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Communique: "Kids Making It" Brings "This Old House" To Wilmington

The Building Brighter Futures Luncheon by Kids Making It (KMI) is Thursday, May 10 at 11:00am at the First Baptist Church Activities Center on Independence Blvd. The guest speaker is Kevin O'Connor from This Old House-and Charlie Silva is coming from Boston as well.

Tuesday Is Primary Election Day

Delco Residents Say "No Way" To Methyl Bromide Permit Request

Precinct Officials Report Disappointing Trickles On Election Day

By Rachel Lewis Hilburn • 42 seconds ago

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Today is Primary Election Day. By early afternoon, precinct officials in two separate counties reported disappointing trickles of people.

Summer 2018 Saturday Operas on Classical WHQR

By Caroline DeVries • 1 hour ago

WFMT Radio Network helps keep opera front and center each Saturday afternoon on Classical HQR. Throughout the MET’s offseason, hear great performances from Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, and more, Saturdays at 1 pm on 92.7 in Wilmington and 102.3 in Myrtle Beach.

Thursday on CoastLine: Primary Election 2018: Reporter Round Table

By Caroline DeVries • May 7, 2018

On Thursday’s CoastLine, it’s a Reporter Round Table after the 2018 primary elections. Jon Evans of WECT and Tim Buckland of the Star News are with us for analysis and results.

Wednesday on CoastLine: Rebroadcast - Jason Frye, Travel Writer

By Caroline DeVries • May 7, 2018

What if you could travel and eat for a living? Well, travel writer and food critic Jason Frye does just that. We’ll hear about his adventures and get his recommendations so you can follow in his footsteps. This episode of CoastLine originally aired on April 20th 2017.

Elections 2018: Jerry Benton Seeks Seat On Brunswick County Board Of Education

By Rachel Lewis Hilburn • May 4, 2018

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Jerry Benton is seeking a seat on the Brunswick County Board of Education. It’s his second run at elected office; two years ago, he challenged then-Representative Susi Hamilton for her state House seat. However, this disabled veteran says the galvanizing issue for him remains the same: education.

CoastLine: Opioid Use Disorder Impacting Higher Numbers Of Pregnant Women And Babies

By Rachel Lewis Hilburn & Rachel Keith • May 4, 2018

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It was 2013 that Dr. William Johnstone came to work as a Professor in the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. It didn’t take long for him to see the devastating consequences from the opioid epidemic firsthand – although back then, the community was not yet talking about it.

One hospital administrator tells WHQR the numbers of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome went from about 35 in 2010 to between 120 to 140 by 2016. Officials expect those numbers to continue rising.

Communique: It's Time For "Jazz At The Mansion" | Michaels, Pocock, Johnson, Jewell, Mangroove

By Gina Gambony • May 4, 2018

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LiSTEN to Primus Robinson & Angelo Galleotti talk about Jazz at the Mansion

It's that time ... Jazz at the Mansion, monthly jazz concerts on the Bellamy Mansion Lawn. The first concert is Thursday, May 10 at 6:30pm.

CoastLine: Alligator And Coyote Management Plans Change; Alligator Hunting Season Still Uncertain

By Rachel Lewis Hilburn & Rachel Keith • May 3, 2018

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Alligator hunting in North Carolina is now legal in North Carolina after a 44-year ban. Last October, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission updated its Alligator Management Plan and defined a potential hunting season: from September 1 to October 1.

Elections 2018: June Robbins, Reginald Moore Running for Pender County School Board

By Vince Winkel • May 3, 2018

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Two Democrats are in the primary race for Pender County’s Board of Education District 4. Reginald Moore and June Robbins are looking to win a spot in November’s general election, to face Republican Ken Smith.

Communique: Is New Hanover County Ready For Green Burial? | 4 Speakers On Tuesday, 5/8

By Gina Gambony • May 3, 2018

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LiSTEN to Dr. Mark Ragozzino talk about Green and Conservation Burial

A retired Wilmington physician wants "Conservation Burial" to become a part of the New Hanover County landscape. On Tuesday, May 8, four experts in Conservation, Green, and Natural burial are holding a symposium on the topic at Waterman's Brewing Company in Wrightsville Beach.

'Barracoon' Offers A Vivid, First-Hand Account Of Slavery In America

By Maureen Corrigan • 9 minutes ago

"I want to know who you are and how you came to be a slave." That was one of the first questions that Zora Neale Hurston asked 86-year-old Cudjo Lewis when she traveled from New York to Mobile, Ala., to interview him in the summer of 1927.

Duplass Brothers On Working Together And Growing Apart: 'We Are Ex-Soulmates'

By Terry Gross • 9 minutes ago

Filmmaker siblings Jay and Mark Duplass grew up making movies using their father's VHS camera, but it wasn't until they were in their mid-to-late 20s that their artistic vision really fell into place.

Jay remembers one day in particular, when he was "pushing 30" and feeling frustrated with his desire to do the "impossible artist thing." That's the day his brother Mark announced that he was going to the store to buy tapes for their dad's video camera. Jay had to come up with an idea for a movie before he returned.

Former Coal CEO Turned Senate Hopeful Don Blankenship Says He's 'Trumpier Than Trump'

By Don Gonyea • 25 minutes ago

Don Blankenship is an unlikely hero to the working class.

Trump: U.S. 'Will Withdraw' From Iran Nuclear Deal

By Ayesha Rascoe & Brian Naylor • 36 minutes ago

President Trump announced Tuesday that he has decided to exit a 2015 six-nation agreement in which Iran agreed to limit its production of nuclear weapons material.

"I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal," Trump said.

He said the U.S. will re-impose economic sanctions that were lifted as part of the U.S. commitments made in the deal.

The U.S. has been repeatedly waiving sanctions that curtail Iran's oil sales but those sanctions waivers face a Saturday deadline, prompting Trump's move Tuesday.

Leader Of Armenia's 'Velvet Revolution' Takes Power After Weeks Of Protests

By Colin Dwyer • 1 hour ago

Three weeks ago, things in Armenia were proceeding roughly as expected.

Serzh Sargsyan had just followed his two terms as president by winning election as the country's prime minister, largely on the strength of his ruling Republican Party. He had been in power for a decade, and recent constitutional changes to boost the premier's authority had made the office an enticing way to retain that power while still observing term limits.