A news story isn’t finished after it gets reported – often, that’s just the beginning of the conversation.
Here are five stories from this week that got people talking:
- We met with founding members of Heart of Wilmington, a new grassroots group whose project ‘Get the H out of Wilmington’ aims to bring communities and services together to end the heroin epidemic.
https://portcitydaily.com/2017/06/13/growing-by-the-hundreds-this-group-wants-to-get-the-h-out-of-wilmington-our-hometown/
- Reporter Cory Mannion had this underwater encounter with a dolphin off the coast of Wilmington.
https://portcitydaily.com/2017/06/13/curious-dolphin-hangs-out-with-anglers-offshore-of-wrightsville-beach-our-hometown/
- After the revelation that a little-known chemical – called “GenX” – was in the water supply and couldn’t be filtered out, local officials met with Chemours, the DuPont spin-off that makes the chemical. The meetings was closed to the public and the media. Protesters showed up to tell officials how they felt about that.
https://portcitydaily.com/2017/06/15/protesters-wait-outside-closed-door-genx-meeting-at-new-hanover-county-government-offices-news/
- After the closed-door meeting with The Chemours Company, we got our chance to ask local officials some questions – some of which got answered, some of which didn’t.
https://portcitydaily.com/2017/06/15/what-we-learned-at-todays-press-conference-on-genx-in-cape-fear-river-news/
- We learned that officials at the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority have known about GenX in the water for over a year.
https://portcitydaily.com/2017/06/15/cfpua-knew-about-genx-for-over-a-year-vows-to-review-communication-and-transparency-news/
