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This week's Sunday Edition: The Endowment jumps into local efforts to preserve green space with nearly $8 million. And, an attorney for NHCS disgraces himself with an offensive social media post, prompting some deeper questions about cancellation.
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The Newsroom
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Primary Election 2026: Rebecca Trammel is pursuing an unaffiliated campaign for NC Senate District 7On this edition of The Newsroom, we're speaking with Rebecca Trammel, a nonprofit founder, community organizer, and advocate for public education funding who aims to run as an unaffiliated candidate for North Carolina’s Senate District 7. We asked about her decision to run without major party support — and where she lands on some contentious state-level policies.
More Local News
- Primary Election: 2026: New Hanover County Board of Education candidate questionnaires
- Fuquay-Varina wants Cape Fear River water. The Wilmington area may pay the price
- Board of Commissioners to consider new comprehensive plan for New Hanover County
- Update: The Endowment offers nearly $8 million to help city, county buy greenspace on Greenville Loop Road
- Primary Election 2026: New Hanover County Board of Commissioners candidate questionnaires
- Amid frigid temperatures, Cape Fear nonprofits step up to help the homeless
- Wilmington Fire Department responds to car fire at downtown parking deck
- 2026 Primary Election Candidate Forums
- Wilmington's median income is on the rise. Here's how that messes with subsidized rents
- NHC school board cuts ties with attorney after offensive remark, will consider new firm
- Applications for NHCS preschool will open soon
- Leland set to consider introducing voting districts
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Techmoja Dance & Theater Company's Kevin Lee-Y Green and Michael Sherrod
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Steve Vernon
- Commentary: Alan Sturrock
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Rachard McIntyre and Randx Nieves
- "Unique: A Rachard McIntyre Retrospective" Fourth Friday Reception
- 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
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National News
- Bomb cyclone brings bitter cold and snow to the Southeast
- Tense negotiations in Washington to end partial government shutdown
- Minnesota woman says local police freed her from immigration agents' custody
- Population growth is slowing, and the ripple effects could be wide
- Faith leaders in Memphis join together to support Afghan refugees
- Would you give up a freshly-dug parking space? The ethics of spot-saving in the winter
- Minnesota citizens detained by ICE are left rattled, even weeks later
- Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
- Trump says feds won't intervene during protests in Democratic-led cities unless asked to do so
- U.S. intervention in Venezuela divides Houston
State News
- Record snowfall, freezing temperatures and more than 1,000 collisions in NC this weekend
- Duke Energy encourages customers to reduce morning energy use to avoid temporary power outages
- Winter storm brings eastern North Carolina to a virtual standstill
- Stuck inside during winter storms? An expert shares tips to protect mental health
- Multi-vehicle pileup closes portion of I-85 in Kannapolis
- Snow, strong winds create hazardous travel conditions throughout the region
- Hundreds gather in uptown Charlotte to protest ICE's actions in Minneapolis
- N.C. A&T holds virtual event honoring 66th anniversary of student-led sit-in
- Ahead of winter storm, NC Gov. Stein urges North Carolinians to ‘reconsider’ weekend plans
- Storm could bring up to 8 inches of snow to the Triad
