Rochelle Whiteside says Pender County is in her “blood and bones.” “It’s a very sweet place that my family’s been in since ...

By Elisabeth Strillacci The state, including, Rowan County, has entered the annual storm season and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted a more active than ...

Employee pay and funding priorities were at the heart of discussion among Pender County commissioners who decided against ...

The plan for a neighboring county to execute its merger with an emergency management services nonprofit is coming into ...

One option would have brought all departments under county control at a cost of around $2.6 million. The other option did not ...

PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Multiple fire crews are on the scene of a mobile home fire in Pitt County. The fire is off Pactolus Highway near Mumford Road and was called in around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Crews were able to extinguish a house fire in Leland on Sunday that was caused by a lightning strike, according to Leland ...

SAN JOSE — Firefighters responded to a Tier 2 vegetation fire near Communications Hill on Sunday afternoon, according to a social media post from the San Jose Fire Department. Forward progress of the ...

Pender County Schools to discuss three-tier bell schedule at special meeting. Published: May 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM EDT ... including three members of the Banks Fire Department.

Crews from the N.C. Forest Service, Pender EMS and Fire Inc., Rocky Point Volunteer Fire Department, and Burgaw Fire Department responded to the wildfire, but as of 7:15 p.m., the Pender County ...

Several Wilmington-area fire departments battled a brush fire in the Holly Shelter Road area on Monday and Tuesday near the New Hanover and Pender county line. According to the latest update from ...

Every money we get goes to the protection of Pender County." A meeting on the issue is set for Wednesday. There are 250 employees at the private, nonprofit department.