Rachel Lewis Hilburn

The levels of toxic mercury floating around in North Carolina’s air have taken a stunning nosedive over the last ten years. 

Earlier this year, a Wilmington, North Carolina man donated bone marrow to save the life of a person he’d never met.  His recipient was one of the lucky ones.

The Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County has a new Executive Director. 

Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office is launching a probe into Duke Energy’s sudden and controversial management change the day of the merger with Progress Energy. 

GE-Hitachi’s subsidiary, Global Laser Enrichment, is facing the last regulatory hurdle before a 40-year license is granted to enrich uranium in Castle Hayne – just outside of Wilmington.   Judges with the Atomic Safety Licensing Board have closed the final hearing to the public in its entirety.  But as WHQR’s Rachel Lewis Hilburn reports, one nuclear watchdog group is urging officials to reconsider that closed-door decision.

One of the final regulatory hurdles before GE-Hitachi receives a 40-year license to enrich uranium in Castle Hayne will happen behind closed doors. 

Last year in North Carolina, fire departments responded to more than 111 fireworks-related calls with property damage estimates of a quarter-million dollars.   As WHQR’s Rachel Lewis Hilburn reports, many people falsely believe that because sparklers and similar fireworks are legal and readily available, they are safe.

City of Wilmington officials say people planning to attend the fireworks show should be prepared for delays coming and going.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission delivered its annual performance assessment of Progress Energy’s Southport nuclear power plant last night.

A report from the state auditor's office says the North Carolina Education Lottery violated state law by failing to collect damages from its primary vendor.