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With all the development and growth in the Cape Fear region, some communities are worried about losing their green space. Belvedere Country Club in Hampstead shut down earlier

Topsail High football workouts suspended after student tests positive for

Ironclad Brewery buys Hampstead golf course, adds beer garden

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The high school sports season is hanging in the balance after the North Carolina High School Athletic Association pushed back the start of the athletic calendar year even

Local organizations pair up in the fight against GenX, handout water filters

High schools fear missing out on football could bring financial issues

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The two most powerful state lawmakers in North Carolina want President Donald Trump and Joe Biden to have an extra presidential debate.

North Carolina to relax 10-person limit for GOP convention

Top state lawmakers want a presidential debate in NC

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A deputy sergeant at the Columbus County Sheriff's Office is being praised after saving an elderly man who fell in a ditch full of water after repairing his mailbox from storm-related

Well-known, award-winning cardiologist at NHRMC dies at 53

Columbus Co. deputy helps man who fell in ditch while cleaning debris

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Ironclad Brewery buys Hampstead golf course, adds beer garden

Kylie Jones - August 7, 2020 11:27 PM

With all the development and growth in the Cape Fear region, some communities are worried about losing their green space. Belvedere Country Club in Hampstead shut down earlier this year and was recently bought, but the green space is here to stay.

Topsail High football workouts suspended after student tests positive for COVID-19

WWAY News - August 7, 2020 9:42 PM

A Pender County high school athlete has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting football workouts to be suspended for at least two weeks.

High schools fear missing out on football could bring financial issues

Tanner Barth - August 7, 2020 8:43 PM

The high school sports season is hanging in the balance after the North Carolina High School Athletic Association pushed back the start of the athletic calendar year even further. It has schools across the Cape Fear worried about what the financial impact may look like.

Local organizations pair up in the fight against GenX, handout water filters

Tanner Barth - August 7, 2020 8:25 PM

A handful of local groups in the Wilmington community came together on Friday to help low income families by providing water filters in the fight against GenX in the Cape Fear area.

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Flechtner plans to retire from CFPUA in June 2021

WWAY News - August 7, 2020 10:24 PM

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Executive Director Jim Flechtner has decided to retire from CFPUA near the end of June 2021.

Top state lawmakers want a presidential debate in NC

Associated Press - August 7, 2020 9:03 PM

The two most powerful state lawmakers in North Carolina want President Donald Trump and Joe Biden to have an extra presidential debate.

Father: Son was drunk and didn’t mean to shoot woman, girl

Associated Press - August 7, 2020 9:02 PM

Police in North Carolina say they plan to charge a man with attempted murder after he shot his 7-year-old daughter and girlfriend. But the man’s father said his son was drunk and doesn’t deserve the charges.

North Carolina to relax 10-person limit for GOP convention

Associated Press - August 7, 2020 8:54 PM

North Carolina public health officials told the Republican National Committee that the party can have more than 10 people in a room to conduct official convention business while in Charlotte.

Columbus Co. deputy helps man who fell in ditch while cleaning debris

Hannah Patrick - August 7, 2020 8:37 PM

A deputy sergeant at the Columbus County Sheriff's Office is being praised after saving an elderly man who fell in a ditch full of water after repairing his mailbox from storm-related debris.

Family clings to faith as search continues for man possibly hurt in Beirut explosion

Sydney Bouchelle - August 7, 2020 7:05 PM

The impacts of the Beirut, Lebanon explosion are being felt 6,000 miles away in Wilmington.

Area museums reimagine ways to keep art and history alive during pandemic

Peyton Furtado - August 7, 2020 6:55 PM

Many local businesses are struggling to stay afloat as the pandemic continues, and unfortunately, Wilmington's art and history sector is in the same boat.

WPD still searching for murder suspect

WWAY News - August 7, 2020 2:04 PM

Wilmington Police are still searching for the second suspect wanted in connection with a May murder.

Cuomo clears New York schools statewide to open, carefully

Associated Press - August 7, 2020 1:15 PM

New York’s governor said Friday he would allow children statewide to return to classrooms for the start of the new school year, citing the state’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic.

Plane skids off runway in India; 14 killed, dozens hurt

Associated Press - August 7, 2020 1:09 PM

An Air India Express flight with 190 people on board skidded off a runway and split in two while landing Friday in heavy rain in southern India.

Most NC parents won’t have option to send kid back to school

Associated Press - August 7, 2020 1:04 PM

Data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction shows most K-12 parents won't have the option of sending their kids back to school at the start of the fall, even partially.