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Jun 11, 2025

Island School Offers Unique Option

By David Frederiksen, posted Jun 11, 2025

Over the past three years a school in Brunswick County that emphasizes environmental education curriculum and areas of study like horticulture and robotics has taken shape, but you’ll have to take a passenger ferry to get there. Located on Bald Head Island three miles off the coast of Southport, the Bald Head Island Academy (BHIA), founded in 2022, is a private, K ...

Jun 11, 2025

Center Offers Experiential Education

By Laura Moore, posted Jun 11, 2025

Not all educational programs are alike. The core philosophies and values vary from organization to organization. But the Wilmington-based National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education is in a class by itself. Tucked away within a haven of live oak trees off River Road near Snow’s Cut, NCOAE offers educational opportunities built upon a framework of core va ...

May 7, 2025

When tourism officials from communities across North Carolina get together for their annual conference, they can count on one discussion topic rising above the rest. “Every year, what’s the No. 1 issue sitting up there for the tourism industry? School calendar,” said Kim Hufham, president and CEO of the Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors ...

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Posted Jun 2, 2025
When our Board of Commissioners adopted the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Strategic Plan in September 2022, the framework set guidelines for how money from the national opioid settlement and the county’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Fund would be allocated. 

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Feb 12, 2025

Schools Aim To Grow Apprenticeships

By Cece Nunn, posted Feb 12, 2025

In an announcement in June sent to local media last year, Cape Fear Community College highlighted success stories in one of the Wilmington-based school’s apprenticeship programs. School officials have been working to draw attention to apprenticeships in recent years. To that end, the June news release said three graduates of the Electrical Apprenticeship Career ...

Feb 7, 2025

University of North Carolina Wilmington officials announced Friday the single largest donation in the school’s history – $25 million – which will be used to advance medical education. The donation comes from Yousry Sayed, a member of UNCW’s Board of Trustees and founder of Quality Chemical Laboratories, and his wife, attorney Linda Sayed. &ldq ...

Feb 5, 2025

CFCC Participating In State Workforce 'Boost' Program

By Staff Reports, posted Feb 5, 2025

Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) announced Wednesday it is participating in a state initiative "to accelerate students' progress through college and into the workforce, aligning with the state's economic development goals." The program is set to serve students in specific programs at CFCC and other participating colleges across North Caroli ...

Sep 30, 2024

A new report released Monday showed the University of North Carolina Wilmington had a statewide economic impact of approximately $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2022.    About half of that impact, about $1.6 billion, was concentrated in the eight counties in Southeastern North Carolina: New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Bladen, Columbus, Duplin, Onslow and Sampson co ...

Sep 9, 2024

A new program at Cape Fear Community College aims to train more people to become surveyors to meet regional demand for the required role. The geomatics program “will provide students with the education and training required to pursue a career as a surveyor,” according to a news release. “As our region continues to experience significant growth and deve ...

Aug 29, 2024

CFCC Launches Training Program For Pilots

By Emma Dill, posted Aug 29, 2024

Cape Fear Community College is launching a new Career Pilot Program designed to meet a growing demand for pilots and other professionals in the aviation industry. The program aims to provide students with the foundational knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career as a commercial pilot. The first two courses – an aviation fundamentals class and a pilot instrum ...

Jul 18, 2024

CFCC Making Progress On Health, Human Services Center

By Beth A. Klahre, posted Jul 18, 2024

Cape Fear Community College officials continue to work on transforming a downtown Wilmington office building into a facility to boost the health care workforce. The five-story, 55,000-square-foot structure at 319 N. Third St., which was acquired in 2023, is being renovated in two phases. Overall, the renovations will enable CFCC to expand enrollment in the dental ass ...

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