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Center Point Begins Planning For Next Phase

Emma Dill - About 1 hour ago

Oct 6, 2026

Center Point Begins Planning For Next Phase

As construction wraps up on the first phase of Center Point, the development’s next phase is taking shape. Residents began moving into The Sterling, the project’s 265-unit apartment complex, in mid-September, according to Morgan Bentiv ...

Oct 6, 2026

For Fearful Film Industry, State Lawmakers Promise Additional Funding

State lawmakers plan to give North Carolina's film incentive program a cash infusion, officials announced Tuesday at Cinespace Studios in Wilmington. If approved by the legislature, the appropriation would amount to an additional $31 million f ...

Oct 6, 2026

New Hanover Leaders Adopt Updated Comprehensive Plan

New Hanover County leaders unanimously adopted a new comprehensive plan on Monday. The 2026 New Hanover County Comprehensive Plan will serve as a roadmap for future growth and investment countywide, Rebekah Roth, New Hanover County’s plannin ...

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Hospitality M&A: Bring HR Into the Discovery Process, Not the Closing DinnerĀ 

Posted About 17 hours ago

The following column was contributed by Jim Needell, SPHR, SHRM-SCP.

In most restaurant and hotel mergers and acquisitions, HR arrives late. Sometimes it's the week before signing, when someone realizes no one has looked at the employee files. Sometimes it's after close, when the integration team opens the personnel records and finds problems that were corre...read entire article

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Luca Partners Grows In Wilmington With Team Additions

Oct 6, 2026

Charter Board Denies Proposed Wilmington All-boys School

The North Carolina Charter Schools Review Board denied Tuesday morning an application for an all-boys charter school in Wilmington, submitted earlier this year by Rob Campbell, CEO and founder of nonprofit New H.O.P.E. CDC, and former ...

Oct 5, 2026

Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center, Delivery Station Now Open In Wilmington

On Monday, North Carolina’s largest and most advanced robotics fulfillment center marked its launch in the Wilmington region. The robotics fulfillment center, located on the New Hanover-Pender county line, has been ramping up its operations ...

Oct 5, 2026

Carolina HealthWorks Gains Ground As Small Business Health Insurance Costs Rise

Almost a year after its launch, Carolina HealthWorks, a health insurance option for small businesses through participating local chambers of commerce, has covered thousands of employees and their families, officials said. The program, a multiple-e ...

Oct 5, 2026

Ports Chief Seeks Suspension Of Harbor Deepening Proposal Amid Contamination Questions

The Wilmington Harbor deepening proposal could be dead in the water for now. In September, Brian Clark, executive director of N.C. State Ports Authority, wrote a letter to federal officials requesting that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ...

Oct 2, 2026

Crews Begin Building Major Expansion Of Midtown YMCA

Construction started this summer on the YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina's $15 million midtown expansion. The project will include transforming the midtown location's existing 16,000-square-foot facility at 709 George Anderson Drive int ...

Oct 2, 2026

Course Change With New UNCW, CFCC Research Vessels

Two vessels arriving in Wilmington this fall could help shape the next generation of marine research and technology training at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Cape Fear Community College. The newly built R/V (Research Vessel) Ospr ...

Oct 2, 2026

Newly Launched Wilmington Firm Offers AI Workers

Augwork AI, a Wilmington-based artificial intelligence company, announced its launch Thursday, describing itself in a news release as "a practical platform for businesses seeking to move beyond AI experimentation and apply artificial intelligenc ...


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