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Residents offeredto meet new healthcare providers
Sampson Regional Medical Center administators say they are expanding access to primary care and women’s health services with the addition of six new providers over the past year, an effort hospital officials say is aimed at giving local residents more options for receiving care closer to home. To help...
WECT
Novant Health provider urges flu vaccination as cases emerge early
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Flu cases have already been reported in the region, and a Novant Health provider says people should consider getting vaccinated as the season gets underway. Rand Pennington, a provider with Novant Health Primary Care, said it is too early to know how severe this flu season...
WWAY NewsChannel 3
Free vaccine clinic planned at Brunswick Center of Leland
LELAND, NC (WWAY) — A free vaccine clinic is coming to the Brunswick Center of Leland next week. The Immunization/Vaccine Clinic will be held Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to noon at the center, located at 121 Town Hall Drive. According to the center, the clinic will offer...
WWAY NewsChannel 3
Novant Health opens preventative neurology clinic in Wilmington
Wilmington, NC (WWAY) — Novant Health has opened a new clinic in Wilmington focused on preventative neurological care and identifying risk factors that could affect patients’ long-term brain health. Novant Health Preventative Neurology is located at 2221 S. 17th St. The clinic focuses on early evaluation, education and...
Star News
Brunswick fire chief alleges care failures at Novant hospital | Exclusive
A Brunswick County fire chief is behind a new medical malpractice lawsuit against a local hospital following the death of his mother. Southport Fire Chief and resident Charles Drew is suing several Novant Health entities and a physician, claiming a series of failures at Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center led to Juanita Bowling Jones' death in early 2025. Drew, serving as the duly appointed administrator of Jones' estate, filed a medical malpractice suit in Brunswick County Superior Court in August for the "wrongful death" of his mother. The complaint names Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center, Novant Health, Inc., several affiliated Novant entities and Dr. Jane Anne Shaw as defendants. "We extend our deepest condolences to those grieving the loss of a loved one, however, we are unable to disclose details concerning the care of a patient or discuss active litigation," Novant spokesperson Julian March said. When reached for comment, both Drew and his representing attorney Kevin Bullard declined. The complaint lays out the family's allegations, details Jones' final days and seeks damages for wrongful death, medical negligence and gross negligence. Concerns raised before the fall According to the complaint, Jones was admitted to Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center on Jan.
coastalreview.org
Cape Fear River Watch vows to hold Chemours accountable
A chemical manufacturing company responsible for contaminating the drinking water sources of tens of thousands of North Carolinians is not adequately curbing its releases of PFAS into the environment, a Wilmington-based environmental group says. In a recent notice to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Cape Fear River Watch...
Inter Press Service
Two Wilmington-Area Women Are Redefining Medical Aesthetics Along the Cape Fear Coast
Andrea Payne and Theresa Hoffman built SALT – A Well Labs+ Medspa from a single office into a three-location regional practice. WILMINGTON, N.C. — 26/09/2026 — When Andrea Payne and Theresa Hoffman opened the doors of SALT – A Well Labs+ Medspa, they set out to build something they felt was missing in the Wilmington market: a medical aesthetics practice that treated clinical rigor and genuine patient care as equally important. Today, SALT operates three locations across Wilmington and Hampstead, staffed by a team of nationally trained, credentialed injectors and aestheticians, and stands as one of the Cape Fear region’s fastest-growing women-founded medical practices.
WWAY NewsChannel 3
New Hanover Regional Medical Center earns national recognition for pediatric care
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center has been ranked No. 3 among 89 participating pediatric hospitals in the 2026 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award cohort. The award is presented by Vizient, Inc., which evaluates hospital performance and compares participating health systems on...
Roll Call Online
Settlement of Camp Lejeune case shows dilemma facing many victims
Among the thousands of victims of contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune was a woman with the ironic name of Mary Freshwater, who was raising her family at the North Carolina base in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when toxins in the water were at their peak.
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Cape Fear Valley Bladen County Hospital Outpatient Therapy relocating to new location
Cape Fear Valley Health is relocating its outpatient physical and occupational therapy services in Elizabethtown to a new location beginning today, Sept. 21. Cape Fear Valley Bladen County Hospital Outpatient Therapy will relocate to:. 601 S. Cypress St. Elizabethtown, NC 28337. The new location will continue to provide outpatient physical...
WECT
Cape Fear Valley therapy clinic relocates in Elizabethtown
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. (WECT) - Patients visiting Cape Fear Valley’s outpatient therapy clinic in Elizabethtown will now head to a new location on South Cypress Street. Cape Fear Valley Bladen County Hospital Outpatient Therapy began seeing patients Monday at 601 S. Cypress St., relocating from its previous facility while continuing to serve Bladen County and surrounding areas.
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Novant Health’s economic impact hits $4.33B as Cape Fear population surges
Novant Health’s Coastal Region now generates $4.33 billion in annual economic output, more than triple what it reported a decade ago, according to an updated independent analysis by University of North Carolina Wilmington economist Mouhcine Guettabi.
Star News
Wilmington nurse's legacy lives on through new scholarships
When people remember Freddie Simpson, they often mention his smile, his friendly nature, and the sometimes corny “dad jokes” that he recited at the beginning of each shift. “He gave the best hugs in the world,” recalled Leslie Kesler, senior director of rehab services for Novant Health. On Aug. 10, 2025, Freddie Simpson passed away after experiencing cardiac arrest. Exactly one year later, family and friends honored his legacy at a celebration on the patio of Novant Health New Hanover Regional Rehabilitation Hospital. Freddie Simpson worked at the Rehabilitation Hospital for 24 years and served as the rehab nurse manager for the last 18 years. Those who worked with him say that he made an impact on his colleagues, his patients, and the community, and because he grew up in the area. “It’s almost amazing to think of anybody that Freddie didn’t know,” Kesler said. “Because he could make friends in a second, and he also had all these connections.” She recalled one point during his employment where he knew several of the patients on a single hall, including his Sunday school teacher, one of his high school teachers, and a person he knew from his childhood in Pender County.