Scott Nunn
Contributing JournalistScott Nunn is an award-winning independent journalist and regular contributor to WHQR News, Greater Wilmington Business Journal, and Greater Fayetteville Business Journal. A Wilmington native, he graduated from Hoggard High School and UNCW. For most of his career, Scott worked for StarNews Media, where he wore many hats, including copy desk chief, opinion editor, senior reporter, and local-history columnist. In 2020, his last year at the StarNews, he won 1st place for Editorial Writing, 2nd place for City, County Government Reporting (sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center) and 3rd place for Beat Reporting (health care) in the N.C. Press Association journalism awards.
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Both storm-related and tidal flooding has been damaging equipment, disrupting operations at the yard, which has been on Eagles Island since at least 1922 -
On the table is an unprecedented state takeover of a private ferry system. At stake, the only public route for workers who staff the island — and actually outnumber residents seven-to-one. But as the town of Bald Head Island and the state wrangle over the deal, a new wrinkle has emerged: a potential private-party offer. -
Developers are pushing for a new zoning rule to allow development across from Wilmington's downtown riverfront. Environmentalists and advocates want to stop new building from happening. But for most of Wilmington's long history, the west bank of Cape Fear was heavily industrialized. -
Not only has the Covid-19 pandemic not gone away, its reach is stretching perhaps farther than ever, with the more-contagious-and-severe delta variant straining medical resources and affecting even those who are not infected. -
A major Brunswick County residential development that’s been on hold since the 2008 housing crash is back on track and has gotten bigger. -
The Brunswick Commissioners extended the usual “not-in-my-backyard” thinking to “not-within-27-miles” Monday, voting to oppose construction of wind turbines within 24 nautical miles (about 27 miles) of the county’s shoreline.
