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On today’s show, we’re looking back at the year that was 2025 with my colleagues, Rachel Keith, Aaleah McConnell, Kelly Kenoyer, and Nikolai Mather. From the local impacts of DOGE and the Trump Administration to the struggles over education funding, from rural reporting to community engagement, we’ll recap the toughest, most rewarding, and some of the most fun stories of the year.
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- Wilmington City Council Roundup: New shelter plans, safer cargo district, and more
- Wilmington advocates react to Avelo shuttering ILM base, cutting ties with ICE
- Ghost Bikes: Memorials to cyclists killed on the road
- NHCS board asks state for more EC funding, superintendent says that won't fix the district's financial issues
- Wilmington City Council unanimously opposes NCDOT's Independence Boulevard expansion project
- Pender County got scammed. Now what?
- City of Wilmington explores building a new homeless shelter
- Pender County manager shares new details about $650k scam
- Sunday Edition: Stories from the Year to Come
- Re-Education Nation: A Limited Series WHQR Podcast
- Re-Education Nation: Angie Smith Kahney on School Safety, Students' Mental Health, and the NHCS Sexual Assault Scandal
- Can you hunt elk in North Carolina?
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
- Commentary: Bob Thompson "Longfellow and the Bells"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Angel Major and Cas Hyman
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Marva Mapson Robinson, director of the Williston Alumni Community Choir
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Say I Don’t Know"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Alex Hill of City Ballet
- WHQR Now presents Tercel
- Holiday Programming 2025
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Meghan McDonald, education and outreach manager for the Wilmington Symphony
- "Upcycled and Deconstructed" Fourth Friday Reception
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Dan Brawley, director of Cucalorus Film Festival
- WHQR Public Media Wins Six Broadcast Journalism Awards
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers'
- Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies
- In photos: A week of protests against ICE
- Minnesota steps up its resistance to the Trump Administration's surge of ICE officers
- 'Hope. Hope. Hope.' How Gabby Giffords keeps fighting for change.
- Trump administration tells states to end 'orphan tax' on foster kids
- A judge orders HHS to restore children's health funding as a lawsuit continues
- More federal agents head to Minnesota. And, U.S. Figure Skating announces Olympic team
- DHS sending more agents to Minnesota as protests over Renee Good's death continue
- Minneapolis mayor talks about the killing of Renee Good and the protests against ICE
State News
- Sacred site is one step closer to returning to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
- Winston-Salem's Eastern Loop is on track to open this year
- Forsyth County to host info session on applying for opioid settlement funding
- NC likely won't have a new budget until at least April, as tax cut impasse continues
- Interactive Resource Center acquires ownership of its downtown building
- Charlotte protesters stand with Iranians as demonstrations spread across Iran
- Historic land at crux of Stokes County data center controversy
- Red light cameras to monitor select intersections in Greensboro
- U.S. House passes ACA subsidies, but hurdles still remain
- German Men's National soccer Team will make Winston-Salem home ahead of World Cup competition
