Ribbon cutting ceremony held for River House apartments
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was recently held for the River House apartment project on the Wilmington Riverfront.
River House is a two-phase development with 300...
IFS Benefits sold to international insurance broker
AssuredPartners has acquired IFS Benefits, LLC, based near Newark.
Founded in 2001, IFS specializes in providing employee benefits insurance products and...
KIDS Fund to host annual Camping Out for Coats on Nov. 11
The Delaware KIDS Fund will host the 6th Annual “Operation Warm Newport: Delaware KIDS Fund Camping Out for Coats” on Friday, November 11th.
Members of The Delaware KIDS Fund, Harvey,...
Analysis: A 4/20 update on marijuana legalization
As some celebrate the unofficial 4/20 holiday, two separate bills in Delaware that would legalize recreational marijuana for adults are slated to move...
Delaware’s economic bounce-back from Covid among the nation’s weakest
A federal report ranking jobless rates has Delaware ranking in the bottom third among the 50 states.
Delaware finished 37th in the report from the...
Amazon to offer full tuition to Wilmington U, UD, and Del Tech for frontline...
Amazon announced partnerships with the University of Delaware, Wilmington University, and Delaware Technical Community College to provide fully-funded college tuition to local frontline employees.
It...
Delaware Tech ends controversial vaccine mandate
Following the end of Gov. John Carney's State of Emergency Delaware Technical Community College ended masking and vaccination requirements.
Del Tech had faced a firestorm...
Delaware State University’s Wilmington site unveiled
The Delaware State University Riverfront was unveiled on Friday.
The $4.7 million building in Wilmington's train station-riverfront area was donated by Capital One to the...
Indoor mask mandate ends Friday; School restriction ends April 1
Governor John Carney on Monday signed a revision to the State of Emergency order, lifting Delaware’s universal indoor mask mandate effective at 8 a.m. on Friday,...
DuPont shares rise on upbeat earnings report
DuPont shares were up after the release of an upbeat earnings report.
Shares of the industrial materials company based near Wilmington rose in pre-market trading...
CDC sampling shows elevated levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in New Castle city, Wilmington Manor...
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis showed heightened levels of PFAs among residents living around the New Castle Airport and the Air...
Unemployment claims plummet as total payout since pandemic nears $1.7 billion
In the final week of January, the Delaware Department of Labor received 415 unemployment insurance claims in a tight job market.
During the same week,...
Delaware on ‘other side’ of latest Covid surge
State lags in booster vaccinations
Delaware is on the other side of the surge in Omicron variant Covid-19 cases but faces challenges that include a...
Gas price up by a nickel a gallon during past week
Despite low seasonal demand for gasoline, pump prices are moving up, with Delaware seeing an increase of about a nickel a gallon during the...
Delaware under Winter Storm Warning beginning tonight
The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) advises residents to monitor developments from a powerful system in the Atlantic that is increasingly likely to bring blizzard conditions.
A...
New version of family leave bill with opt out for smallest businesses moves out...
A substitute version of the paid family leave bill moved out of the Health & Social Services Committee to the Senate Wednesday.
In the most significant...
Wilmington mayor announces $50 million home stabilization, redevelopment plan
(Photo of a refreshed corner on the east side)
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki announced plans for a comprehensive $50 million residential redevelopment and stabilization...
Covid-19 update: Hospitalizations drop below 540
Covid-19 hospitalizations and new cases continued to decline, according to the Monday report from the Delaware Division of Public Health.
Hospital stays dropped to 534,...
Covid-19 update: Hospitalization numbers up slightly as new cases decline
Delaware continues to see a welcome decline in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, the Delaware Division of Public Health reported.
Driving the surge in cases is...
Delaware unemployment dips to 5% as gap widens with national figure
Delaware’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December dipped to 5%, down from 5.1% in November as job growth remained well below national figures.
The Delaware...
