The threat closed off streets in downtown Wilmington, but for hours rumors flew about what had actually happened. Police have since clarified some details, but the event — and its relation to at least two other similar incidents around the state on the same day — are still under investigation.
Big things are in the works, from the City’s public-private high-rise project downtown to the NCDOT’s long-awaited Military Cutoff Road extension.
Seventeen-year-old Lorena Fuentes Serrane was last seen several days before Christmas.
Development of a property ten times the size of Wilmington’s ‘The Avenue’ has been frozen for years, due to a complicated dispute with the NCDOT. Find out the latest, as the NCDOT now faces upward of $1 billion in settlements over similar issues.
Representatives of the property owner say market conditions are behind the repeated changes. Find out what’s going on.

