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Pender County man pleads guilty to statutory sex offense
A Pender County man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to attempted statutory rape charges. Paul Rettinger, 38, was sentenced on Friday in Pender County Superior Court to 9-15 years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender for 30 years following his release. The investigation...
Tri-county could receive almost $2M from another opioid settlement
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — County governments, along with the state’s largest municipalities, are eligible for additional opioid settlement money if they join a multi-state settlement with Kroger. Last year, Attorney General Josh Stein and other attorneys general reached an agreement with Kroger for the grocery and pharmacy chain —...
Three high school graduates secure jobs through CFCC Electrical Apprenticeship program
Wilmington, NC – Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) is excited to announce that Hayden Jacobs, Cesar Reyes, and Stover Montoya, all recent graduates of the Electrical Apprenticeship Career and College Program (CCP) program, have accepted job offers and have begun working at A.B. Blake Electrical. CFCC’s Electrical Apprenticeship CCP...
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