BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The Brunswick County Commissioners will hold their bi-monthly meeting Tuesday, September 6th. One of the items on the agenda is a resolution supporting the development of offshore wind resources by the State of North Carolina.

Sarah King with the NC Sierra Club will be on hand to present the resolution to Commissioners. In her presentation, the Sierra Club estimates that the development of offshore wind industry could would create 45,000 construction jobs and 9,000 permanent jobs over the next 20 years. They estimate it could generate $22 billion in total economic benefit for the state’s economy.

If passed, the resolution would not enact any changes but be used to encourage the Governor to support the project in North Carolina.

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BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) — Wouldn’t it be nice to have breaking news, severe weather alerts, the three-day forecast, lottery results and sports scores texted directly to your cell phone? Well now you can sign up for all of those alerts with WECT.

Go to our Sign Up for Text Alerts page and enter you contact information. From there you can select exactly what you want texted to you. You can chose which teams or sports you want to know about, which lottery results you need to receive, and which county you live in to get specific weather forecasts for.

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BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) — North Brunswick beat East Columbus 16-8 Friday night.

The Scorpions scored broke an 8-8 tie with a touchdown in the final 30 seconds of the game and are now 3-0. The Gators fell to 0-3.

North Brunswick will travel to Lejeune next Friday and East Columbus plays at Whiteville.

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