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Industrial businesses looking to call New Hanover County home may soon be required to hold public meetings as part of the special use permit -- or...

Kevin Lee-Y Green is the founder and artistic director of Techmoja Theatre and Dance Company. He is directing and choreographing the show For...

In this week's big news, listeners all over the region were anxiously tuned in to WHQR on Sunday night to see if we'd do it yet one more time....

After a poignant discussion with his grandmother, Fresh Voices-On-Air commentator Patrick Peoples comes to understand the value of disseminating...

A group of Hampstead citizens has organized to oppose a proposed interchange along Highway 17 that would bisect their town. Construction of this...

When Facts Are Scarce, ER Doctor Turns Detective To Decide On Care

It's just past midnight on a freezing Saturday night in Washington, D.C. In the last hour, five ambulances have arrived at the emergency room where I...
Fresh Air Weekend: WWII Filmmakers, Kevin Young And Solitary Confinement

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our...
CPAC Is A Siren Call To GOP Presidential Hopefuls

Start with a big ballroom at a resort hotel just outside D.C. Add thousands of conservative activists. Stir in hundreds of political journalists, and...
What Germans Know Could Help Bridge U.S. Workers' Skill Gap

Job training programs are failing to turn out enough skilled workers to fill job openings in the U.S., a phenomenon that puzzles some European...
Ukraine: Military Standoffs And High Tensions Reported

Members of pro-Russian forces and Ukraine's military have engaged in several tense standoffs in the largely autonomous region of Crimea, but they...