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In today’s Port City Pulse:

• New Pilot Training Program Takes Off at Cape Fear Community College

• Wilmington Approves 184-Unit Affordable Housing Project

New Pilot Training Program Takes Off at Cape Fear Community College

[CFCC] Cape Fear Community College is launching a new Career Pilot Program to address the growing demand for aviation professionals. Starting this fall, students can take courses in aviation fundamentals and pilot instrument ground school. The program aims to prepare students, including high schoolers, for careers as commercial pilots and in other aviation roles. The initiative is part of a broader effort to meet industry shortages, with plans to expand course offerings in the future.

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Wilmington Approves 184-Unit Affordable Housing Project on Kerr Avenue

[WWAY] Wilmington City Council has approved the development of Avenue Flats, a 184-unit affordable housing project on South Kerr Avenue. The council also allocated $3.15 million in gap financing for the project, which will serve residents earning 30% to 80% of the area median income. While the project is seen as a positive step towards addressing the city's affordable housing crisis, it’s acknowledged that more needs to be done. The council also approved a resolution to seek grants for the South 17th Street Multi-Use Path Project.

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News Roundup

Local News:

• Treasury Secretary Yellen came to NC to talk about inflation

• Juvenile taken into custody after 911 receives 'swatting' call threatening to shoot up Hope Mills Middle School

• Teen charged after crashing stolen vehicle into Durham home

What you should know:

• Apalachee ‘shooter’ Colt Gray’s dad charged with murder

• Hunter Biden pleads guilty to federal tax charges 

What might surprise you

• Conor McGregor is running for President of Ireland in 2025

• Vladimir Putin says he supports Kamala Harris for president

• Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei dies tragically after being set on fire by boyfriend

National & World News:

• Barron Trump began his freshman year of college this week at New York University

• Judge reduces prison sentence for Army vet convicted in Capitol riot

• Historian who has correctly predicted almost every winner for 40 years reveals Kamala Harris as his 2024 pick

• Melania Trump publishes and sells her memoirs

To-Do!

✅ Go watch the dogs swim at Robert Strange Park or take your dog for a swim - Today: (3:30 to 7:30 p.m.)

✅ Make a last trip to Britt’s Donuts before the season ends after Sunday

✅ Go watch the Dock Dogs competition at the USS North Carolina taking place all weekend

Adopt a Pet

Weather Forecast

Fri 06 Partly Cloudy | 84°/72° | 15% | NE 10 mph
Sat 07 Rain | 79°/68° | 82% | N 8 mph
Sun 08 Cloudy | 78°/67° | 22% | NE 12 mph

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Tide Forecast

Fri Sep 6

• 3:48am: 0.41 ft (Low Tide)

• 10:11am: 4.29 ft (High Tide)

• 4:08pm: 0.67 ft (Low Tide)

• 10:20pm: 3.86 ft (High Tide)

Sat Sep 7

• 4:18am: 0.53 ft (Low Tide)

• 10:52am: 4.23 ft (High Tide)

• 4:45pm: 0.85 ft (Low Tide)

• 11:00pm: 3.66 ft (High Tide)

Sun Sep 8

• 4:49am: 0.69 ft (Low Tide)

• 11:34am: 4.18 ft (High Tide)

• 5:27pm: 1.04 ft (Low Tide)

• 11:41pm: 3.48 ft (High Tide)

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