Sara Wood

Imagine having to run from your home, for your life, never stopping to look back or to return. 

Three bills were filed in both the North Carolina house and senate last week to assist veterans with tuition for state schools. 

Yesterday in Wilmington, a group opposed to using public money to fund a potential baseball stadium delivered a petition with almost 4,000 signatures to the city clerk’s office. 

National Sports Service, a consulting firm hired by the City of Wilmington, presented its updated findings last night from its feasibility study of whether or not to bring a baseball team to town. 

The latest county unemployment numbers show a steady decrease in all counties in the region, according to the North Carolina Department of Commerce. For metropolitan areas, WHQR’s Sara Wood reports Wilmington had the second-largest increase in employment over the last month.

On Saturday, around 100 people showed up at Innis Park, next to City Hall to support a baseball stadium coming to Wilmington.

Last night in Wilmington, a team of private developers presented a financial proposal for a baseball stadium to the city council. 

After last night’s Republican primary race for New Hanover County Commissioner, three new candidates will move to the ballot in November. 

In last night’s primary, three democratic candidates for New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will move to the ballot in November, including, as WHQR’s Sara Wood reports, incumbent Vice-Chairman Jonathan Barfield.

Barfield led the pack all evening, winning with 34.5 percent. Newcomer Rob Zapple followed behind Barfield with almost 29 percent. He says it’s been a long and steady road to get to this point.

In the primary race for New Hanover County Board of Education, three republicans and three democrats will compete in November.