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Writer Kenneth Vest lost his son, Jesse, to a heroin overdose nearly six years ago. He's been working on a play related to the situation for nearly as…
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein was in Wilmington Monday to discuss the opioid epidemic with the area’s state and local elected officials, law…
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Ken Vest retired from television news; he retired to Wilmington with his family in 2015. He studied Drama and English Literature at Texas State…
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Communique: "Opioid Summit" Addresses Wilmington Epidemic; Strategy Moves Toward Addiction TreatmentIn April, a study from Castlight Health reported that Wilmington, North Carolina has the highest rate of opioid abuse in the nation. This study was solely…
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Heroin busts have been in the headlines for the past month. Most notably, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office carried out the second largest heroin…