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A kayaker from Monroe was rescued by the Coast Guard off Oak Island on Saturday when his kayak overturned.

Cindy Horrell Ramsey's novel "600 Letters Home" follows the fictional correspondence between a teen boy from rural Georgia and his girlfriend.

We posted photos from all 13 covers from the magazine's first four years. We received thousands of votes. Our winners:

Proposal would cost urban counties, like New Hanover, in favor of rural areas

Scientists say warm weather key to spate of N.C. attacks

A Wilmington man faces charges related to heroin trafficking after a vehicle he was in was stopped Thursday on eastbound Interstate 40.

A student was injured March 23 when he lost control of the R44, a four-seat light helicopter.

Three properties would be removed from the town limits.

The Wilmington Family YMCA plans to increase services at the city of Wilmington pools this summer.

Midnight oil study sessions and graveyard shifts in the Port City area are about to get a little sweeter.