CoastLine

Wilmington, North Carolina is at the top of an unfortunate list. One study published last year , based on analysis of numbers from the Centers for Disease Control, shows more than 11.5% of the population abuses opioids. Opioid abusers tend to live in the rural south – according to the Castlight report . Earlier this week, Wilmington’s Police Chief, Ralph Evangelous, announced the lowest crime statistics in nearly a quarter of a century, as reported by the StarNews . The areas to work on, he says

Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington is frequently held up as one of the highly-regarded programs there. Life and Marine Sciences were identified by a New Hanover County economic development analysis two and a half years ago as one of the existing strengths for the Cape Fear region and one that should be exploited. About a decade before Jay Garner delivered that report to county commissioners, MARBIONC had launched at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington. The

As North Carolina legislators begin a new long session in Raleigh, both political parties have pointed to education as an area needing attention. The first day of the session, Republican lawmakers filed a bill in the House to address class sizes. That’s because last year, a newly-passed law reduced maximum class size – but came with no additional state funding. That left some school systems looking down the barrel of cutting in other areas – such as arts and physical education. That will be

When you think of an accessible space, you might picture a ramp to the side door of a building, big metal grab bars next to a toilet, or a button with a wheelchair insignia that automatically opens doors. But a concept called Universal Design is gaining traction.

Every successful municipality will inevitably grapple with the push-pull of growth versus green space – how to grow a tax base without over-developing a city. Echo Farms, a development within the City of Wilmington, is at the center of this battle in the Cape Fear region.

The man we meet on this edition of CoastLine is a bona fide Air Pirate -- convicted in absentia by the Nigerian government just after the civil war. He was the first broadcast engineer on staff at WHQR. He’s written a book of fiction called The Ship’s Cat . And he acted in the notoriously – um – horrific film Death Bed: The Bed that Eats . He also helped to design the bed that eats. Guest: Jock Brandis is an inventor, designer, actor, humanitarian, and the founder of The Full Belly Project, a

Jeremy Vest has interviewed Karl Rove, Ben Affleck, John Stamos, and Al Franken – among others -- for an MTV show called How's Your News? . He has been coached by Geraldo Rivera. And he’s appeared as the lead character in a Western called Bulletproof Jackson – which became the subject of a separate documentary – Becoming Bulletproof . That documentary was written about by the New York Times and distributed by Morgan Spurlock Productions. Jeremy Vest also has a rare neurodevelopmental disability

North Carolina ranks 9 th in the nation for most racial progress: that’s according to a new analysis published by WalletHub, a personal finance website that frequently publishes analyses based on demographic statistics.