BURGAW, N.C. (WECT) - Mold and poor air quality may push back the first day of school at C.F. Pope Elementary in Burgaw. In a ...

A runway at Wilmington International Airport (ILM) is set to expand with the help of $6.3 million in federal funding.

Wilmington police are investigating a crash between an electric dirt bike and a vehicle Thursday morning.

Dozens of North Carolina high school football games scheduled for Friday, Aug. 21, were moved to Thursday in anticipation of ...

City officials have released new details on the Greenville Loop Trail, a nearly four-and-a-half-mile-long multi-use path.

A lithium battery is believed to have sparked a 100-foot-wide fire at the New Hanover County Landfill early Thursday morning.

A Porters Neck woman says she almost lost nearly $10,000 on July 27 to a scammer before a Wilmington police officer stopped ...

The splash pad in Oak Island is reopening for all town events for the remainder of the summer as drought conditions improve.

Hawthorne Hamm, with Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue, joined Randy Aldridge on WECT News Now to discuss the team’s recent ...

The Wilmington Junior Seahawks will host a public ice-skating fundraiser from 7 to 9 p.m. next Saturday, Aug. 29, at Polar ...

As high school fall sports kick off across Southeastern North Carolina, local medical experts are urging parents and young ...

Russ Burroughs of the Wilmington Sharks has been named the 2026 Coastal Plain League (CPL) Coach of the Year, the league ...