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Photo of Avelo aircraft at Wilmington International Airport taken before a protest against the company for contracting out their services to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Aaleah McConnell
Local
Immigration advocates want low-cost airline Avelo to “read the room” and drop deal with ICE
Aaleah McConnell
Since President Donald Trump took office, a number of immigration-centered initiatives have sprung up in Wilmington — including ‘Know your rights classes,’ and ICE-watch verification trainings. Now protests against the budget-airline company Avelo may become a weekly effort.
Blended by Sharon Draper is the book being challenged throughout the district.
Rachel Keith
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WHQR
Local
Wrightsboro parent pushing for book ban, appeals after school committee rejects their challenge
Rachel Keith
Local
Wilmington City Council sends ARPA funds to Good Shepherd for permanent supportive housing
Kelly Kenoyer
The Newsroom
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New Hanover County resident holding a sign that reads, "Let Freedom Read," at a rally Tuesday afternoon to protest the banned book “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” by Jason Reynolds, based on the work of Ibram X. Kendi.
  1. Educators and activists protest book bans in the New Hanover County Schools district
  2. Four suspects in Cedric Adkins' murder case in custody
  3. North Carolina House passes Rep. Ted Davis's PFAS liability bill
  4. Council considers nearly revenue-neutral tax rate with new budget; horseback police on the chopping block
  5. Teachers, students, and advocates travel to Raleigh for public education
  6. Banned books, CTE and board policies, other takeaways from this week's New Hanover County school board meeting
  7. A look at the Texas-based think tank behind two homelessness bills in NC
  8. Dying Right NC asks for House bill to study 'medical aid in dying' in other states
  9. New Hanover County commissioners approve purchase of 60 acres for park in Wilmington
  10. Wilmington's Cold Chain Summit showcases North Carolina’s global logistics leadership
  11. WPD releases identity of deceased man located in wooded area near Clay Street
  12. Mandatory evacuations lifted for Boiling Spring Lakes
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Steve Vernon
  1. Steve Vernon on his journey into theater, Wilmigton's scene, and Big Dawg Productions
  2. Mahlaynee Cooper, a.k.a. Carrie Assata, on speaking truth, poetic heroines, and her musical side
  3. Doug Benson: From Dead Crow Comedy to Carnegie Hall, podcasting to the 'Mount Rushmore' of cannabis users
  4. From the Mouths of Babes Theatre talks latest project and "documentary theater"
  5. Actor's Arsenal: Ron Fallica talks acting, coaching, and making a professional life in Wilmington
  6. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Brian Whitted & Justin Allen Tate
  7. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Christopher Marino
  8. Commentary: Gwenyfar Rohler – Pete Seeger
  9. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Angelo Galeotti, NC Jazz Festival President
  10. Cinematique Presents: A Complete Unknown - MATINEES ADDED, SHOWS SELLING OUT
  11. Fourth Friday Art Gallery: "A Life in Color"
  12. STNL! Featuring Acisse Jay
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
  1. Slightly unusual 'atmospheric river' event to hit Southeast U.S.
  2. He graduated from college at age 79. A campus tragedy inspired him to enroll
  3. The Fox-to-Trump Funnel sweeps up Jeanine Pirro of 'The Five'
  4. Why Trump is focusing on business deals on his Middle East trip
  5. VA says its job cuts will limit doctor, nurse resignations
  6. Cities aiming to thwart immigrant detention centers wield a secret weapon: local laws
  7. Chicago celebrates cultural victory with native son, Pope Leo XIV
  8. Texas is reviewing more than 1, 000 criminal cases over faulty DNA tests
  9. Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul
  10. Trump fires all 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission
State News
Water is processed through carbon filters inside large reservoirs designed to remove forever chemicals, known as PFAS, at Sweeney Water Treatment Plant in Wilmington, N.C., Monday, April 28, 2025.
  1. In last-minute vote, NC House passes bill that could make Chemours pay for some utility filtration
  2. 'Like being financially waterboarded': Tariffs hit Charlotte baby supply business
  3. How NC teens are affected by Parents' Medical Bill of Rights
  4. PFAS pollution is hurting some small NC businesses. They say a lack of regulations makes it worse
  5. Employers could seek restraining orders against some demonstrators under NC legislation
  6. New novel is based on African American kingdom founded in western North Carolina mountains
  7. NC House votes to make insurers cover more breast cancer, biomarker screenings
  8. NC lawmakers sent Oxford $10 million to help pay for a water plant. Now, they want it back.
  9. Raw milk sales could continue in NC under Farm Act, as long as you're part of a herdshare
  10. Should ivermectin be available without a prescription? NC House debates its safety
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