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StarNews is an English-language daily newspaper serving Wilmington, North Carolina, and the surrounding Lower Cape Fear region. It covers a three-county area comprising New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender counties in Southeastern North Carolina.
The paper was first published on the 23rd of September 1867 as the Wilmington Evening Star by former Confederate Major William H. Bernard. Bernard soon renamed it the Wilmington Morning Star after shifting publication to morning hours.
StarNews holds the distinction of being North Carolina's oldest newspaper in continuous publication, a record it maintained even through Hurricane Florence in September 2018, when the staff published without interruption despite being displaced from their offices.
The two papers merged into a single seven-day publication on the 24th of April 2003, taking the name StarNews. The combined Sunday edition called the Star-News had existed since 1929, when R. W. Page launched it after acquiring both papers.
Gannett owns the StarNews. New Media Investment Group acquired Halifax Media Group in 2015, and New Media then merged with Gannett in 2019, with the combined company retaining the Gannett name.
In March 2022, the StarNews eliminated its Saturday print edition and moved to a six-day printing schedule. In December 2023, the paper announced it was switching from carrier delivery to mail delivery through the U.S. Postal Service.