Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to a UPS plane crash that killed 15 last year but at that point the plane manufacturer didn't believe it threatened safety, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
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The vigil comes just a few days after hundreds of people gathered for a protest against ICE on the steps of Thalian Hall last Saturday.
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Topsail High School has named Terry “T.J.” Albert as the school’s new head varsity football coach. Albert brings more than a decade of head coaching experience and a lifelong connection to football. 
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For years, there have been conversations about the need to replace the aging Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. 
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Over the past few years, Burgaw has experienced a major boom in tourism and now the town’s mayor is wanting to take that revenue out of the county’s hands.
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A new Pender County manager has taken over in the wake of a vendor fraud scheme that resulted in the loss of more than $650,000 in public funds.
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A 19-year-old was arrested on multiple drug charges including death by distribution. 
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A 21-year-old man facing an involuntary manslaughter charge following a deadly shooting early Saturday morning in Wilmington appeared in court Wednesday afternoon.
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The Town of Wrightsville Beach shared in a social media post that the historic Williams–Bordeaux Cottage has been moved. 
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The State Department is freezing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to clamp down on applicants it deems likely to become a public charge.
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A former Republican lawmaker in South Carolina was sentenced Wednesday to 17 1/2 years in prison for sending hundreds of videos of children being sexually abused to people across the country on social media around the same time he was advocating for laws meant to protect kids.
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Sheriff's deputies are investigating an alleged break-in and theft last week at the North Carolina home of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, one of seven people who died in a plane crash last month.
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