About 1,000 Duke Energy customers in the Wilmington area were without power Friday evening across four separate outages.

WECT Investigative Reporter Connor Smith sits down with Jon Evans to discuss his latest investigation, which looks into conditions at Solomon Towers.

North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall is set to travel to Columbus County to meet with small business owners.

An exhibit featuring 20 local veterans opened Friday at Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens, combining black and white ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Former New Hanover County elections director DeNay Harris is asking a judge to overturn her ...

A Clarkton man is facing kidnapping and sex offense charges after a woman called 911 to report she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted at his home.

Bald Head Island ferry service could be interrupted around Saturday’s late-morning low tide as crews work to remove shoaling ...

City Manager Matt Kirkland said the dam is now closed and the upper lake is the first of four ongoing dam projects to reach ...

Columbus County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested O’Rico Wells, 34, of Green Sea, S.C., following a pursuit that crossed ...

Duke Energy, the utility company that provides power to most of the state, has joined the federal administration’s Ratepayer ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A scam targeting families of people in jail or prison has been reported in New Hanover County.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -First Alert Weather Days are in play for Friday and Saturday for medium to high chances for heavy showers and mostly non-severe storms. While many hours will be rain-free, ...