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The Newsroom
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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.
More Local News
- How does local law enforcement partner with federal immigration officials in NC?
- 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
- Brunswick County municipal races see major upsets
- New Hanover County’s beach towns election results
- Former Board of Elections chairman charged with felony child abuse faces more legal trouble
- For the second election in a row, Democrats sweep Wilmington council and mayoral races
- Two top members of Wilmington’s city administration resign
- Municipal early voter turnout in New Hanover County is up significantly
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
- The U.S. saw vivid northern lights as far south as Florida — and more could be coming
- Flight issues could linger after shutdown. And, Google's lawsuit targeting scammers
- The shutdown could be nearing its end, but high demand for food assistance lingers
- 'Where do you want to go?': Six words that helped her start again
- Once upon a time, nostalgia was epidemic among homesick soldiers
- Here's how many strikes on alleged drug vessels the U.S. has announced
- Morning news brief
- For students who rely on SNAP, school food pantries offer some relief
- Space forecasters say severe solar storms could hit Earth and trigger auroras
- Why flight disruptions could linger even after the government shutdown ends
State News
- UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees reject proposal to raise tuition for in-state students
- Move to end federal government shutdown could doom hemp businesses in NC, nationwide
- WS/FCS debt is down to $13M. How does the district plan to pay it back?
- Oh deer! Officials warn of aggressive bucks during mating season
- New advisory board will address workplace dangers of extreme heat in NC
- Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson announces plan to retire
- State to hold public hearing in Asheville on four hospitals’ expansion plans
- Law enforcement shifts tactics in search for man wanted for killing his grandmother in Havelock
- Stein slams federal government for halting SNAP benefits amid federal shutdown
- Preservationists aim to save Sam ‘The Dot Man’ McMillan’s Winston-Salem studio
