TEDx Airlie will return to Wilmington this spring, its first appearance in the Port City since 2019. The event, which is set to take place at the Cape Fear Community College Union Station event center on May 15, is being organize ...
The swimming coach who led the 2016 USA Women’s Olympic Team to 16 medals has joined the push for an Olympic-class swimming facility in the Wilmington area. David Marsh, who has coached more than 60 Olympians from over a dozen countries and le ...
Some say the latest threat to the Cape Fear River is a proposal by the town of Fuquay-Varina, which lies roughly 70 miles upstream from Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear region. The proposal requests an Interbasin Transfer Certificate (IBT) from th ...
The New Hanover County plan is just one of the major efforts underway in the Cape Fear region that could shape how the area grows and develops for decades to come. ...
Tariffs and economic uncertainty have cast a shadow on the trade and shipping sector in recent months. In 2025, for example, North Carolina’s ports witnessed a downturn in container volumes, which the head of N.C.'s ports attributes to a general drop in U.S. consumer spending. ...
The city of Wilmington, New Hanover County and the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority all unanimously passed formal resolutions in November in opposition to Chemours’ plans to increase production at its plant in Fayetteville. ...
