State Sen. Michael Lee Loses Reelection Bid
Newcomer Jessica Bichler defeated the Wilmington Republican in a race Senate Democrats have long targeted.
The Making of Blue Velvet Was Even Weirder Than You Think
Forty years after David Lynch’s iconic film, the people who helped make it say Wilmington was the strangest character of all.
The Little-Noticed Policy Change Promoting Three-Year High School Diplomas
North Carolina’s universities are debating three-year degrees. In 2023, the General Assembly directed public high schools to create an accelerated path too.
White Men and White Metal
How a small group of white men engineered the violent 1898 overthrow of Wilmington’s duly elected multiracial government.
