Selecting Sen. Michael Lee for a Razor Walker Award was controversial, but where the backlash came from shocked a UNCW administrator.
Kevin Maurer
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UNC Wilmington Goes to War over an Education Award
A protest, a fiery email from a Board of Governors member, and a chancellor’s directive reveal the thorny path UNCW is navigating.
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Housing and Heritage
What can we build and save in this rapidly growing region?
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Who’s Paying Attention to Cape Fear?
The Union Station Building at Cape Fear Community College // Photos by Maddy Gray A Rising Tide At the current rate of increase, Cape Fear Community College President Jim Morton’s salary will top a half a million dollars in just a few years – and the Wilmington community seems relatively OK with that. Morton’s most […]
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Davis Does A Head Fake On Abortion
State Rep. Ted Davis spent the last week in the national spotlight, with mentions in the New York Times, Washington Post, and even Rolling Stone. The tight legislative numbers game in Raleigh meant all eyes were on the New Hanover County Republican, waiting to see if he would uphold a campaign pledge to protect the […]
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A Big To-Do
In Wilmington, a compromise over painting “Black Lives Matter” on the street led to a work of art that has taken on a life of its own.
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Welcome to the Wilmington Dive
Welcome to the Dive. This is the first edition of our new weekly newsletter, published in partnership with WHQR, the Cape Fear Region’s NPR affiliate. We’ll be co-reporting big stories and collaborating on a weekly dispatch that merges The Assembly’s style of deep reporting and writing with WHQR’s insightful local storytelling to give readers compelling, […]
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Josh Stein Makes His Case
The N.C. Attorney General has long been the presumptive Democratic frontrunner for governor in 2024. Now he has to convince voters.
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A Budd-Beasley Debrief
We talked to the campaign managers for both Ted Budd and Cheri Beasley about their takeaways from the election.
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Paper Elephant
Rep. Ted Budd rode former President Donald Trump’s endorsement to win the Senate primary. But who is Budd without Trump?