''StarNews'' is an American, English language daily

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for

Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington is a port city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. With a population of 115,451 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, eighth-most populous city in the st ...

, and its surrounding area (known as the Lower Cape Fear). It is North Carolina's oldest newspaper in continuous publication. It was owned by Halifax Media Group until 2015, when Halifax was acquired by

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. New Media merged with Gannett in 2019, and the combined company took the Gannett name. The ''StarNews'' covers a three-county region in Southeastern North Carolina: New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender.

History

The paper was originally published on September 23, 1867, as the ''Wilmington Evening Star'' by former Confederate Major William H. Bernard. Shortly after first publishing the paper, Bernard changed the paper to come out in the morning and changed the paper name to the ''Wilmington Morning Star''. " was an ardent advocacy of white supremacy—a view never more strongly demonstrated than in its coverage of the Wilmington race riots of 1898." In 1927, R. W. Page bought the ''Morning Star'', and in 1929 bought the city's afternoon newspaper, the ''Wilmington News-Dispatch,'' which was later shortened to simply the ''Wilmington News.'' Later in 1929, the two papers began running a combined edition on Sunday, the ''Star-News''. Page and his family continued to own the paper until 1975, when it was acquired by

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. From 1935 to 1970, the ''Morning Star'' was located in the Murchison Building on North Front Street in downtown Wilmington. The newspaper moved into its location at 1003 17th Street South in 1970. On April 24, 2003; separate delivery of the ''Morning Star'' and ''News'' ended, and the two papers merged into a single seven-day paper, the ''StarNews''. As a result of damage from Hurricane Florence in September 2018, the ''StarNews'' moved into a temporary location in the Harrelson Building, after operating from a Hampton Inn, WWAY, and even homes of staff. The ''StarNews'' never stopped publishing during the storm. In December 2023, the paper announced it was switching from carrier to mail delivery via the U.S. Postal Service. File:StarNews Historic Marker.jpg, Historic sign marker for the ''Wilmington Morning Star'' File:StarNews Headquarters.jpg, The former headquarters for the ''StarNews'' in Wilmington, North Carolina

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Archive of previous issues of ''Star-News''
on Google News {{DEFAULTSORT:Star-News 1867 establishments in North Carolina Cape Fear (region) Daily newspapers published in North Carolina Daily newspapers published in the United States Gannett publications New Hanover County, North Carolina Newspapers established in 1867 Wilmington, North Carolina

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