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First Alert Forecast: seasonable but unsettled pattern continues
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Following a round of overnight showers and thunderstorms, Your First Alert Forecast for Friday opens with variable clouds & muggy breezes. Thanks to a steady flow of southwesterly moisture, look for scattered showers & storms to percolate mainly in the afternoon and evening. Highs will ping the upper 80s and lower 90s. and will continue to do so through the weekend between bouts of scattered showers & storms.
Opera Wilmington to perform Tosca at UNCW Cultural Arts Building
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Opera Wilmington is set to perform Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca at the UNCW Cultural Arts Building on July 19, 21, 26 and 28. “Passion. Politics. Power. Opera Wilmington presents Puccini’s sweeping operatic thriller, Tosca, starring Shannon Kessler Dooley as the tempestuous diva, Floria Tosca, Jonathan Kaufman, as her lover Mario Cavaradossi, and Joshua Conyers, as the corrupt and obsessive Police Chief, Baron Scarpia,” the event page states.
Wilmington police looking for runaway teenager
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington Police Department has announced that it is looking for 16-year-old Lucas Daylon Casteen. Per the WPD, Casteen is a runaway juvenile who was last seen riding an e-bike on Hunting Ridge Road. He did not take the charger for the bike with him. At...
Adams provides Oak Island's financial update
Oak Island Town Council approved a contract earlier this month with a Whiteville accounting firm to conduct an audit of what turned out to be a successful fiscal year. Prior to its vote, Interim Town Manager Kathryn Adams provided council with a financial rundown of the past fiscal year at the board’s July 9 meeting, highlighting key aspects of a productive 12 months. Fiscal year 2023-24 ended June 30 and Adams said the town did very well with its tax collection rate, paid parking program and debt management. Oak Island received an additional $7.3 million in FEMA grant reimbursements and is expecting to receive more money from the agency soon.
How to tell if ground insects are becoming a pest to lawns in Wilmington
This question came to us this week - “How do you know if pearl bugs are present under a lawn?” The inquirer was actually referring to an insect pest of warm-season turfgrasses, the type we grow here in southeastern North Carolina, called ground pearls (Margarodes spp.). Our brilliant Consumer Horticulture Program Assistant, Miles Buddy, offered this advice: “Ground pearls are a type of scale insect that live underground and attach themselves to roots, feeding on plant juices. The pattern of dieback in turf is often roughly circular and often most obvious during periods of drought. Small, irregular patches will yellow and die by fall. The infested patches grow slowly with each growing season as the insects spread outward. Centipedegrass is most severely affected, but zoysia, St. Augustine, and bermudagrass are also susceptible.
Village approves 9.12% increase in property taxes
Bald Head Island Village Council sought a tax-rate increase in the single digits for its 2024-2025 budget ordinance, and that is what it got. A $23.6 million budget for 2024-2025 was adopted, 3-1, by the council on June 21. The new islandwide tax rate is .6277 cents for each $100...
Federal, State Officials Tout Massive Bridge Grant In Wilmington
The $242 million federal grant announced last week for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge didn't have an easy road to travel. Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt said Wednesday the grant was awarded as part of a “very competitive” funding process, with $10 billion in applications submitted for the $5 billion available.
Wilmington resolution supports state legislation holding GenX and PFAS manufacturers financially accountable
In April, House Reps. Ted Davis (R-New Hanover) and Frank Iller (R-Brunswick) of Southeastern NC introducedNC House Bill 864 — named an Act to Protect the Citizens of North Carolina From Drinking Water Contaminated by GenX and Other PFAS Compounds. This bill would essentially allow the NC Department of...
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $242 Million for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Project In Wilmington, North Carolina
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America tour, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt announced $242 million in funding for the North Carolina Department of Transportation for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Replacement Project in Wilmington, North Carolina. The project will bring...
Fire in the Pines Festival to return Oct. 5 with education, food trucks, games and more
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The annual Fire in the Pines Festival is set to return to Halyburton Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5. The family-friendly environmental education festival aims to raise awareness about the importance of fire to forests in southeastern North Carolina and helping people learn the need for controlled burns.
Former Southport ETJ residents have chance to be heard
Now that the mile extending from Southport’s incorporated limits is under Brunswick County’s jurisdiction, there are questions. In June, the North Carolina General Assembly approved House Bill 911 that removed Southport’s extraterritorial planning jurisdiction, putting that land under Brunswick County’s control effective July 1. To help...
Cape Fear Foodie: Hot Dog Road Trip Part 4
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - What better day to celebrate our local hot dogs, than on National Hot Dog Day? My thoughts exactly. Then again, how is that we are already through the middle of July and we’re just now going on our first Hot Dog Road Trip of the summer? It’s truly shameful on my end. But we’re all here now, the gas tank is full, the 100 CD holder is bursting at the seams, and the AC is struggling to keep up in this unrelenting heat...so let’s put rubber on the road.
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