13pm.READ MORE:
Some Wilmington eighth graders got a dose of reality Friday. The Reality Store opened Friday morning at Williston Middle School. A couple of miles away at Eaton Elementary School mad scientists took over. Full story...
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Four new hotels planned for Brunswick County

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 6:03pm.READ MORE:
Brunswick County may be giving Wilmington's hotel industry some competition, with four hotels on the way within the next year. Full story...
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Lessons about recycling

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As we continue to look ahead to the year 2020 along the Cape Fear coast, we must also think about the way nature is affected by growth and development. So we asked the Cape Fear Gardener for his take. He begins with some lessons about recycling.

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Man to serve time, lose property for burning motel

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 5:39pm.READ MORE:
The man who once ran the Town and Country Motel in Belville will now serve at least three years behind bars, and will likely lose all of his property. Full story...
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UNC System votes to increase tuition 1.2 percent; fees also go up

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 5:30pm.READ MORE:
Tuition and fees are increasing across the University of North Carolina system. Full story...
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State working with communities with worst water shortages

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 5:00pm.READ MORE:
The North Carolina communities facing the worst water shortages are in the western half of the states, many deep in mountains. Full story...
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Study: Sadness can impair ability to spend wisely

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 12:08pm.READ MORE:
There might be some scientific evidence to back up the idea of "retail therapy." Full story...
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Defunct spy satellite expected to hit Earth the first week of March

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 12:07pm.READ MORE:
Parts of a dead U.S. spy satellite in a deteriorating orbit are expected to survive a fiery reentry and hit the Earth the first week of March. Full story...
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Police say 6 missing, dozens hurt in sugar refinery explosion

Submitted by WWAY on 8 February 2008 - 12:06pm.READ MORE:
The search goes on today for six people missing after an explosion and fire at a sugar refinery in the Savannah suburb of Port Wentworth that left dozens injured. Full story...
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