UNC Wilmington data science students Adam Silva and Olivia Bryson have been tracking sea turtle nesting habits along the North Carolina coast.
They have worked on the project with Chris Shank, director...
On June 4 residents of New Hanover County will have the opportunity to voice their opinions to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners on the newly recommended county budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal...
On March 25, civil rights activist Linda Brown passed away at the age of 75 in her hometown of Topeka, Kansas.
In 1951, Brown was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board...
Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor
• April 5, 2018
In Oklahoma and Kentucky, public school teachers are walking off the job following similar actions last month from West Virginia school teachers.
On Tuesday, the second day of the walkout, Oklahoma...
Meredith Hoffman, Travis Stoker, and River Bondurant
• March 24, 2018
Citizens of Wilmington participated in the March for Our Lives rally on Saturday, as more than 2,000 protestors marched along the Riverwalk in downtown Wilmington and crowded around the Lennon Federal...
Travis Stoker and River Bondurant
• March 24, 2018
Nearly 2,000 Wilmington residents and UNC Wilmington students took part in the international March for Our Lives protests on Saturday. Armed with signs and their own voices, protestors advocated for gun...
On March 1, the North Carolina non-profit organization Little Pink Houses of Hope [LPHOH] held a meeting on the UNC Wilmington’s campus.
The meeting began with LPHOH planning and discussing the logistics...
Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor
• February 28, 2018
In early January, the Trump administration announced that it would widely expand offshore drilling operations along the coastline of the United States.
That announcement has been met with both praise...
Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor
• February 27, 2018
With warm weather driving many to the beach in recent weeks, many have noticed the barges offshore and the pipes that sit on the shore of Wrightsville Beach.
As part of a new project, 700,000 cubic...
Casey McAnarney, Editor-in-Chief
• February 9, 2018
UNC Wilmington student Elise Yost started a Change.org campaign after a friend of hers detailed frequent harassment she had experienced in the local bar scene.
The campaign, titled “Wilmington NC:...
Casey McAnarney, Editor-in-Chief
• February 8, 2018
A local teacher was arrested Feb. 6 for indecent liberties with a student after the FBI and New Hanover County Sheriff's Office conducted a lengthy investigation.
Michael Kelly, a science teacher at...
Residents of Wrightsville Beach received a public service notice in Dec. regarding the quality of public drinking water in the town. The notice began by saying “The Wrightsville Beach system recently...