Members of the New Hanover County Commission and Wilmington City Council signed a joint letter to Gov. Pat McCrory, House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger yesterday asking them to call for a special legislative session to “reconsider film incentives that will better serve North Carolina in remaining marketable and competitive” in the film industry.
The Cape Fear’s David Calhoun has made the Top 20 in the country. He’s asking folks to vote him into the finals.
This video piece provides an inside look at the film industry as a key economic driver for New Hanover County and an inside look at the composition and impact of this industry in our region and throughout the state.
After a month-long investigation, Wilmington Police arrested a validated gang member after tracking him via his electronic monitoring device and searching three Wilmington homes.
Time Warner Cable today announced it has launched a new, theme-based digital channel lineup to customers in Wilmington. The new lineup groups channels together intuitively, making it simpler and easier for customers to find the programming they want to view — and to discover other content. Additionally, customers with an HD box will automatically receive the HD feed of the corresponding standard-definition channel, providing the best picture available. WWAY NewsChannel 3 is now on channel 1200.
“A flute player of spectacular and imaginative virtuosity.” – New Yorker
Warning: Do not mess with Jim Cantore when he’s reporting on a winter storm.
An impressive cold front brought huge changes to our weather. The temperature fell from 70 to the mid 30’s and flakes flew the day after Vetarans Day for the first time in SE NC history.
On tonight’s episode of “Nashville,” the song “Dirty Little Secret” by Madonna Nash will be featured at the end of the show in a promo spot for the following week’s episode. Nashville airs tonight at 10 p.m. on WWAY NewsChannel 3.
YouTube video posted by TalkMedia.tv claims WMYT-FM will transition from a Christian station to conservative talk radio later this month.
A task force launched to market Downtown Wilmington misused public money, throwing a party last week that included more than $1,000 worth of alcohol, according to a member of a board overseeing the group.
The FBI has released photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and is asking for the public’s help in identifying them.
A Wilmington man is behind bars after police say he stole about a dollar in change at a bank yesterday. But the way that police took Roy Smith II into custody has some asking if the they acted too harshly.
A YouTube video circulating around town shows a man who appears to be intoxicated falling into a band. The video was shot at Harbor Masters restaurant during the Beach Kids Reunion in Carolina Beach on Labor Day weekend.
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." – Ferris Bueller
An American hostage abducted in Pakistan by al-Qaida last August says he’ll be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to his captors’ demands.
A Wilmington based race team is off to a fast start this year. Last weekend they even found the right formula in the rain.
High and dry with pleasant temps for a few days, but a bump in the road looks likely for Friday.
“A Smile as Big as the Moon,” which was shot both here in Wilmington and in Huntsville, AL, will air January 29 here on WWAY.
The trailer for the movie, which stars John Corbett, was recently released on YouTube.
There’s yet another video online mocking Brunswick County Commissioner Charles Warren and the controversy surrounding him.
Even through the holidays the ongoing saga involving a Brunswick County Commissioner continues. This week Commissioner Charles Warren filed a report with the Sheriff’s Office.
The incident report Warren filed yesterday says the commissioner felt threatened. In the report he says the attack came in the form of a YouTube video in his e-mail.
A short YouTube clip was e-mailed to many people around Brunswick County Thursday poking fun at DSS Chairman Charles Warren.
Call me crazy, but snow on the first day of October just isn’t right.
Now that Allen “Frog” Strickland is sitting comfortably in the Columbus County jail on a $25 million bond, it seemed appropriate to honor his five day run from the cops with a special song.