Officials are making headway toward furthering a project to potentially deepen the 26-mile Wilmington Harbor. The next step in the lengthy process, which entails a detailed evaluation of the endeavor, is slated to cost $8.3 million and take at least four years.  In late October, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) signed a cost-sharing agreement with the N.C. ...

With more than 100 staff members looking on, officials dedicated New Hanover County’s new government center complex in a ceremony Monday morning.  No one can move in just yet; that won’t come until sometime next year, as contractors await final electrical equipment deliveries, delayed by supply chain issues. Still, the building’s bones are complet ...

Driving around town, residents may have noticed a tad more public hearing notification signs than usual. The city of Wilmington’s Board of Adjustment (BOA) is reviewing eight items of new business and six items of old business at its meeting Thursday afternoon. “It’s a pretty full agenda,” said city zoning administrator, Kathryn Thurston. “ ...

Republicans in North Carolina and New Hanover County secured significant victories in this year’s midterm elections.  The political breakdown of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will remain the same, favoring Republicans 3-2. Outgoing Chairwoman Julia Olson-Boseman, who lost her reelection bid in the primary, had voted in recent years with a Repu ...

Using $1.3 million in recovery funds to help the Salvation Army and $150,000 from the same cash stash for the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina are part of Wilmington City Council's consent agenda Tuesday. Typically, consent agenda items are approved by the council without discussion. The city was allocated nearly $26 million in federal pandemic r ...

Officials unveiled last week the final business involved in a group of expansions teased earlier this year. In February, New Hanover County and Wilmington pledged performance-based financial assistance to four economic development projects in the area. At the time, sparse details were made available about the projects and the companies remained publicly undisclosed.&nbs ...

I voted yes to the transportation referendum. We heard a lot from our residents that they wanted a better and safer way to move around our county. That’s why I voted as a commissioner back in May to put a referendum on the ballot that would allow residents to vote on a quarter-cent sales tax to fund public transportation and more trails and sidewalks.  If ...

In recent weeks, crews in protective gear have been working to remove asbestos from buildings at city-owned property on Castle Street. The former Wave Transit bus maintenance facility at 1110 Castle St. has been a dilapidated eyesore for several years. The city bought the 1.5-acre property in 1974, and Wave Transit vacated it in 2015. The site covers about half a c ...

Although staffed at a level higher than anticipated, Pacon Manufacturing in Brunswick County has requested a state extension because it is technically short on a hiring goal tied to a $700,000 public grant.  The contract manufacturer has 203 full-time employees as of this week, according to senior vice president Lawrence Shannon, and 135 temporary employees also wo ...

New Hanover County is taking steps to accept a 50-acre land donation to kickstart a new business park off Holly Shelter Road.  Monday, commissioners authorized the execution of a contract with the property owner, Sidbury Land & Timber, and allotted Wilmington Business Development $145,000 to oversee a master study plan for the new park.  “With eas ...