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The New Hanover County Stabilization and Recovery Center — or STAR Center for short — opened with a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday.
The Cape Fear River, seen from downtown Wilmington.
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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.
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- Re-Education Nation: Former NHCS DEI Board Member Pastor Gayle Tabor On Systemic Racism, LGBTQ+ Youth at Risk, and Bullying
- New Hanover County has an ambitious goal to add 40 years to its landfill's lifespan
- "This one's for Al": Wilmington musicians host benefit show for Alec Chambers
- Economic Update: Despite a slowdown, Wilmington's economy outplaces the state and the nation
- ICE arrested more than 3,300 people across NC during Trump’s first nine months in office
- Sunday Edition: What Should the Public University Be?
- Eagle's Dare is fighting to change city code to protect its cargo container
- After getting update from the state, WHA now says no major rent increases for Creekwood
- Wilmington community members 'stand together and speak with one voice' in remembrance of Renee Nicole Macklin Good
- It’s official – syllabi of UNC System professors are public records
- Death at Smithfield plant in Tar Heel was the second in less than a year
- The State Board removed early voting site at WCU and three other college campus polling locations. Here’s why that matters.
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- 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
- Holiday Programming 2025
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- A look back at Ruby Ridge — and why it's relevant today in Minnesota
- Pentagon vows to end 'woke distractions' at military's independent newspaper
- Death of a detainee at an ICE detention center in Texas is ruled a homicide
- 3 people involved in Minnesota church protest arrested; judge rejects charges against journalist
- Tens of millions of Americans brace for winter weather blast
- Jack Smith defends Trump investigations to House Republicans
- Investigation links several of Trump's associates to mining interests in Greenland
- Trump's EEOC strikes harassment guidance amid debate over transgender protections
- The ICE surge is fueling fear and anxiety among Twin Cities children
- Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia
State News
- Judge dismisses charges against UNCG student, partner after viral arrest
- N.C. A&T honors astronaut Ronald McNair 40 years after Challenger disaster
- A winter storm will bring wide-ranging precipitation to the Piedmont this weekend
- Gov. Stein touts federal grants to replace small-town houses
- ICE didn't detain undocumented immigrant held in Mecklenburg jail. Why?
- Gov. Stein: Stay off roads over the weekend, finish preparing for winter storm by Friday evening
- Officials are bracing for possible measles outbreak in WNC after another case is confirmed
- Three James Beard semi-finalists hail from Western North Carolina
- NCDOT says low temperatures could slow progress in clearing roads after projected winter storm
- Former Summerfield employees sue town officials for defamation, conspiracy
