SOUTHEASTERN NC — The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction unveiled school performance grades at a meeting on Wednesday, showing student scores are rising slowly but have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. READ MORE: School bond projects ranked: Riverlights and NHHS at top, Isaac Bear removed from list In the tri-county region, Pender County has […]| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Residents expressed their concerns to the New Hanover County commissioners this week, urging them to hold Novant Health accountable for patient care and safety standards. READ MORE: Former physician asks commissioners to hold Novant accountable to ‘five-star’ rating ALSO: Novant NHRMC gets ‘B’ safety grade per new report About 30 demonstrators […]| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Despite bringing down density from its former requests, a familiar development along Carolina Beach Road was denied its rezoning request this week. READ MORE: CB road townhomes, Sheetz mixed-use gain NHC planning board approval New Hanover County commissioners unanimously declined the R-15 low density change to R-5 moderate density, thwarting a 36-unit […]| Port City Daily
PENDER COUNTY — Spurred by calls for open dialogue on recent decisions, the Pender County Board of Commissioners is bringing its most pressing debates to the public in a series of town hall meetings. READ MORE: Dirtbike noise ordinance delayed in Pender County, community meeting planned ALSO: Pender commissioners vote on EMS and Fire merger, […]| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — A transportation sales tax across New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties is in the early stages of research at the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, though elected leaders are looking for constituent feedback before moving forward. READ MORE: WMPO subcommittee: Funding CFM Bridge could come with tri-county bond referendum On Aug. 26, […]| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — As summer begins to wrap, city pools have closed — at least for humans. Area dogs will be allowed one final dip during the first official weekend of September. The annual Pooch Plunge is returning Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-7, noon to 5 p.m., at Legion Stadium Pool, 2131 Carolina Beach Rd. The event is hosted […]| Port City Daily
PENDER COUNTY — A developer’s second attempt at a Topsail Township project proved successful, as a scaled-back plan for a mixed-use community won approval in Pender County. READ MORE: D.R. Horton development denied subdivision of 191 lots in Burgaw The board of commissioners approved a conditional rezoning request for Hilltop Landing on Aug. 18, a […]| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The City of Wilmington has its biennial community survey live and wants to hear back from residents on how they'd rate the quality of life in town and the city's varied departments. READ MORE: ‘No one government, no one entity’ can tackle homelessness alone: City, CoC press on without county buy-in The goal of […]| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — On Friday the Wilmington Police Department held a press conference updating the public on their investigation into a former GOP elections leader charged with allegedly drugging two teenagers. ALSO: GOP elections board chair resigns after arrest for allegedly putting MDMA, cocaine in kids’ ice cream READ MORE: Man arrested for allegedly drugging granddaughters’ Dairy […]| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College has announced two-time Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer Sutton Foster will be performing live at CFCC’s Wilson Center on…| Port City Daily
SOUTHPORT — George R. Merrifield, 89, of Southport, passes away August 13, 2025. Born in Brooklyn, NY February 21, 1936 to George and Catherine Merrifield. He is survived by his wife 26 years, June V.| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — Mary Helena Heibel Corcoran passed away on July 27, 2025, just one day shy of her 89th birthday. She was born as one of twelve siblings, in Muskegon, Michigan to Michael George Heibel and…| Port City Daily
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Every Monday Port City Daily will share upcoming government and community meetings around the tri-county region. If there’s an item of public interest, it will be included, too.| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — A measure proposed by a city council member last year is poised to come back again to address homeless activity and “public disorder” in downtown Wilmington. READ MORE: Wilmington council…| Port City Daily
NORTH CAROLINA — A bill that would have impacted utility costs and the state’s climate goals has been vetoed by Governor Josh Stein. READ MORE: Hemp under threat: NC lawmakers debating crackdown…| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — Though there is a citywide goal to have a 58% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, staff told city council Monday some areas spiked last year. READ MORE: ‘Legacy for future…| Port City Daily
NORTH CAROLINA — The Utilities Commission approved a plan to guide energy investment in North Carolina over the next two decades ahead of schedule and amid the final days of the 2024 election.| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — More than 400 cities nationwide have a curfew for youth and if one council member gets his way, Wilmington may be added to the list. READ MORE: ‘First in flight, first in business’…| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The City of Wilmington’s investment portfolio, at least the portion it has direct control over, now is intended to be free of fossil fuel assets. READ MORE: Utilities Commission approves…| Port City Daily
