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Cooper spoke at Thursday's first meeting of the Taskforce for Offshore Wind Economic Resource Strategies in Wilmington. He urged members to work swiftly to help the state reap industry benefits.

Developers are pushing for a new zoning rule to allow development across from Wilmington's downtown riverfront. Environmentalists and advocates want to stop new building from happening. But for most of Wilmington's long history, the west bank of Cape Fear was heavily industrialized.

Duke Energy does not have wind farms in the Carolinas, but the utility says wind energy could be part of its long-term strategy to cut carbon emissions from electricity generation. CEO Lynn Good hinted recently that the Charlotte-based company is looking at offshore wind energy along the Atlantic Coast.鈥�

In 1898, a white supremacist mob burned the offices of Wilmington's Black-owned newspaper and gunned down scores of the city's African American residents. Now, the city is honoring some of the dead.

The department says when it's done, the Wilmington East area could generate more than 1.5 gigawatts of electricity, enough for more than 500,000 homes.

The statues, which date back to 1909 and 1922, were erected during the Jim Crow period by the Daughters of the Confederacy. State law protects them from being removed 鈥� but the City of Wilmington found a legal loophole and voted to take them down, with one vocal holdout.

With local drought conditions showing no signs of waning, city and county fire officials are urging caution heading into Memorial Day weekend. Current weather conditions are posing what the Wilmington Fire Department calls an 鈥渆xtreme fire risk.鈥�

PPD offers a range of clinical research and laboratory services to help increase drug development productivity. Its revenue totaled $4.7 billion last year.

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday that the state must learn from the surprise tornado that struck Ocean Isle Beach with little or no warning,鈥�

Updated at 7 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2021.Forecasters have determined it was an EF3 tornado that touched down in Brunswick County last night, killing three鈥