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Firefighters enter an apartment unit at Cypress Pointe Apartment Homes on New Center Drive where a fire that broke out about 3 a.m. Saturday killed one person and injured several others.

One person has died and four others were injured in an early morning fire at a North Carolina apartment complex.

Tami Natoli serves a table of Wilmington Police Department officers during lunch at S & L New York Style Deli Tuesday, Dec.

Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. The following historical perspective, compiled from StarNews microfilm archives at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Randall Library, takes readers back to the Cape Fear region of years past.

Nell O'Connor sits in her Echo Farms townhouse in Wilmington Friday, December 18, 2009.

Book Marks - UNCW grad pens 'Lies of the Heart' Published: Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 25, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. Viking Press is already pushing advance publicity for "Lies of the Heart," the debut novel from Michelle Boyajian, which should be in stores April 19.

One person in the Tar Heel State has done more singularly than any other to advance our equality and place in North Carolina government, law, society and community.

David La Vere of Wilmington has received the 2009 R.D.W. Connor Award from the Historical Society of North Carolina.

New Hanover County owns the current range located on U.S. 421 just before the Thomas Rhodes Bridge.

Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 5:17 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 6:07 p.m. Some of New Hanover County's most famous and powerful names could soon be jostling over who gets to replace state Sen.

Among the marchers and activists in Copenhagen since the United Nations Climate Summit began last week has been 20-year-old Brinkley Hutchings, an Eastern Shore native and graduate of St.

Published: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 3:29 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 3:29 p.m. After weeks of lines winding out the front doors, Cape Fear Community College's financial aid office is now closed one day a week just to deal with the ballooning number of student applications.

Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 5:44 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 5:44 p.m. The University of North Carolina Wilmington Board of Trustees passed a request for a 2 percent tuition increase at a meeting Friday, the lowest requested tuition increase of any UNC system school so far this year.

Registration is underway for the 22nd annual North Carolina Aquaculture Development Conference held Jan.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 7:08 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 7:08 p.m. University of North Carolina Wilmington student Brinkley Hutchings is doing her best to hold world leaders accountable at the United Nations Climate Change conference in Copenhagen - and she's giving an inside look at that process on her blog.

More than 1,500 students from the University of North Carolina Wilmington will turn their tassels Saturday.

Danielle Cray was inspired to go into nursing when her husband Ali was wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq and she had to spend two weeks with him in the hospital.

They have names like Chrissy, Carrie and Yolanda; Amy, Paula and Rachelle; Michelle, Stacy and Shannon.

Since 2005, rising fecal bacteria levels led to a soaring number of state-issued swimming advisories in Banks Channel, hurting businesses and driving down tourism.

Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:11 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:11 a.m. Hear the tinkling of little bells? That means another angel is getting his wings.