Jeff Macellaro uses a backhoe to unload a dump truck of concrete at the Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity home being built for Carrie Jenkins in Navassa Wednesday Feb.

Published: Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 2:22 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 2:22 p.m. Brunswick County is planning to build a public housing complex in Belville and has hired the ousted director of Wilmington's housing authority to help get it done.

Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 5:18 p.m. This December, for the first time, Navassa Mayor Eulis Willis decided to join the Christmas parade in neighboring Leland.

Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 10:31 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 10:14 p.m. The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office rounded up about half the suspects sought Wednesday in a countywide drug sweep.

What better way to spend a Tuesday afternoon than sipping coffee while getting story ideas and contacts.

Light show, letters to Santa and train show showcase holiday events Museum of Coastal Carolina and Ingram Planetarium For little ones wishing to receive a response from Santa Claus by Christmas, they're asked to bring their letters to Santa of the North Pole Mailbox at the Museum of Coastal Carolina by Dec.

Twisted metal and an overturned truck are all that firefighters can see when they arrive on the scene.

Submitted by Tim Buckley on 9 December 2009 - 6:07pm. Explosive scare turns out to be a bust It was a tense scene in the Brunswick County community of Navassa Wednesday afternoon as Hazmat crews were called in to diffuse a potentially explosive situation.

Investigators in Brunswick County are trying to determine if a contractor found explosives beneath a home in Navassa, or if the items discovered are old road flares.

A contractor discovered what he believes to be explosive materials below a home on Pine Valley Drive in Navassa Wednesday morning.

Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 5:45 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 5:45 p.m. Navassa The future of a community center in Navassa may be riding on the outcome of a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Town Hall.

The Brunswick County Economic Development Commission is working with 12 industrial clients considering setting up shop in Brunswick County, creating hundreds of job opportunities, mostly in the Leland and Navassa areas.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:10 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:10 p.m. Navassa The future of a community center in Navassa ran into a roadblock Thursday night when a resolution to accept $400,000 in federal stimulus money was tabled by town council until a more detailed accounting of the town's financial ...

Left to right, Marsha Graham-Ali, Harold Beatty, Navassa Mayor Eulis A. Willis, Richard Beatty and Al Beatty in front of Cedar Hill AME Church Friday, Nov.

Leland mayoral candidate Frank Bullara had more than 20 supporters over his shop, Bugsy's Cigars in Leland, as election results rolled in Tuesday night.

Last month, Rep. Mike McIntyre announced that the Brunswick town of Calabash would receive a $2.6 million federal loan, along with a $137,000 federal grant, to build a new fire station.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. Here's how key races are shaping up in northern Brunswick County.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:14 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:14 p.m. Robert Boynton has a vision for Leland's future on his blog.

Submitted by WWAY on 19 October 2009 - 5:25pm. News Federal funds dispersed by McIntyre Congressman Mike McIntyre made the rounds of Brunswick and New Hanover counties with giant checks in hand.

United States Congressman Mike McIntyre planned to spend much of his day Monday in New Hanover and Brunswick County communities handing out taxpayer money.