The Amped Journal - Friday, August 14, 2026

Uncurated edition - Claude was unavailable this run, so items below are top posts by signal score.

A Sneak Peek At Cape Fear Museum's New Location. Visitors to the Cape Fear Museum of History & Science will notice a huge difference the moment they enter the museum's new facility at 230 Grace St. “We’re basically doubling our exhibit space ... and we are tripling our education space," said Kate Baillon, museum director, during a media tour Thursday of the new location. The new museum is scheduled to officially open to the public Tuesday, Aug. 18. "This is so much bigger, so much more than our…

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Kure Beach Keeps An Eye On The Future. Kure Beach is a small town, under 1 square mile in area with less than 3,000 residents. Unlike a lot of other communities in the Wilmington area, its population isn’t expected to grow a lot more in the years to come. The Pleasure Island municipality has less than 170 buildable vacant lots left, said Kure Beach Mayor Allen Oliver. “We can’t grow. We’ve got Carolina Beach to the north and state property to the south,” he said. “We’re pretty much boxed in.” A…

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Area Companies Land On 2026 National List Of Fastest-growing Firms. Several firms headquartered in the Wilmington area have ranked on the Inc. 5000 annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Those that make the list are ranked according to their percentage revenue growth over three years, from 2022 to 2025, according to business publication Inc. Magazine, which publishes the list each year. To qualify, firms must be privately held, for-profit, based in the U.S. and indepen…

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Tech Wilmington: Upcoming Events Calendar. Here is a look at upcoming events of interest to the region’s tech and startup industry. To share an event, email newsroom@wilmingtonbiz.com. Aug. 12 Every week, UNCW’s CIE hosts 1 Million Cups Wilmington, a forum for entrepreneurs to pitch to and learn from their peers. This week's presentation is from Bennett Motorsports Support. Click for more. Aug. 27 The Network for Entrepreneurs (NEW) is hosting its next AI Roundtable discussion from 5:30 p.m. to…

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UNC Health, Wilmington Health Move Forward With Cancer Center Plans. UNC Health and Wilmington Health are taking steps to bring a potential comprehensive oncology program to Wilmington, with state regulators granting an exemption for the project's medical office building as another part of the project is under review. The two healthcare providers applied in June for the ability to establish a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner in Wilmington, which goes along with plans for a freestandin…

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Starbucks Brewing New Location On Carolina Beach Road. Another Starbucks could be coming to Carolina Beach Road. The coffee shop chain is eyeing a site at 6400 Carolina Beach Road, close to Ashley High School, for its latest Wilmington-area location, according to plans submitted to New Hanover County. The plans are set to go before the county’s technical review committee next week. The project is slated for a vacant outparcel in the Masonboro Commons retail center. According to site plans, it w…

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Public Comments Fuel Fight Over Hospital Beds. Hundreds of New Hanover County residents submitted letters supporting UNC Health’s proposed hospital, including some independent healthcare providers and former Novant Health employees. The comments were submitted ahead of a public hearing on the projects, scheduled for Aug. 20 at 1 p.m. in the meeting room of the Arboretum Education Center. Three health care providers – UNC Health, Atrium Health and Novant Health – are competing for acute care bed…

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Brunswick Board OKs Victaulic Expansion. Brunswick County planning officials approved Victaulic’s planned expansion of its Leland Innovation Park facility this week, which is expected to grow the company’s local capabilities and create new jobs. The proposed 230,000-square-foot addition would more than triple the company’s current 108,135-square-foot facility at 2010 Enterprise Drive NE in Leland. It will grow the facility’s manufacturing and warehouse capacity while housing new automation equi…

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This edition cost $0.01 - $0.01 in X reads + Claude curation n/a (not captured this run).

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