In 1955, an old man named Robert Harrill gathered what remained of his broken life and hitchhiked to Carolina Beach, looking for someplace quiet to nurse the scars life had mercilessly kicked into his ...

The Wilmington area is steeped in history. And while a lot of isn't necessarily on public display, a lot of it is. Here's a list of Wilmington-area historic sites open to the public that might be of ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - An annual event aimed at fostering the love of STEM among young girls will be held this weekend. The NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher’s (NCAFF) 2025 Femme in STEM event will be ...

As they walked down East Moore Street in Southport, Jacques and Marie Tremblay were having an animated conversation that anyone who isn't from North Carolina probably has had at one time or another ...

WILMINGTON – Historians, Civil War buffs, and people curious about what happened at one of the largest forts ever built in the United States will gather at the Fort Fisher State Historical Site on ...

Asta, the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher’s oldest Asian small-clawed otter, has been placed in palliative care as her ...

A section of historic Fort Fisher that was ripped apart to create an Army airfield during World War II has been restored. It took three months to recreate the feature. Fort Fisher State Historic Site ...