Posted: 05/15/13 - The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an incident involving the Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry that resulted in a 10-foot wave crashing onto the deck, damaging some cars. Read More

Posted: 04/22/13 - A 5-year-old girl has drowned while swimming in a hotel pool in Wilmington. Read More

Updated: 03/22/13 - The turtles are considered threatened in the Carolinas and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comment on the designation. Read More

Posted: 03/22/13 - The University of North Carolina-Wilmington has settled with the family of a college student shot in 2006 by a New Hanover County Sheriff's deputy. Read More

Updated: 03/19/13 - A former volunteer fire department chief in the east is now behind bars after police say he shot his wife and stole a neighbor's truck. Read More

Posted: 03/12/13 - Firefighters in Wilmington are going to the public as they seek better pay and benefits. Read More

Updated: 03/05/13 - The state's insurance companies and the top state regulator have agreed that homeowner's insurance policies can rise by a statewide average of 7 percent starting in July. Read More

Posted: 03/01/13 - Castle Branch plans to create 420 new jobs in North Carolina by the end of 2017 and invest $10.2 million in its New Hanover County location. Read More

Posted: 02/11/13 - A North Carolina lawmaker is gauging support for a bill to allow coastal towns to enforce smoking bans on beaches. Read More

Updated: 02/11/13 - Currituck County's beaches receded anywhere from 2 to 7 feet along nearly 23 miles of the barrier island in 2011. Read More

Updated: 02/08/13 - Debra Saunders-White was named Friday as the 11th leader of North Carolina Central University, a historically black university in Durham. Read More

Posted: 02/01/13 - Wilmington police are investigating a rash of home invasions in recent weeks. Read More

Updated: 01/31/13 - Officials say the blaze also spread to nearby homes in the coastal Pender County town. Read More

Posted: 01/30/13 - A bit of Hollywood has come to Burgaw in Pender County and you can be a part of it. Read More

Updated: 01/22/13 - Surf City police say around 3:20 a.m. on January 9th someone broke into the Tsunami Surf Shop. Read More

Posted: 01/22/13 - Two women are dead after a head-on collision with a log truck in Pender County. Read More

Updated: 01/21/13 - A new high rise bridge will be built over the intracoastal waterway to Topsail Island in Pender County. The project will replace a swing bridge that is nearly 60 years old. Read More

Updated: 01/08/13 - New Hanover County officials have agreed to keep sheriff's deputies in all elementary schools for the rest of the year. Read More

Updated: 01/05/13 - The surviving members of the Wilmington 10, their families and supporters are basking in their formal pardons in the city where their troubles started. Read More

Updated: 12/31/12 - Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has issued pardons to the Wilmington 10, a group wrongly convicted in a notorious Civil Rights-era prosecution. Read More

Updated: 12/28/12 - We found a few traditional events around eastern North Carolina. Please leave a comment about any fireworks events or events free to the public to ring in 2013. Read More

Updated: 12/28/12 - Wilmington police say a man ended up shooting and killing his own brother after he heard someone breaking the glass to his front door. Read More

Updated: 01/24/13 - The National Weather Service in Newport has confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Carteret County north of Beaufort Wednesday afternoon. Winds are estimated to have reached 90mph. Read More

Posted: 12/26/12 - The people who fought a megaport on North Carolina's coast are in the early stages of trying to preserve much of the same area along the lower Cape Fear River. Read More

Updated: 12/18/12 - Lafayette Hall was place on paid leave earlier this month from the top job at Sampson Correctional Institution. A Department of Public Safety spokeswoman says Hall intends to retire. Read More

Updated: 12/11/12 - Brunswick County deputies say they began the chase after 37-year-old Jennifer Herring refused to pull over at a traffic stop just before 11:30 p.m. Monday. Read More

Posted: 12/10/12 - A North Carolina sheriff's deputy faces two felony sex charges after an investigation by state law enforcement agents. Read More

Updated: 11/20/12 - Republican challenger David Rouzer has requested a recount in the race for North Carolina's 7th Congressional District seat. Read More

Updated: 10/23/12 - The state insurance commissioner says a proposed homeowners insurance rate hike is not justified and he's calling for a hearing on the request. Read More

Updated: 10/13/12 - Lawmen in the southeast part of the state say they have arrested a man they say murdered another person October 9th. Read More