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The Pender County Clerk of Court is set to stand trial on several criminal charges just over a week before she goes up for primary elections.
The Newsroom
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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.
More Local News
- Re-Education Nation: Ernie Gaskins on Rural Students Leaving Home, Respect Between Students and Teachers, and Post-Secondary Education
- As NC reports more measles cases, how can you protect yourself?
- New details from WHA indicate rent hikes will mostly hit Creekwood
- Grand jury issues numerous indictments against alleged Southport shooter Nigel Edge
- 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
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- "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
- 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
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act (again). What is it?
- 24 hours of chaos as mental health grants are slashed then restored
- FBI searches WaPo reporter's home. And, Trump restores $2B to public health funds
- FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter as part of leak investigation
- More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors
- Morning news brief
- Tensions remain high Minneapolis as anti-ICE protests continue
- What to do if you encounter law enforcement: Your rights explained
- After a medical evacuation from space, NASA's Crew-11 returns to Earth a month early
- DHS: ICE officers in Minneapolis shoot Venezuelan man in the leg
State News
- Flu deaths are surging in North Carolina, and the state's vaccination rate has dropped
- Judge dismisses petition to remove Mecklenburg sheriff, but leaves door open to refile
- Duke Energy unveils new battery at former coal plant to ‘fill the gap’ between clean energy generation
- Greensboro residents gather downtown for a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
- USMC wife sickened after living at Tarawa Terrace aboard Camp Lejeune in Vietnam War era fighting for compensation
- FEMA approves first batch of home buyouts. Homeowners still face a lengthy process
- NC's Affordable Care Act navigators try to help clients find insurance despite funding cuts
- NC joins initiative to expand access to education, jobs after incarceration
- 'Beyond embarrassing': WS/FCS school board power struggle continues
- One person dead after security incident at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
