Wilmington dodged an ice bullet Friday morning but is back in the bullseye for Friday night and Saturday. Rain and intermittent snow flurries are forecast for the rest of Friday and whatever falls is expected to stay on the ground and roads for a while as temperatures dive into the upper 20s overnight. Gov. Roy Cooper warned Friday that widespread power outages still ar ...

During a recent search of listings, real estate broker Todd Toconis found only 37 commercial spaces available for lease in the downtown Wilmington zip code of 28401.   Hardly any of the listings, pulled from the N.C. Commercial Multiple Listing Service on Jan. 11, involved retail space. That bodes well, Toconis said, for existing downtown restaurants and retailers. ...

One man and one team are behind nearly every major public water and sewer infrastructure project in the Cape Fear region. After joining McKim & Creed early in his career in 1993, Tony Boahn worked his way up to become vice president and regional director of the company’s mid-Atlantic water group.   He has decades-deep relationships with utilities across th ...

In a scene that could have come straight out of local history, the 1961 Cadillac eased into the parking lot at 420 N. Third St., the mid-morning sun reflecting brightly off the body. With the early January sun still traveling low in the sky, its reflection off the pearl-white Coupe deVille was blinding at times.   That didn’t stop passing drivers from staring ...

With temperatures in Wilmington hovering near 70 Thursday afternoon, it was hard to imagine that ice-covered roads and power lines are expected Friday. Although only rain is in the forecast for Thursday night, conditions are predicted to change to ice by Friday morning, as a blast of arctic air roars into Southeastern North Carolina. “Ice accumulations will make t ...

A third-party logistics firm headquartered in Wilmington has secured a foothold in the Mayfaire-area office market on its quest to make sure its expanding employee base has room as it grows.  MegaCorp Logistics added 180 new employees last year, with 130 joining the Wilmington team off Sir Tyler Drive. Another 150 c ...

Motorists traveling U.S. 421 northwest of downtown Wilmington will face a lengthy detour beginning at 6 a.m. Monday. The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced that CSX will be closing the highway south of its intersection with Interstate 140, sending drivers – including the many tractor-trailer rigs that use the route – on a 10-mile detour thro ...

Wilmington-based Odyssey Fire Protection LLC was acquired by Pye-Barker Fire & Safety.  The Wilmington company specializes in designing, engineering and installing fire sprinkler systems used in large commercial and public facilities. It was co-founded by Kevin Hommes and Eric Williams over 12 years ago. The company focuses on old school principals mixed with m ...

This year, important facets of the Wilmington business scene are set to face significant changes. Here’s a look at some of 2022’s predicted newsmakers:   BIG PROJECTS COUNTY PROJECTS ON THE RISE Millions of dollars’ worth of New Hanover County-led development projects are expected to be complete or under construction in the coming months.   ...

Tucked away in the southern Appalachian Mountains, the city of Brevard is on the opposite end of the state from Wilmington. But Brevard does have some things in common with the Port City – the city is a tourism and cultural hub and a retirement destination.   So when Josh Hallingse traded the mountain breezes of Brevard for a touch of salt air to take a job wi ...