Columnist Tom Campbell argues that 15 years of Republican control in North Carolina has reached a breaking point.

Southern Living readers ranked the 50 best beaches in the South, with nine North Carolina spots making the list.

An officer-involved shooting in downtown Wilmington early Sunday, March 8, has left a suspect dead and spawned a state investigation. According to a news release from the Wilmington Police Department, ...

The Olympus Burger at The Greeks restaurant at 7150 Market St.in Wilmington, N.C. comes with two patties, a portion of gyro meat, grilled onions, melted cheese and the special Sparta sauce.

A ship goes under the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge on Dec. 10, 1974. The bridge opened in 1969 and features a 408-foot-long lift span that can be raised 135 feet. Prior to the Memorial Bridge, a pair of ...

Twins Christian and Christopher Locklear were recognized for graduating from the Navy League Cadet Corps into the Naval Sea Cadet Corps by the new commanding officer, Ensign Margo Dean, at the ...

The area has received significantly less rainfall than normal, with only about half the usual amount of precipitation for the year. Restrictions limit irrigation to specific days and times based on ...

The North Carolina 4th of July Festival recently named alligator survivor Strike Herring as the 2026 festival dog marshal.

Noelle Nolas, and her father, Steven Nolas, catch some rays at Wrightsville Beach on Nov. 23, 1992. The two were in town from New Jersey visiting University of North Carolina Wilmington campus.

The Saturday before Memorial Day is widely considered to be the unofficial start of the beach season. People flocked to the sand and surf at Carolina Beach on May 23, 2026.

Tugboats guide two neo-Panamax cranes up the Cape Fear River outside of Southport, N.C., Thursday, March 29, 2018. A total of 17 boats from federal, state, and local agencies helped escort the ship up ...

82nd Airborne Sgt. First Class Norman Johnson (CQ) looks up as he speaks to Steve Myott (CQ) of Wilmington who donned six-foot tall stilts and an uncle Sam costume for the 2002 North Carolina Fourth ...