OAK ISLAND — A Brunswick County beach town is looking closer at beach safety measures, particularly when it comes to holes that are being dug along its shoreline. READ MORE: More than a machine: How a…| Port City Daily
BRUNSWICK COUNTY – Despite public opposition over traffic and overdevelopment, the Brunswick County Planning Board approved this week three developments to cumulatively bring 1,405 new units to the…| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — “I’m feeling like a billion dollars,” Scott Satterfield, CEO of Wilmington Business Development, announced at the groundbreaking of Amazon’s new robotics distribution center…| Port City Daily
BCS proposes changes to failing student practices to promote learning, still combat absenteeism| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The endowment met with the community-at-large this week to go over changes to its grant-making process, departmental organization and ways it will improve upon transparency.| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The executive director of a non-partisan legal nonprofit that advocates for businesses in federal and state litigation has been named as the next leader of the New Hanover Community…| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — In the latest update from the New Hanover Community Endowment, CEO and President Dan Winslow outlined a new roadmap for grant-making strategies and previewed upcoming grant…| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The endowment’s new CEO Dan Winslow has selected two new hires to join the charitable organization in October days after three employees announced their resignations.| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — After crossing the two-year mark overseeing endowment funds from the hospital sale to Novant, William Buster has resigned from his post at the New Hanover Community Endowment. READ MORE…| Port City Daily
OAK ISLAND — Oysters may be the saving grace for Oak Island’s marsh shorelines as a new partnership between the town and the University of North Carolina Wilmington begins with the goal of testing…| Port City Daily
Editorial note: This was updated after press to reflect the votes of the board from the meeting. BRUNSWICK COUNTY — More development plans are appearing before the planning board in the state’s…| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The New Hanover Community Endowment announced its second leader in its five-year infancy has stepped down from his role as president and chief executive officer. READ MORE…| Port City Daily
New Hanover County ABC Board grants $625,000 to local nonprofits| Port City Daily
[Editor’s Note: The House v. NCAA settlement was signed by Judge Wilken the evening of Friday, June 6. Universities can begin paying its athletes directly on July 1 with an annual cap of $20.5…| Port City Daily
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Every Monday Port City Daily will share upcoming government and community meetings around the tri-county region. If there’s an item of public interest, it will be included, too.| Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — One local nonprofit is beginning its campaign for a new facility to host a new professional sports team in Wilmington. A fundraiser this weekend will help pay for a feasibility study to…| Port City Daily
NHC commissioners push back on workforce housing, community relations committee dissolutions | Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — More than 400 cities nationwide have a curfew for youth and if one council member gets his way, Wilmington may be added to the list. READ MORE: ‘First in flight, first in business’…| Port City Daily
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The Brunswick, Pender and New Hanover counties school districts were all stunned to learn it could lose more than $1 million each in operating revenue over the weekend…| Port City Daily
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WILMINGTON — Port City Daily publishes the Food Truck Tracker every Friday, so folks can know where to access the best mobile eats while planning their weekend activities. All schedules…| Port City Daily
NORTH CAROLINA — Gov. Josh Stein and a national media outlet appeared at the Battleship North Carolina Thursday morning to make the announcement that the Tar Heel State ranked on a popular poll as the…| Port City Daily
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Li’l Friday features dozens of ways for people to enjoy the weekend via theater, music, art, culinary happenings and more. All events featured were scheduled as of Thursday…| Port City Daily
PENDER COUNTY — A third-party will be brought in to manage construction of the new K-8 school coming to Pender County. READ MORE: Tri-county schools hit with fed fund loss, NHCS says its already at…| Port City Daily
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WILMINGTON — A crowd of elected officials and local stakeholders were given insight into the future of Wilmington homelessness if more housing isn’t built at the Cape Fear Housing Coalition’s annual…| Port City Daily
NORTH CAROLINA — A prominent clean energy nonprofit issued a new proposal to revise Duke Energy’s carbon plan to expand rooftop solar throughout the state, arguing the strategy would address climate…| Port City Daily
Authentic Polish deli opens at Wilmington’s busiest intersection| Port City Daily
