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A rendering of the Starway Village affordable housing development at 2346 Carolina Beach Rd.
City of Wilmington
Local
Mid-year housing update: New Hanover County is out, Wilmington reinvests
Kelly Kenoyer
This year has meant a lot of changes in the affordable housing space in Wilmington — not all of them positive developments. WHQR’s Kelly Kenoyer interviewed a housing expert for a mid-year update.
Former The Endowment CEO andPresident Dan Winslow.
NHCE
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Local
After less than a year, The Endowment CEO Dan Winslow resigns to "focus on personal priorities"
Benjamin Schachtman
Governor Josh Stein during a press huddle at the Cotton Exchange in downtown Wilmington.
Benjamin Schachtman
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WHQR
Local
Sunday Edition: We’re Number One!
Benjamin Schachtman
The Newsroom
  • Do or DEI; Pender County vs. The Pender Post
    On this edition, The Assembly’s Erin Gretzinger on the rapidly shifting landscape of DEI policy in North Carolina higher education. Plus, WHQR's Nikolai Mather helps unpack the lawsuit between a Pender County newspaper and county officials — and the political context behind the litigation.
More Local News
Governor Josh Stein during a press huddle at the Cotton Exchange in downtown Wilmington.
  1. Gov. Stein touts CNBC's 'Top State for Business' rating, hedges on middling 'quality of life' score
  2. After loss of county funding, Cape Fear Continuum of Care gets boon from The Endowment
  3. The awkward, quiet death of UNCW’s Razor Walker Award
  4. Wilmington man pleads guilty to accidentally shooting a friend
  5. New Hanover County school board hears options on rehabbing or replacing NHHS
  6. NHC school board votes to keep Mary Washington Howe open, find alternate pre-K funding
  7. Suspected shooter yet to be found after barricade incident near Creekwood, one victim in critical condition
  8. "Vibrant Visions: Land and Sea" Fourth Friday Reception
  9. WPD ask for the public's help identifying suspect in Sunday night's downtown shooting
  10. Sunday Edition: I’m Not Rooting for the Iceberg
  11. Tropical Storm Chantal is expected to bring moderate flooding, dangerous maritime conditions
  12. Governor Stein signs Parents Protection Act, vetoes other bills he decries as "mean-spirited"
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
  1. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Nancy King and Thandolwethu Mamba
  2. Kaleb Edward Edley on acting, teaching, and finding inspiration
  3. Calvin Rowell Jr. on balancing his roles as actor and firefighter
  4. Black Music Month Celebration: Port City All-Stars
  5. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Cammeron Batanides and Zerick Jones
  6. WHQR MeetUp at Willowdale Urban Farms, June 20th
  7. Wilmington artist Dymond Logan on defining her style, seeking independence, and inspiring her family
  8. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Heather Wilson
  9. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Susan Habas and Zach Hanner
  10. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Eric Manning, July 31st
  11. Soup to Nuts Featuring: Courtney-Lynn and Quinn On-Air This Weekend!
  12. Steve Vernon on his journey into theater, Wilmigton's scene, and Big Dawg Productions
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
  1. A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless
  2. Mike Waltz, Trump's pick for ambassador to the U.N., grilled over Signal chat scandal
  3. In praise of the humble recorder — a gateway instrument for millions of schoolchildren
  4. Senate set to debate cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid
  5. 10 years ago, a flood devastated this Texas town. The road to recovery has been long
  6. Y'all, we need to talk about 'y'all'
  7. Exclusive: Trump team withholds $140 million budgeted for fentanyl fight
  8. Do you want federal money for an EV or home solar? Time is running out — fast
  9. How are QAnon conspiracy theorists reacting to Trump's handling of the Epstein case?
  10. Pentagon ends deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles
State News
Bob Phillips, Executive Director of Common Cause North Carolina, said the organization is calling on Senator Thom Tillis to honor his pledge to reject any nominee who excuses the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by voting NO on the nomination of Emil Bove to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
  1. NC non-partisan, pro-Democracy organization urging Tillis to reject appeals court nominee
  2. ‘Love Back’: WNC sends flood relief to Texas
  3. Last night at Commission: Buncombe OKs $2M landfill expansion
  4. Climate advocates take the stage at NAACP convention in Charlotte
  5. Invasive weed found in Craven County cotton field
  6. People in North Carolina and Iowa who sprayed insecticide carbaryl have a higher risk of several cancers
  7. N.C. Democrats ask Senate leaders to remove public broadcasting funding clawback from recissions bill
  8. State to fund new effort to clear Helene debris from rivers
  9. 'It’s a little weird': Trump’s social media vetting rules stir international student worries
  10. Stein kicks off week-long trip to encourage post-Helene tourism to Western North Carolina
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