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OxyContin 80 mg pills in an August 2013 file image. A new filing in a Massachusetts case ramps up the legal and financial pressure against the Sackler family, which owns the company that makes OxyContin. (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

The opioid epidemic: what do we know and where do we go

Sunshine Angulo, Staff Writer March 23, 2019

On March 20, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., a social justice symposium entitled “The Opioid Epidemic: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?” was held at Cameron Hall. The symposium, sponsored by UNC Wilmington’s...

One year on, Hurricane Matthew is still drowning communities with dilemmas

One year on, Hurricane Matthew is still drowning communities with dilemmas

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer October 18, 2017

One year ago, entire towns across North Carolina sat underwater. Hurricane Matthew swept across the state in October 2016, drowning homes and businesses with record level floodwaters. Over the course...

New North Carolina artifacts unearthed in search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke

New North Carolina artifacts unearthed in search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer October 11, 2017

BERTIE COUNTY, N.C. – On a tract of land along the banks of the Albemarle Sound lies a site containing new artifacts that may relate to the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Dubbed “Site X” by local...

Declining Carolina: The up-and-coming ghost towns of North Carolina

Declining Carolina: The up-and-coming ghost towns of North Carolina

Tyler Newman, Contributing Writer September 16, 2017

CONWAY, N.C. – At a single crossroads sits a lone set of stoplights, directing the ebb and flow of traffic in and out of town. On occasion, a John Deere tractor passes through, its driver giving a simple...

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