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  Timely hitting leads Pender softball past rival Heide Trask
  
  Local Tanner Barth - April 13, 2021 1:09 AM 0
  
  The Pender High School softball team battled back not once, but twice on Monday night to take down rival Heide Trask, 3-2.
  
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  Four Cape Fear area football teams punch their ticket to the state playoffs
  
  Brunswick Tanner Barth - April 13, 2021 12:48 AM 0
  
  The high school football regular season is in the books as focus across the area shifts to the NCHSAA State Playoffs. Four Cape Fear area teams will have an opportunity to bring home the title in 2021.
  
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  UNCW Baseball adds weekend series with UNC Asheville
  
  Local Tanner Barth - April 13, 2021 12:13 AM 0
  
  UNCW has announced the addition of a three-game series this weekend when the Seahawks host UNCA beginning Friday with a 6 p.m. start at Brooks Field.
  
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  Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years
  
  Associated Press Associated Press - April 12, 2021 10:35 PM 0
  
  The water has been accumulating at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant since its 2011 meltdown after a massive earthquake and tsunami.
  
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  Major training: Biden dog gets help adjusting to White House
  
  Associated Press Associated Press - April 12, 2021 9:17 PM 0
  
  The first lady's spokesperson says private training for the 3-year-old German shepherd will be “off-site” in the Washington area and last “a few weeks.”
  
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  SpaceX launches test rocket, breaks apart before landing
  
  Associated Press Associated Press - March 30, 2021 12:10 PM 0
  
  SpaceX has chalked up another failed landing for Starship, its prototype Mars rocket.
  
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  Tornado outbreak rips across Deep South; at least 5 dead
  
  Associated Press Associated Press - March 26, 2021 9:15 AM 0
  
  A tornado outbreak has ripped across the Deep South, killing at least five people and leaving paths of destruction.
  
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  Alabama woman survived tornado while clinging to tree outside her home
  
  News WWAY News - March 19, 2021 2:32 PM 0
  
  Jennifer Patterson was sitting inside her manufactured home Wednesday afternoon when she saw the tornado on her television screen crossing into Tuscaloosa County. Minutes later she would come face-to-face with the tornado, surviving thanks to a tree and a split-second decision.
  
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  WMO Hurricane Committee retires 4 tropical cyclone names, ends the use of Greek alphabet
  
  NC WWAY News - March 17, 2021 2:43 PM 0
  
  The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee has retired Dorian (2019) and Laura, Eta, and Iota (2020) from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction they caused.
  
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  Assumptions about hurricane season face winds of change
  
  Associated Press Associated Press - March 17, 2021 12:22 PM 0
  
  With warmer waters and earlier storms, the Atlantic hurricane season seems to be changing and so are some assumptions about it.
  
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  Take a look inside schools’ approach to statewide tornado drill
  
  Brunswick WWAY News - March 10, 2021 3:23 PM 0
  
  It's Severe Weather Preparedness Week in North Carolina. Wednesday's focus is tornadoes and how to stay safe when one hits. Schools across the area taking part in tornado drills.
  
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  Recovery continues one week after deadly tornado
  
  Brunswick Matt Bennett - February 22, 2021 11:59 PM 0
  
  Monday night marks one week since a deadly tornado ripped through Brunswick County, and recovery efforts continue.
  
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  NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
  
  Associated Press Associated Press - February 22, 2021 5:53 PM 0
  
  NASA has released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars. It's so good and so amazing that members of the rover's landing team say they feel as though they're riding along.
  
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  Four Cape Fear area football teams punch their ticket to the state playoffs
  
  Brunswick Tanner Barth - April 13, 2021 12:48 AM 0
  
  The high school football regular season is in the books as focus across the area shifts to the NCHSAA State Playoffs. Four Cape Fear area teams will have an opportunity to bring home the title in 2021.
  
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  UNCW Baseball adds weekend series with UNC Asheville
  
  Local Tanner Barth - April 13, 2021 12:13 AM 0
  
  UNCW has announced the addition of a three-game series this weekend when the Seahawks host UNCA beginning Friday with a 6 p.m. start at Brooks Field.
  
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  Matsuyama becomes first Japanese in Masters green jacket
  
  Associated Press Associated Press - April 11, 2021 9:28 PM 0
  
  The victory comes 10 years after the Japanese star was low amateur in the Masters as a teenager.
  
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  WWAY 5th Quarter: April 9, 2021
  
  Bladen Tanner Barth - April 10, 2021 12:28 AM 0
  
  The high school football regular season has come to an end for teams across the Cape Fear. The week seven matchups didn't disappoint, with many games coming down to the final possession. Sports Director Tanner Barth breaks down the highlights on this weeks edition of the 5th Quarter.
  
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  Key hitting leads Topsail Softball past Laney in Mideastern Conference clash
  
  Local Tanner Barth - April 9, 2021 12:15 AM 0
  
  Topsail softball scored four runs in the 5th inning on Tuesday night to take a key game against Laney in Mideastern Conference play, 6-3.
  
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  Walter Shaw named Region X Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year
  
  Local Tanner Barth - April 8, 2021 11:50 PM 0
  
  Brunswick Community College men's basketball coach Walter Shaw is receiving for his work on and off the hardwood. Today, it was announced the longtime Dolphins head coach was selected as the D1 Region X Men's Basketball Coach of the Year.
  
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  Blue Jays play home opener in new Florida nest
  
  Associated Press Associated Press - April 8, 2021 6:00 AM 0
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays are set to become the first team in Major League Baseball history to play home openers in three different cities over three consecutive seasons.
  
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  Stellar pitching leads UNCW Softball past East Carolina
  
  Local Tanner Barth - April 7, 2021 11:45 PM 0
  
  Juniors Janel Gamache and Logan Bjorson combined to author a six-hit shutout as UNCW earned a 1-0 victory over East Carolina in non-conference softball action at Boseman Field on Wednesday evening.
  
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Police report multiple victims in Tennessee school shooting

Top Stories Associated Press - April 12, 2021 4:49 PM 0

Authorities say multiple people including a police officer have been shot at a high school in the east Tennessee city of Knoxville, and the scene has since been secured.

New Hanover County Senior Resource Center reopens

Local Peyton Furtado - April 12, 2021 4:40 PM 0

The New Hanover County Senior Resource Center reopened Monday with precautions in place.

Former NHCS volleyball coach charged with sexual activity by custodian

Local WWAY News - April 12, 2021 4:34 PM 0

Less than two weeks after it was announced the longtime John T. Hoggard High School volleyball coach would not be returning to the sidelines, he was arrested for sex crimes involving students.

New Hanover County middle and high schoolers move to Plan A

Local Peyton Furtado - April 12, 2021 4:12 PM 0

Monday, thousands of students across the Cape Fear returned to class for full-time, in-person instruction.

Community remembers barber with memorial

Local Peyton Furtado - April 12, 2021 4:10 PM 0

Members of the community gathered to remember one of their own at a Wilmington barber shop Monday.

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Lengthy project begins to replace the 200-year-old St. James Episcopal Church roof

Local Matthew Huddleston - April 12, 2021 5:42 PM 0

A Wilmington landmark will soon be receiving a new roof. St. James Episcopal Church was constructed in 1839 and is still covered by the original roof, which now needs replacing.