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Publix Confirms Upcoming Leland Store

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Feb 12, 2025

Publix Confirms Upcoming Leland Store

A Publix grocery store is coming to Leland. In an announcement Wednesday, company officials said they had signed a lease for a new store at Savannah Branch Town Center, a commercial development at U.S. 17 and Lanvale Road. According to a news r ...

Feb 12, 2025

Program Could Help Finance Commercial Building Upgrades

New Hanover County could become the first in North Carolina to take part in the state’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program. The program, approved by state legislators last summer, helps commercial property owners secu ...

Feb 12, 2025

OPINION: Seeing Green: A Case For Community Collaboration On Parks And Green Space

Recently, I took a morning off of work to spend time with my son, Luke Jr. We set out to visit multiple parks across Wilmington, enjoying one of those perfect 60-degree days that somehow feels like 75. I left my phone in the truck at each stop &ndash ...

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Feb 12, 2025

Homebuilder Finds Room To Grow Here

HHHunt officials could have gone elsewhere to expand. But Wilmington was a good fit in several different ways, said Buck H. Hunt, president and CEO of family-owned HHHunt. The real estate development, building and management company, which has cor ...

Feb 12, 2025

Tech Wilmington: Upcoming Events Calendar

Here is a look at upcoming events of interest to the region’s tech and startup industry. To share an event, email [email protected]. Feb. 13 NEW, Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington, hosts its next DEEEEEP DIVE e ...

Feb 12, 2025

Seeking A Workforce Cure

"It’s a wicked problem.” That’s how Chris Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, describes the region’s critical shortage of nurses and other health care professionals. ...

Feb 12, 2025

Pet Pampering Options Grow

The word luxury is often associated with designer brands and pampering services; locally, luxury has taken on a whole new meaning in the realm of pet boarding, grooming and day care. In the Wilmington area, a growing number of pet boarding facilit ...

Feb 12, 2025

Soundoff: Chamber Plays A Pivotal Role In Health Care Workforce Effort

At a time when available workforce development and health care accessibility are critically important, the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is poised to assist in the creation, development and implementation of unique, new programming. The d ...

Feb 12, 2025

Schools Aim To Grow Apprenticeships

In an announcement in June sent to local media last year, Cape Fear Community College highlighted success stories in one of the Wilmington-based school’s apprenticeship programs. School officials have been working to draw attention to appren ...

Feb 12, 2025

Pirate-inspired Bar Perseveres

In 1945, German troops surrendered to Allied forces, Elvis Presley walked on stage for the first time at age 10 and, in Wilmington, the Barbary Coast welcomed its first customer. Since then, the local dive bar has had three owners – Buddy Be ...


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