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What we do with our time on this planet is just as important as us being here at all. There are philosophies which say we live to suffer in perpetual search for meaning; certain religions teach that meaning and purpose to be discovered through pious revelation of a divine edict. No matter which you, dear reader, adhere to, the search for meaning is a universal quest.  Rose-Mary Harrington has been traveling that journey and has found meaning through her art, play writing to b

Wilmington's No Kings was one of approximately 2,600 events held nationwide most of which, like ours, remained peaceful.

JJ Street was playing drums at American Fish Company the same night a military veteran, well known to local law enforcement and believed to struggle with PTSD and traumatic brain injury, allegedly opened fire from a boat into the Southport waterfront bar, murdering three people and physically injuring at least eight.

In 2014, the Wilmington chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM) was started on the heels of four fatalities over 90 days. One of these deaths was Brandon Smith—accused of shooting a police officer in the Creekwood neighborhood before being shot 27 times three days later by New Hanover County Sheriff’s deputies and an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Gwenyfar Rohler asks what would our community conversations look like if that intense energy were channeled into local issues like healthcare equity, access to education, the school-to-prison pipeline, and cash bail?

Before WECT's 'To Drill or Not to Drill?' debate began, encore asked speaker Jean-Michel Cousteau two questions. His answers are published here in their entirety.