BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Brunswick Community College is getting a grant to help nursing instructors prepare to use patient simulation technology. The $9,000 grant comes from the North Carolina Community College System.

The College is partnering with Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance, which is a non-profit made up from nearly a dozen hospitals in North Carolina and South Carolina. CCHA owns one of two mobile simulation labs in the eastern United States. The labs allow life-like training without real world consequences.

Brunswick Community College will train its faculty how to use the lab next week.

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BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Halloween is quickly approaching and we’re compiling a list of spooktacular events happening around the area.

If you’re looking for an event for the family, a Howling party for your pet, a costume contest or if you want to know when your kids can go trick-or-treating, make sure you check out the Halloween events in the Cape Fear region page on WECT.com.

We update it often, so send us an email at newsroom@wect.com if we’ve missed one. Happy Halloween!  

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BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) — Today is the deadline to file for Disaster Unemployment Assistance in New Hanover County.

According to a news release from the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, workers or business owners who meet the following criteria may be eligible for benefits:

• Individuals who are unemployed due to the disaster, and do not qualify for regular unemployment insurance benefits
• Self-employed individuals and small business owners who lost income due to the disaster
• Individuals who were prevented from working due to an injury caused by the disaster
• Individuals who have become the major supplier of household income due to the disaster-related death or injury of the previous major supplier of household income
• Individuals who are unable to reach their job or self-employment location because they must travel through the affected area and are prevented from doing so by the disaster
• Individuals who were to commence employment or self-employment but were prevented by the disaster

There is no waiting week period to file for benefits, according to the news release. Affected workers can receive benefits dated back to the week ending Sept. 3, 2011.