The NC Ports’ top administrator asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to suspend its work on the Wilmington harbor dredging project. It’s not a cancellation, but port officials want more time to study environmental impacts, including those related to PFAS, before the project moves forward.

In a polarized era, marked in places by open hostility between politicians and the press, it’s worth recognizing candidates willing to put themselves out there, living up to their end of the campaign bargain. It’s far better than the alternative, which is a further descent into siloed and politicized media channels — and the frustrating half-truths of campaign ads.

Virginia Tucker graduated from the North Carolina College for Women, now UNC-Greensboro, in 1930. She’s considered a pioneer in aeronautics and mechanical engineering.

The new Asia section will span 12.5 acres and bring nearly 50 new species including Malayan tigers, white-cheeked gibbons and Komodo dragons.