Wilmington, NC News

Credit is tight all over, it seems - but not so in the residential mortgage market, mortgage bankers and brokers say.

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State environmental health officials have lifted a pair of swimming advisories for Banks Channel in Wrightsville Beach.

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Gov. Mike Easley requested a federal disaster declaration Tuesday to cover expenses and damage from last month’s Tropical Storm Hanna, including more than $9 million in erosion at Holden Beach.

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In a surprise move to resurrect President Bush’s $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan, Senate leaders scheduled a vote on the measure for Wednesday but added a tax cut plan.

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U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre said he is optimistic House members will continue working on a bill to address the country’s faltering financial markets when they return on Thursday.

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Cornerstone Center may have lost two restaurants earlier this year, but in their place are two new eateries ready to serve the hungry masses.

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A 60-year-old Brunswick County man faces more than a decade in prison followed by a lifetime of supervision after technicians discovered child porn on his computer two years ago.

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Finding money for a commercial real estate project was getting a lot harder even before the credit crisis came to a head this week, Wilmington area developers, builders and brokers say. Will it get worse’

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Drug agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office reported the following drug arrests made in the past two weeks.

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