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A suburban stormwater management pond in Brunswick County
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Rural government roundup: Lawsuits, stormwater, and more
Nikolai Mather
This week, the Brunswick County Commission met for the first time since the deadly shooting in Southport. Plus, Pender commissioners considered raises for EMS and fire staff and Columbus touched on a pending lawsuit.
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CAFO Country: A closer look at concentrated animal feeding operations
Benjamin Schachtman
Candidate Kelly Roberts in studio at WHQR.
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Candidate Kelly Roberts Jr. rides wave of support from downtown businesses
Kelly Kenoyer
The Newsroom
  • CAFO Country: A closer look at concentrated animal feeding operations
    On today's show, WHQR's series CAFO Country, featuring environmental journalist David Boraks, takes a deep dive into North Carolina's hog and poultry industry — it's a major economic driver for the state, but also the source of serious environmental concerns. Plus, we sat down with Inside Climate News' Lisa Sorg to catch up on her latest reporting on CAFOs.
More Local News
A group of three women at Tuesday night's City Council meeting, in the bottom-right corner, yelling the words "shame" and "sellout" at members of the council after they passed a camping ordinance many have opposed and have said "criminalizes" the homeless.
  1. Wilmington City Council passes contentious camping ordinance in split vote
  2. Wilmington earmarks $1 million for park acquisition
  3. NHC Board of Education recap: $320-million bond request, updated attorney contracts, public apology
  4. New Hanover County elections director resigns abruptly, citing health reasons
  5. Wilmington nonprofit will host walk to raise awareness for CSA survivors
  6. Ask a Journalist: A few questions about the City of Wilmington’s new Chief of Staff position
  7. A look at the complex, intercontinental journey that delivers ripe bananas to Wilmington-area shoppers
  8. WPD's decades-long program hopes to be a slam dunk in curbing youth violence
  9. Sunday Edition: What Nigel Edge told me
  10. NHC school board votes on updated public engagement rules, NHHS rebuild plan
  11. Eyeing an unnamed property, Wilmington proposes green space preservation partnership with county, Endowment
  12. Sneak peek: New Hanover County's downtown library branch set to open Monday
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Actress, singer, and voiceover artist Heather Setzler.
  1. Actress, singer, and voice artist Heather Setzler on her acting career and Wilmington's theater scene
  2. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Oskar Espina Ruiz, artistic director of Chamber Music Wilmington
  3. Grammy-nominated artist Damion Murrill on his family's musical journey and empowering the next generation
  4. Commentary: Judge Gary Trawick
  5. "TERRA LUNA" Fourth Friday Reception
  6. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Beth Carter, organizer of the Island Arts Council's Art in the Yard
  7. Dancer, teacher, and artist Ashley Barnes on the joy of "seeing it all finally come together"
  8. Commentary: Dr. Steven Errante
  9. Commentary: Wills Maxwell
  10. Soup to Nuts Featuring: Admiral Radio On-Air This Weekend!
  11. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: September Krueger, Director of Lifelong Learning at Cameron Art Museum
  12. Little Lunch Music with Harken Here Folk Ensemble
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
  1. China vows to stand firm against Trump's 100% tariff threat
  2. 16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday, sheriff says
  3. Eighteen missing after explosion at Tennessee explosives plant
  4. Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in 'chaos' under current regime
  5. Could President Trump really use the U.S. military against Americans?
  6. Trump directs Pentagon to use 'available funds' to pay military during shutdown
  7. Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll
  8. 4 dead and 12 injured in a shooting after Mississippi homecoming game
  9. Luigi Mangione's lawyers seek a dismissal of federal charges in CEO killing
  10. Being your authentic self: NPR's LGBTQ+ readers share their coming out stories
State News
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners meeting at the county's government center.
  1. Forsyth backs grant bid for hemp company considering Winston-Salem move
  2. Dozens speak at Randolph library meeting on children's book about transgender boy
  3. Rep. Cecil Brockman bond set at $1 million
  4. Energy policy experts debate North Carolina’s data center question, plus a big win for wind
  5. Forsyth County approves conditional debt forgiveness plan for WS/FCS
  6. State Rep. Cecil Brockman has medical emergency after being jailed on child sex charges
  7. Greensboro employees voice worries over city plan to change health care benefits
  8. Greensboro passes resolution of concern over controversial natural gas pipeline project
  9. The nation's largest flood insurance program expired. What does it mean for WNC?
  10. State reports first flu death of the season in Western North Carolina
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