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SparkNC is a non-profit that provides students with knowledge and skills for the technology industry. New Hanover County has four ‘Spark’ Labs at SEA-TECH High School, Communities in Schools of Cape Fear, Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern North Carolina, and New Hanover High, whose official ribbon cutting is slated for next month.
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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
- 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
- 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
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
- Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies
- Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes
- Scott Adams, the controversial cartoonist behind 'Dilbert,' dies at 68
- California fire victims say fighting with insurance companies has delayed rebuilding
- Trump administration to shutter an immigration court, adding to judges' backlog
- A conservative Supreme Court tackles the question of trans women in school sports
- Morning news brief
- 250 years of U.S. history was projected on the Washington Monument. A lot was missing
- Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
- Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers'
State News
- NC Board of Elections approves Guilford County early voting sites, despite concerns
- Cone Health expands its urgent care in Burlington
- New work requirements for Medicaid, SNAP will cost NC millions
- Elon University opening full-time law school at Queens University as institutions merge
- New outdoor venues are coming this year to two areas devastated by Helene floodwaters
- Randolph commissioners could vote on new bylaws for dissolved library board next month
- Search for justice for Camp Lejeune water contamination continues for Marine stationed at base in 1980s
- Stokes County approves data center rezoning after heated meeting
- 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
