Gov. Pat McCrory has administered a new budget cut plan for the state of North Carolina and with it has come retaliation in regards to its lowered funding for the UNC school system.The state, which has...
Malia Benison | Assistant News Editor
• September 1, 2016
The tropical storm Hermine has now upgraded to hurricane status and is sweeping the lower east coast. 56 Georgia counties have declared a state of emergency and multiple universities are canceling classes...
Just two weeks after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made his visit to Wilmington at UNC Wilmington's Trask Coliseum, Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, will hold a rally at Manufacturing...
Paige Myers | Contributing Writer
• August 21, 2016
Opioid abuse is a prominent and serious issue that has plagued the nation for over a century. Currently, drug related death rates rival the death toll caused by AIDS in the 1990s with over 27,000 lives...
Malia Benison | Assistant News Editor
• August 1, 2016
North Carolina’s recent voter identification laws, set in place in 2016 and written in 2013, were just struck down by an appellate court. Deeming them to be discriminatory, the three-judge panel decided...
Sixteen UNC system chancellors have had pay raises approved for the 2016-2017 school year by the UNC Board of Governors.
Including UNC Wilmington’s Chancellor Jose Sartarelli, nine of the 16 chancellors...
Tropical Depression 3 is expected to strengthen to Tropical Storm Colin by Sunday night or Monday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center, and it will likely bring heavy wind and rain to...
In actions that added complexity to North Carolina’s increasingly controversial House Bill 2, North Carolina officials and the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against each other based on their...
Gov. Pat McCrory went on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last Sunday to defend North Carolina’s law on LGBT rights, and said the issue over the bill warrants more dialogue instead of vexed rhetoric.
The...
Hannah Williams, Assistant News Editor
• April 14, 2016
Turner Television Network and A&E Network are adding their names to the ever growing list of businesses planning to close up shop in North Carolina following the passage of NC’s highly controversial...
Maegan McUmber | Contributing Writer
• March 31, 2016
As some of the last institutions dedicated solely to African Americans, historically black colleges and universities are an aspect of the diversity of culture and heritage in North Carolina.Therefore,...