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ONLY ON 3: Gulf oil spill impacting local BP business
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Although the Gulf oil spill has not reached the Carolina coast, the disaster is affecting our gas pumps. We called three BP franchise owners today to find out how the oil spill...
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Though risk is low, state, locals prepare for oil from Gulf
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) -- With oil spilling in large quantities in the Gulf of Mexico, some locals are concerned that it will eventually get to our beaches. The chances that it will are small,...
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CB restaurant stops selling oysters, blames oil spill
CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY) -- The oil spill that has shut down oyster beds along the Gulf Coast is affecting businesses in Carolina Beach and forcing customers to choose something else off the...
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Boys' lemons aid Gulf Coast fisherman
CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY) -- Two twin boys spent today out in the heat selling lemonade in Carolina Beach. They're donating all of the money they made to help a fisherman in Louisiana.Six-year-olds...
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Local, state, federal leaders meet to discuss oil concerns
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- More than 60 emergency managers, mayors and local officials met with representatives from Raleigh and Washington today to review their course of action if any oil were to come...
View ArticleThe Gulf oil leak is stopped
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP says oil has stopped leaking into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April.The company has been slowly dialing down the flow as part of a test on a new cap. Engineers are...
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Oil spill shows importance of UNCW facility
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The UNCW Center for Marine Science is home to some of the leading minds in their field. Today it hosted leaders from emergency management and higher education across the state...
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Cape Fear Green Building Alliance hosts Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fundraiser
Saturday the Cape Fear Green Building Alliance put on an oil spill fundraiser. The alliance had a book sale featuring "Carolina Preserves". The book contains 125 reproductions of watercolors painted by...
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BP's Gulf of Mexico oil well declared "dead"
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP's blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has finally been killed once and for all, five months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in...
View ArticleOil spill demo raises concerns about offshore drilling
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) -- Today is the first anniversary of the Gulf Oil Spill, and because of its lasting effects, concerned citizens in our area are trying to prevent drilling off the coast of...
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