Grace Vitaglione
Community FellowGrace is a multimedia journalist recently graduated from American University. She's attracted to issues of inequity and her reporting has spanned racial disparities in healthcare, immigration detention and college culture. In the past, she's 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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City of Wilmington leaders are in the capital this week advocating for transportation infrastructure, research into PFAS health impacts, and resources for addressing the opioid crisis.
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Wilmington city council voted Tuesday to approve a plan for allocating $2.5 million in funds administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from the American Rescue Plan.
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The increase would take place over the next three years.
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New Hanover Community Endowment announced the plan on Wednesday, with goals around social health and equity, education, community safety, and community development.
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During last night’s New Hanover County school board meeting, staff told board members that 12 out of the district’s 40 schools were low-performing this school year. And Superintendent Dr. Charles Foust discussed some pending budget shortfalls.
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The stadium would be built through a potential partnership between the Town of Leland, Brunswick County, and REV Entertainment.
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One lane off Carolina Beach Road will be closed from March 6th to March 23rd because of road work, according to New Hanover County.
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Eleven more families displaced by the mold crisis at the Wilmington Housing Authority will move back home by the end of this week, according to WHA staff.
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New Hanover County Schools will pilot an alert system using artificial intelligence to detect threats to student safety on school devices and Google accounts.
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Cape Fear River Watch and other clean water advocates continue to push a lawsuit against the EPA in the latest stage of the battle over PFAS testing.