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Eric W. Peterson
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New Hanover County
Benjamin Schachtman
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WHQR
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On today's show, WHQR's Ben Schachtman and Kelly Kenoyer look at the highlights from the recent candidates forum, held by WHQR, WECT, and Port City Daily, featuring candidates running for Wilmington City Council. We'll add some context and analysis to the seven candidates' answers to some tough questions.
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- Putting your garden to bed: Tips for the winter growing season
- Applications open for rent, utility, and car assistance for some NHCS families
- WHQR sits down with Ryan Zuidema, Wilmington's new chief of police
- How does local law enforcement partner with federal immigration officials in NC?
- Rental rates in Wilmington are flatter, but the city's renters are still struggling
- What policy analysts say about significant test score disparities between Black and White students
- Photos: Wilmington's 1898 wreath-laying ceremony
- Sunday Edition: Blue Wave
- Carmen Maria Machado keeps coming back
- Most NHC schools staffed after viral anonymous post calls for teachers to call out Friday and Monday
- Wilmington City Council passes resolution opposing Chemours Fayetteville Works Expansion
- NHCS board approves next year’s calendar, starts looking into funding streams for preschool
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- WHQR Public Media Wins Six Broadcast Journalism Awards
- Heather Wilson and Ben Billingsley on the Cameron Art Museum's newest exhibitions
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Kim Lebby, executive director of the Dreams Center for Arts Education
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Hunter Ingram, assistant director of the Burgwin-Wright House
- Entertainer Jason Aycock on dance, directing, and Wilmington's theatre community
- Commentary: Nan Graham
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Rod Abernethy
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington-based Working Films Celebrating 25th Anniversary
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: "Speaking of Trees" with Rachel Hilburn Lewis and Andy Wood
- Actress, singer, and voice artist Heather Setzler on her acting career and Wilmington's theater scene
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Oskar Espina Ruiz, artistic director of Chamber Music Wilmington
- Grammy-nominated artist Damion Murrill on his family's musical journey and empowering the next generation
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- What to know about names such as Operation Charlotte's Web
- Hundreds of National Guard troops will leave Portland and Chicago
- The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is in the Caribbean. Here's its backstory
- What thousands of released emails reveal about how Epstein operated
- How do you find peace after war? A combat vet and NPR reporter's bond points a way
- Trump issues two pardons related to Jan. 6 investigation
- Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
- White House pivots to affordability as President Trump confronts voter discontent
- Will air travel be back to normal before Thanksgiving?
- A red meat allergy caused by ticks killed a N.J. man. Here's what to know
State News
- Border Patrol 'hit Charlotte like a storm,' commander says
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to hold in-person classes Monday, as Border Patrol concerns swirl
- High Point Council Member Amanda Cook to replace Brockman in NC House
- Update: Border Patrol arrests 81 as 'Charlotte's Web' operation starts
- Forsyth County Sheriff's Office identify body found in ravine as missing teen
- Democrats criticize planned Border Patrol operation in Charlotte
- Democratic leaders to select replacement for Brockman
- Federal WIC program is 'open and running as usual'
- Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott makes second big Triad HBCU donation to N.C. A&T
- Innovation Quarter updates its plans for Winston-Salem expansion
