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In some communities, fire crews are delayed -- not by distance, but by a lack of equipment. Higher costs and supply chain issues means some departments have to wait years for new trucks.

At the end of September, the New Hanover Community Endowment announced $2.7 million over two years to support 14 school specialist positions (specific locations have yet to be assigned). The district’s proposal has morphed throughout the year, starting with a two-year request to the county commission for $8.1 million. That would have put a specialist in 42 of the district’s schools. The county diverted the request to The Endowment — which restructured and downsized the proposal.

On Tuesday night, City Council unanimously passed a resolution to enter a registry agreement with the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to preserve the South Wilmington Sandhills within Halyburton Park.

Billboard has revised its system of removing songs from the Hot 100 singles chart once they've gotten too old to qualify as contemporary hits.

North Carolina House lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday to question how millions of dollars in legal aid grants are distributed through a state program.

The N.C. House of Representatives voted to approve the new map Wednesday. It redraws the state's 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts to give Republicans a clear advantage in both seats.

Hundreds of Union County Public Schools teachers have called in sick and marched to protest what they consider an insufficient increase to Union County’s teacher salary supplement.

World leaders will gather next week at the United Nations General Assembly, where an independent U.N. commission will present the findings of a recent investigation that found Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

Republicans are trying to gain an edge in next year's midterm elections.

Doctors have been telling parents to give peanut products to infants as young as 4 months old.