Pender County News

State Rep. Carolyn Justice has filed a bill that would provide $150,000 in the coming fiscal year to help Cape Fear Community College establish the Alston W. Burke Annex Campus to provide economic development and educational opportunities to eastern North Carolina.

An improving economy helped the Wilmington-area's unemployment rate drop significantly in April as the Port City only trailed Charlotte in adding new jobs, according to state statistics.

The majority of commissioners in Pender County support a bill that gives them more power, and it's already creating some friction.

A Memorial Day weekend mess is what folks visiting Topsail Beach are facing if a property dispute isn't solved.

Wilmington Stormfest is making a return in 2012! And it's serving as the kick-off to hurricane season.

All hands were on deck Wednesday at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital as part of the Annual Turtle Physical event.

Raising more than $60K toward cancer research from this year's Relay For Life event is ample reason to celebrate - and that's exactly what Pender County Relay For Life teams did on Tuesday, May 22 during their annual Relay Wrap Up celebration and awards ceremony at the Carolina Cafe in Hampstead.

A 27-year-old man from Burgaw was charged with assault last Wednesday, according to the Pender County Sheriff's Office's weekly intake report.

PENDER, NC A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued until 4:15 p.m. for northern New Hanover and southern Pender counties.

The Atkinson Cemetery in Pender County is the final resting place for about 50 souls, some for more than one hundred years.

Pender County, NC (WWAY -- One person is dead and two others injured after a deer ran into traffic on N.C. 53 last night.

WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather & sports Wilmington, NC Pender Co. schools will play by the rules, hold students back if needed PENDER COUNTY, NC Notes taken in a recent school meeting in Pender County seem to indicate students at Topsail Middle School will move onto the next grade, regardless if they are ready.

Residents in Pender County will have an opportunity Monday night to voice their concerns about a proposal to move over 40 graves.

A Jacksonville man is dead after his car collided with a deer Sunday night in Pender County.

Pender County, NC (WWAY -- One person is dead and two others injured after a deer ran into traffic on Highway 53 last night.

PENDER COUNTY, NC - WECT.com has obtained notes taken in a recent school meeting in Pender County which seem to indicate students at one school will move on to the next grade whether they are ready or not.

Pender County Sheriff Carson Smith met with state Rep. Carolyn Justice, R-Pender, Wednesday morning in her legislative office.

The project would only cost between $1,000 and $2,500 and would be funded through the town's occupancy tax.

The runners set off to carry the Special Olympics Flame of Hope from the Wilmington Police Department to the Pender County line, where they handed it off to another team.

Several runners and cyclists left WPD Headquarters around 8:00 a.m. They headed toward Market Street to run all the way to Pender County.