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1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (350+ words) After closing The Penthouse'in downtown Wilmington in January, owner Jesse Davis has moved on to his next'chapter.'He'opened'Jesse's Martini & Tapas Lounge'at 1427 Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington at the end of April. "I feel like'this is'where'I'm supposed to be," he said....

7+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1586+ words) Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other form of cancer: more than prostate cancer and colon cancer combined, and nearly three times as many as breast cancer. But while pink ribbons are a familiar sight and 4 in 5 women get…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago  (133+ words) Rural stretches north of Statesville have seen multiple serious collisions in recent years. A crash profile from Iredell County shows the area averages roughly three to four motorcycle fatalities a year and flags speed and alcohol as recurring contributors to…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago  (304+ words) ATI Inc. is weighing roughly a $300 million expansion in Monroe that could drop new production buildings and process equipment into the city's industrial park and bring about 130 precision manufacturing jobs if both proposals move ahead. Local officials are already hustling…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago  (174+ words) Sponsored by Carman Auto Group, MW Roofing and Scouting America Delmarva Council A fire in'a three-story semi-detached home on North Harrison Street in Wilmington early Saturday killed one person'and led to'a full frontal collapse of the structure. The Wilmington Fire…...

17+ hour, 22+ min ago  (359+ words) Wilmington College will renew the time-honored tradition of Commencement on May 9, as the institution conducts its 150th graduation ceremony. Much has changed over the last century and a half, but Commencement's core purpose remains: to celebrate student achievement and their Dub…...

11+ hour, 57+ min ago  (398+ words) Jet fuel prices have skyrocketed since the Iran War started, taking a toll on the airline industry. Spirit Airlines is going out of business after 34 years, at least in part because of rising oil prices, according to a press release…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago  (1224+ words) When a federal judge shot down a Trump administration policy of holding immigrants without bond last December, it seemed like a serious blow to the president's mass deportation effort. Instead, a top Justice Department official insisted the ruling wasn't binding,…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago  (522+ words) Mexico City is sinking by nearly 10 inches (about 25 centimeters) a year, according to new satellite imagery released this week by NASA, making it one of the world's fastest-subsiding metropolises. One of the world's most sprawling and populated urban areas, at…...

18+ hour, 40+ min ago  (801+ words) In a city that had been waiting years for the return of professional hockey, the arrival of the Greensboro Gargoyles wasn't just the start of a new franchise'it was the revival of a hockey heartbeat. Inside First Horizon Coliseum, the…...