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From the archives: Work starts to replace Wilmington's first bridge across the river
The Isabel Stellings Holmes Bridge, a four-lane drawbridge, opened in 1980 and replaced a hazardous bridge over the Northeast Cape Fear River. The 1980s brought two new bridges to the Wilmington area ...
Wilmington Star-News18h
From the editor: Wilmington will be in full bloom this week with the NC Azalea Festival
This year’s Queen Azalea is Bethany Joy Lenz, known for her role on the Wilmington-filmed show "One Tree Hill". The StarNews ...
Port City Daily2d
Local nonprofit to sue upstream 1,4-dioxane dischargers, NHC commissioners request regulation
Environmentalist groups notified the City of Asheboro and two of its major industries of their intent to sue for violating ...
Women's History Month: Fayetteville neonatologist says she always knew she'd be a doctor
Cape Fear Valley's Dr. Kristen Coggin always aspired to be a pediatrician, but her early exposure to healthcare and residency ...
Coastal Review Online3d
No NC limit on 1,4-dioxane means water customers bear costs
It costs an additional $1-$3 million a year to remove 1,4-dioxane, a likely carcinogen, from drinking water drawn from the ...
Forever chemicals found in sea foam on New Hanover, Brunswick County beaches
Sea foam occurs naturally in the ocean, however, instead of an off-white, brownish color, PFAS sea foam is a bright white and ...
WWAYTV33d
History with ‘Hud’: Detailing the Cape Fear’s most overlooked lighthouse
Most people are aware of the Oak Island Lighthouse and Bald Head Island Lighthouse which stand tall along the Cape Fear ...
National Audubon Society3d
North Carolina’s Cape Fear River Is a ‘Forever Chemical’ Hotspot—What Does That Mean for Its Birds and People?
Amid mounting global health concerns about PFAS, communities living along the waterway must grapple with how contamination is ...
Southeastern NC counties under moderate air quality following smoke from wildfires
A 500-acre wildfire has als placed Swain County under a Red Air Quality Action Day and Jackson County under an Orange Air ...
WWAYTV35d
NC State researcher finds high levels of PFAS along Cape Fear beaches
A researcher with NC State has found that sea foam on beaches in our area is contaminated with high levels of forever ...
Cape Fear Community College launches new natural hair care program
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) is launching a new program to train students in the natural hair ...
Up and Coming Weekly5d
Celebrate Earth Day with run in the park
The Earth Day is Every Day Run will be held on April 12 at Festival Park in Fayetteville. The run starts at 8 a.m. Packet pick up starts Friday, April 11 at Fleet Feet, Fayetteville from 4 p.m. to 6 p ...