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Find events in your area via WECT's app

Find events in your area via WECT's app

SOUTHEASTERN NC (WECT) – If you’re looking for something fun to do around town at the touch of a button, check this out -- WECT Communities events are now featured on the WECT mobile app for smartphones and some tablets. 

To find out what’s happening in your area, click here to download the app for your iPhone, Android or Blackberry device.

New iPad news app ready for download

New iPad news app ready for download

(RNN) – If you have an iPad, getting your news from WECT is about to get a lot easier.

We're rolling out a new app that will revolutionize the way you get your news.

You'll see more and bigger images that will take you straight to the most important stories.

When news or weather breaks, you'll get the information you need immediately. Set your location to pinpoint your personalized weather report, and you'll know instantly when to take cover if severe weather is in your area. Or you can simply see what the temperature is outside.

The new menu layout makes it easy to find exactly what you are looking for – state, local and national news or how your favorite sports team fared.

And now, with one click, you can instantly watch our newscasts and breaking news live on your iPad.

All the news you use every day, delivered to you round the clock, wherever you are.

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New mobile app for Android delivers news faster, better

New mobile app for Android delivers news faster, better

(RNN) - Getting your news from WECT is about to get easier for Android users.

Our new app makes smarter use of the space on your Android phone and tablet screens to provide more timely updates and easy-to-navigate menus that lead you straight to up-to-the-minute alerts, photos, stories and video.

The revamped weather page uses Android technology to feature cleaner, more visible access to the information you need. Whether you want to take a quick glance at today's temperatures, check out real-time radar or study the 10-day forecast, it's literally at your fingertips.

You'll get more of the news you need and information you can use delivered straight to you, wherever you are, faster and easier to find,  read and view:

Have high school sports scores sent directly to your phone

Have high school sports scores sent directly to your phone

 

SOUTHEASTERN, NC (WECT) – If you’re a big high school sports fan, you know that nothing is worse than not knowing whether or not your team won a game, or what the final score was.

Now, WECT is now sending text alerts with the final scores straight to your phone.

Oak Island gets new software after $200k discrepancy in property tax reports

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) - The Town of Oak Island is working to make changes to its accounting software.  This move comes after town officials noticed a $200,000 discrepancy in their property tax reports from 2012.

According to Mayor Betty Wallace, the software that the town's accounting department was using has been outdated for years.

Wallace said when the town received partial payments for property taxes, the software was not reporting them correctly. The system was not written to handle the various for which Oak Island bills such as property taxes, along with sewer district fees, waste water fees, and water fees, and solid waste fees.

Wallace says that any partial payments received should have been applied to property tax bills first, but the software in place was applying those payments to sewer district lines instead.

Watch live WECT newscasts on your smartphone

Watch live WECT newscasts on your smartphone

SOUTHEASTERN NC (WECT) – With many smartphones these days, you have the option to bring music, movies and TV shows on the go with you wherever you are.  Even better, you can now watch WECT’s newscast live as they happen.

The feature works on the iPhone and most Android phones through the WECT App.

Brunswick Co. School System praised for website

Brunswick Co. School System praised for website

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) - The Brunswick County School System is getting praise for its website.

The North Carolina School Public Relations Association honored the group with two Blue Ribbon Awards for effective communications.