This afternoon many local young musicians joined the Tallis Chamber Orchestra in a benefit concert.
The Azalea Festival Horse Show was this morning and it turned out to be a big day for Hailey Williams and her horse, Bingo, as she competed in her 10th Azalea Festival Horse Show.
On Saturday Wendy James broke ground for her first house. It was a gift from Habitat for Humanity and New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where she’s worked for the past twenty years.
Super Nanny, a popular ABC reality show is holding an open casting call Saturday and Sunday.
People became suspicious when an ad for the building where board member Richard Farley lives turned up in a local paper. The ad listed Farley’s second-row building as “soon to be oceanfront property” and selling for $450,000.
It’s a dreaded day for many, and it’s quickly approaching. April 15 is the deadline to mail your taxes. But there is hope if you haven’t filed yet.
Downtown Wilmington will soon be under a close watch. The Wilmington Police Department plans to install at least 20 surveillance cameras throughout the downtown area.
If you’re heading to any of the Azalea Festival events this weekend one of the biggest challenges you may face is parking.
A CSX train derailed just before midnight in the 100 block of Cinema Drive.
The Army’s 82nd Airborne Division will reclaim its role as the nation’s quick-reaction force in 2009, once again keeping a unit on alert and ready to jump into combat
anywhere in the world within 18 hours.
Prison officials brought Wright to Vanceboro just hours after he was found guilty of fraud. Wright pulled in to the Craven Correctional Institution after the judge handed him a six-to-eight-year sentence. The institution is a processing center for new inmates.
The azalea festival is in full swing and that means the queen is busy making her rounds through town.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to Launch 600-mile Walking Initiative New campaign to promote physical activity from the mountains to the coast
A Durham County prosecutor says investigators still don’t know for sure who pulled the trigger in the fatal shooting death of a Duke University graduate student.
Wake County prosecutors say they won’t pursue a criminal investigation of the son of former House Speaker Jim Black.
The people previously represented by former state House member Thomas Wright officially have their replacement.
The lawyer for the teen charged with killing a graduate student at Duke University says too much information is leaking out about the case.
Barbara Alyn Woods was crowned our 2008 Azalea Festival queen. The coronation drew a large crowd to Riverfront Park. Woods stars on the hit TV show “One Tree Hill,” which is filmed here in Wilmington.
The group Sugarland was scheduled to perform Thursday at UNCW’s Trask Coliseum. The concert has been postponed.
A Wilmington family is on the brink of losing everything. Four family members were injured in a recent auto accident and the woman who caused the wreck didn’t have enough insurance to cover the family’s medical bills.
Hundreds of thousands of tourists and residents are expected to take part in this year’s Azalea Festival. Big crowds translate to big bucks for local business.
With all of the people taking part in the festival, law enforcement will be making its presence known. We can expect to see law enforcement officers on everything from boats to Segways to their own two feet — whatever it takes to keep their eye on the crowds.
Spring is here and that means boating season is right around the corner — that is, if you can get your boat out into the water.
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