2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (225+ words) BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Brunswick County Schools will host a new round of community conversations about the district’s proposed 2026 school bond beginning Sept. 16. The meetings are open to all Brunswick County residents, including those who do not have children enrolled…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (613+ words) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Reid Wilson announced Thursday a $590 million settlement involving the state, 11 local governments, DuPont and Chemours over PFAS contamination. State officials call it the largest total…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (387+ words) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — As students settle into the 2026-27 academic year, the University of North Carolina Wilmington is already looking toward the future. With continued enrollment and growth expected, the university is using a 10-year master plan to guide campus development…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (289+ words) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — ‘RJ Decker’ is scheduled to film in a Wilmington neighborhood next week, with temporary traffic restrictions planned along South Churchill Drive. Filming is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. at a home on…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (80+ words) WWAYTV3 4 found shot in Gaston County home GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (WSOC) — At least four people were shot inside a Gaston County home Thursday morning, according to police. The Gaston County Police Department said the call came in around 8:40 a.m. When they arrived…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (277+ words) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The USS North Carolina is marking its 65th anniversary in Wilmington next month, celebrating the arrival of the historic battleship in the Port City in 1961. The ship, which served in every major engagement in the South Pacific during…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (178+ words) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Battleship North Carolina will be illuminated in red, white and blue Friday evening in observance of Patriot Day and in remembrance of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Patriot Day is recognized as a…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1185+ words) It’s an idyllic setting in North Carolina’s Inner Banks, where fields of cotton, soybeans and corn stretch for miles, country roads wend through stands of pines and thousands of bird watchers converge to witness the spring migration. But it’s what’s…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (95+ words) Wilmington, NC (WWAY) — A gas leak has closed U.S. 421 North in both directions in New Hanover County. The leak was reported in the 5000 block of U.S. 421 North. New Hanover County Fire Rescue is working with Piedmont Gas and the North…...

5+ day, 39+ min ago   (297+ words) (CBS)–Nearly half a century after a set of skeletal remains were found in a wooded part of North Carolina, they have been identified as those of a 15-year-old runaway who vanished in 1977. The remains were found on Dec. 29, 1977, in…...