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“It’s about leading the world or letting the world pass us by.”

There are local elections along the N.C. coast from Oak Island to Kitty Hawk on Nov. 2, 2021. Two familiar names are running for mayor of Wilmington.

(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: John Letzing, Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum & Andrew Berkley, Lead, Immersive Technology and Content, World Economic Forum Floods linked to climate change disproportionately devastate poor areas. Efforts are underway to use technology to…

It has been almost five years since Hurricane Matthew flooded the small town of Fair Bluff, on the coastal plain of North Carolina. But somehow, the damage keeps getting worse. The storm submerged Main Street in 4 feet of water, destroyed the town hall and the police and fire departments, and flooded almost one-quarter of Fair Bluff's homes. After two weeks underwater, the

A proposed levee along the Neuse River at Seven Springs and a pilot project to address chronic flooding in the Stoney Creek watershed are two of the items in flood-mitigation legislation making its way through the General Assembly. The “Disaster Relief and Mitigation Act,” House Bill 500, would allocate more than $200 million on projects to prevent flooding and to plan ahead for damaging storms. It would be “the largest and most comprehensive statewide investment that North Carolina has ever made to prepare for future storms,” said House Majority Leader John Bell, R-Wayne,...