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Five candidates running for two open seats on the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners took part in a live forum on October 7, 2026. NEW HANOVER COUNY, N.C. (WECT) - The five candidates running for two open seats on the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners took part in a forum on Wednesday, October 7 in Burney Hall on the campus of UNC Wilmington.

Eight candidates running for four open seats on the New Hanover County Board of Education took part in a live forum on October 7, 2026. NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The eight candidates running for four open seats on the New Hanover County Board of Education took part in a forum on Wednesday, October 7 in Burney Hall on the campus of UNC Wilmington.

Dr. Chris Barnes, NHCS Superintendent, talks about the $320 million school bond referendum in front of voters in November.

Six candidates running to represent New Hanover County in the General Assembly took part in a live forum on October 12, 2026.

Two of the three candidates running for North Carolina's Seventh District U.S. House seat took part in a live forum on October 12, 2026. WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -Two of the three candidates running for North Carolina's Seventh District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives took part in a forum Monday, October 12 in Burney Hall on the campus of UNC Wilmington.

Eight candidates are running for four judicial seats in New Hanover and Pender counties in the November 2026 election. They include (top row from left) Janelle Cline, Katherine Corpening, Melinda Crouch, James H. Faison, Kurt B. Fryar, Kelly Hanley, Chad Hogston and G. Frank Jones. (WECT)

Two of the four candidates running for Brunswick County Commissioner seats in the November election took part in a live forum on October 14, 2026. BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Two of the four candidates running for seats on the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners took part in a forum Wednesday, October 14 at Leland Town Hall.

Five of the seven candidates running for seats in the General Assembly to represent Brunswick County took part in a live forum on October 14, 2026. BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Five of the seven candidates running to represent Brunswick County in the General Assembly took part in a forum Wednesday, October 14 at Leland Town Hall.

Former One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz has followed up her bestselling memoir "Dinner for Vampires" with her first fiction novel called "The Betrayal of Cora Wexford", which publishes Tuesday, October 20. (WECT)

Students from all four New Hanover County high schools performed in the annual Marching Band Showcase at Hoggard High School. (WECT) WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The sounds of brass and percussion filled the Hoggard High School Stadium Tuesday evening as New Hanover County Schools hosted its annual Marching Band Showcase.