Brunswick County News

Just days after the state lifted its burning ban a brush fire swept through about 50 acres of forest in Brunswick County. Full story...

Brunswick county administrators held a public hearing this afternoon to discuss a controversial land transfer tax. Full story...

A West Brunswick High School student recently hit the links in Florida for the Special Olympics Golf National Invitational and he came home with a medal. Full story...

The Brunswick County superintendent is responding to a third lawsuit filed against the school system. Earlier this week parents of a former South Brunswick High student filed a lawsuit against the school system after their son was sexually molested by a janitor. Full story...

Another set of parents are suing the Brunswick County School Board. This suit marks the third filed by parents. Once again, having to do with sexual misconduct between a school employee and a student. Full story...

More than two dozen new jobs will be coming to Brunswick County with the expansion of a fiber and resin plant in Leland. Dak Americas is a major producer of soft drink bottles, thermoforming and heat set containers. Full story...

The rapidly growing town of Leland is trying to make sure it can keep up with rapidly increasing sewer demand. A meeting will be held Thursday night outlining ways to do that. Full story...

Brunswick County Emergency Management is working to get rid of flooding problems in the county. They're doing it through new technology that detects rains levels. Full story...

Some Brunswick County parents are very concerned about a busy intersection near their children's school. There has already been one fatal accident at the crossroads. Residents fear it'll happen again. Full story...

Gil Bass says with a name like his owning a fishing pier was his destiny. Bass has run the pier for the last three decades, watching many of the same people return year after year. Full story...

Virgil Roberts's grandfather, Peter Robinson, owned half of Holden Beach in the '30s. Now Roberts's real estate company owns about 90 percent of Holden Beach. Full story...

The fate of a prominent piece of property in downtown Belville was the subject of debate in federal court Monday. Full story...

The Winnabow man forced to cleanup the junkyard in his backyard says the county has gone too far. Full story...

Brunswick County's growing population has brought a new congressional office to the area. Full story...

A former West Brunswick High School student will spend at least five years behind bars for robbing his own aunt. Chasen Duke is one of four teens who has already pleaded guilty to the crime. Prosecutors say last December Duke and four friends broke into duke's aunt's house near Calabash. That's when three of them tied her up with duct tape and locked her in the bathroom. Full story...