Grace Vitaglione
Grace Vitaglione is a multimedia journalist, who recently graduated from American University. Grace is attracted to issues of inequity and her reporting has covered racial disparities in healthcare, immigration detention, and college culture. In the past, she has investigated ICE detainee deaths at the Investigative Reporting Workshop, worked on an award-winning investigative podcast, and produced student-led video stories.
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Last night, the New Hanover County Board of Education voted to ban transgender students from playing on middle school athletics teams based on their gender identity. The issue brought a larger-than-usual crowd to speak before the board and, at one point, brought the meeting to a halt.
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An airplane made an emergency landing at Wilmington International Airport on Tuesday night.
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Affordable housing project Starway Village finally has the funds to move forward, after a grant from the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency, or NCORR, covered the last gap in funding.
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Cape Fear River Watch is jumping into a new legal battle between Chemours and the DEQ over a state permit that will determine how much PFAS will keep getting into the Cape Fear River.
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Preliminary election results show Incumbent Republican Ted Davis defeating Democratic challenger Amy Block DeLoach in the race for North Carolina House District 20.
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Preliminary election results show incumbent Evan Folds as the top vote-getter in the race for the New Hanover County Soil and Water District Board of Supervisors, with fellow incumbent Frank Christopher Meares taking second.
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Preliminary election results show incumbent Republican Michael Lee defeating Democratic challenger Marcia Morgan in the state senate race for District 7, formerly District 9.
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Election day is today – and polls are open until 7:30pm. Here’s what some residents said about their reasons for voting today.
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Subtropical storm Nicole may bring strong winds, hazardous seas, coastal flooding and heavy rain to the southeastern North Carolina coast starting late Tuesday or early Wednesday this week.
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Wilmington City council voted earlier this week to approve an amendment to its land-use code that would allow the relocation of the ‘Black lives do matter’ art installation.