Wrightsville Beach News

The plug has been pulled on Wrightsville's pay-per-inquiry television ad campaign, leaving the Tourism Development Authority with about $28,000 in unspent funds.

A great white shark was reported Sunday about a mile off the coast near the Oceanic pier in Wrightsville Beach Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 3:51 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5:14 p.m. New Hanover County A great white shark apparently lurking off the coast of New Hanover County has become the talk of a popular ...

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:19 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:19 p.m. The Wrightsville Beach Planning Board has started talking about rule changes that could have a big impact on how old cottages are renovated.

A Coast Guard crew from Air Station Elizabeth City responded to a report of an overdue fishing vessel about 12 miles east of New Topsail Inlet, N.C., Tuesday night.

After regaining consciousness the first words of policewoman Kim Munley, who shot the Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan, were "Did anybody die?" Sergeant Munley, 34, was unconcious after being shot three times by Hasan and was rushed to hospital after she lost so much blood doctors thought she would die.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC ... When Wrightsville Beach police detective Shaun Appler pulled over a suspected drunk driver in 2000, he couldn't have foreseen the dangerous situation that was about to ensue.

The stepmother of the police officer who shot an Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers said Friday the woman's heroics are not surprising.

The goliath grouper can grow as long as 8 feet, weigh up to 880 pounds and live for more than 35 years.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:35 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:35 a.m. The Surf City Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the conditional use permit for the Beach House Marina project's dry stacks by another year.

Town of Wrightsville Beach employee Steven Carter wears a mask while using a pressure washer to spray cormorant guano from the plants at Causeway Park near the drawbridge Wednesday Nov.

27 by one of NASA's chief scientists suggest that sea level is climbing at a rate previously unheard of by the international community.

University of North Carolina Wilmington professor Larry Cahoon, left, speaks with NASA Chief Scientist Robert Bindschadler after a demonstration by Emily Rocheleau, of Clean Air - Cool Planet on Public Beach Access No.

Carson James, a 17 year old senior at Hoggard High School, has earned the Boy Scouts of America's highest honor, the Eagle Scout award.

Beach is one percent over revenue projections and less than one percent under expenditures for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2009-2010. Town Manager Bob Simpson presented the review for the board of aldermen as a prequel to its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, Oct.

Two candidates are counting the days until the Wrightsville Beach mayoral election on Tuesday, Nov.

Deebo, a non-neutered male pit bull, was deemed a dangerous dog by Wrightsville Beach Police Chief John Carey upon his review of incident reports filed by members of his police force following a dog fight at the home of Deebo's owner at 303 Water Street on Oct.

Submitted by WWAY on 27 October 2009 - 5:46pm. Scientists concerned about rise of sea level Climate experts came to the Port City today to talk about sea level rise.

Do returned mailings make for ghost voters? Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 9:22 p.m. In September, a trio of Wrightsville Beach candidates made an interesting discovery while campaigning.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 8:27 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 8:27 a.m. Wilmington Local writer Robert Anthony Siegel has received a $10,000 literary fellowship award from the N.C. Arts Council.

The feds are getting tougher on oysters that come from Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.