On Friday afternoon, a new abatement order goes into effect requiring indoor face coverings in New Hanover County. That covers businesses, offices and other public spaces. Meanwhile, the health rule around indoor masking is being considered by the county health board and is under a public comment period. New Hanover County Public Health Director David Howard and coun ...

This year's Coastal Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner, Topsail Steamer, is the realization of a dream for founder Danielle Mahon. Topsail Steamer offers customers ready-to-cook low country boils in pots. Including two in the Wilmington region, the growing company now has six locations, with a seventh coming to Florida and more planned in years to come. Mahon ...

The COVID-19 delta variant has prompted several recent changes locally, from health providers requiring employees to be vaccinated to renewed masking policies for many K-12 and higher education students. So, what do the numbers show? New Hanover County Health Director David Howard joined Thursday’s BizTalk to discuss where things stand locally. View the full Bi ...

A study released this week showed that only about half of the households in the U.S. donated to charitable organizations in 2018, down to the lowest point in decades. Giving from corporations and foundations, however, increased then, according to the annual Giving USA report.  With the latest national look, we took the opportunity on this week’s BizTalk to ch ...

Paul Kamitsuka, infectious disease physician at Wilmington Health and chief epidemiologist at NHRMC, joined BizTalk on Thursday to talk about the COVID-19 delta variant.   Until recently, cases and hospitalizations have been dropping locally and still remain lower than last year’s waves. Some parts of the country, however, are beginning to see spikes because o ...

New Hanover County business owners in the hospitality, retail and service industries have until July 15 to apply for grants to help with COVID-19 impacts. The Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is in charge of administering the $4.5 million in grants – funding supplied from part of the city's and county’s portions of federal relief funds. Ahead of the upcomi ...

Riverfront Park, the city of Wilmington’s 6.6-acre park and amphitheater, is slated to officially open July 4.   Ahead of its debut, Amy Beatty, community services director with the city, joined Wilmington BizTalk on Wednesday to discuss the path to build the downtown project, its potential impacts and the city’s deal with Live Nation to run the amphithe ...