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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 ...

Oct 2, 2026

Investors Buy Leland Apartments In Nearly $58M Deal

An Indianapolis-based firm has purchased an apartment complex in Leland. BAM Capital, the private equity arm of The BAM Companies, bought The Marling at Town Creek, a 334-unit community completed in 2024, for nearly $58 million, according to the d ...

Oct 2, 2026

Trends To Watch: Economic Development

In 2026, economic development trends impacting the Wilmington region encompass a range of sectors and areas of growth potential, from a roadmap for investment at the Port of Wilmington to new industrial spaces, competing healthcare systems and the ex ...

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3 Retirement Planning Tips for the Last 3 Years Before Retirement

Posted Sep 1, 2026
Retirement planning advice can start to sound familiar: save early, spend wisely, diversify, and know your number. Those fundamentals matter, but they are not the whole story. Retirement is as much a mental and behavioral transition as it is a financial one, which is why the basics are worth revisiting, and why some of the less obvious planning steps deserve more attention.

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Cashin Joins Human Capital Solutions As Chief Relationship Officer

Oct 2, 2026

Editor's Letter: The Job Creators

A recent report placed Wilmington among the top cities nationally when it comes to job growth over the past decade.   The city ranked fifth among the 150 largest metro areas in the U.S. for percentage growth of total employment (29.6%) between ...

Oct 2, 2026

The Takeaway: Disc-o Fever

Disc golf players travel to Good Hops Brewing at 811 Harper Ave. in Carolina Beach to take advantage of its award-winning course. Using rules and scoring similar to golf, disc golf is a flying-disc game where players aim to get their disc in eleva ...

Oct 2, 2026

Local Companies Solve Problems With Their Own Creations

Guitar players come to a Pender County-based business for solutions. Since 2000, Mojotone, a manufacturing firm headquartered at 137 Worth Beverage Drive in Burgaw, has supplied handcrafted amplifiers, cabinets, pickups and other guitar components ...

Oct 2, 2026

Katrina Knight Helps Steer Good Shepherd To More Homeless Services Solutions

The struggles Katrina Knight’s parents faced as children and young adults inspired their daughter to find ways to help others. “My dad had experienced going without and being hungry and having to start working at age 12 to support his ...

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

Big Projects Having Or Set To Have Major Local Impacts

Built alongside the runway at Wilmington International Airport, Frontier Scientific Solutions’ 530,000-square-foot North American headquarters building serves as a hub for the company’s pharmaceutical logistics operations. Frontier Sci ...

Oct 2, 2026

Coastal Forces Shape Building Sciences Practice

When Built Environments relocated to Wilmington, the firm’s partners weren’t looking for the lazy tranquility one hopes for when on vacation. Instead, they sought sultry heat. They wanted to understand whipping coastal winds and punish ...


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Glass, specifically optical fiber, has become integral to the expansion of the internet and AI infrastructure. And Corning Inc., a leading g...


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The expanding footprints of Perennial Harbor and Blossom Bay are among the latest examples of growth in the Soda Pop District, which stretch...

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