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Wilmington city officials signed an agreement to satisfy federal historical preservation requirements for the controversial Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement. At Tuesday’s meeting, city council members agreed to join a Programmatic Agreement (PA).
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On this edition of The Newsroom, author Lauren Collins joins us to talk about her newest book: They Stole A City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with its Legacy, a project that took her a decade to write.
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- Not guilty: Former Anderson Elementary teacher cleared of assaulting autistic student
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- Public comment deadline on competing plans for New Hanover County hospital beds coming up
- Meeting planned for environmental officials to discuss clean-up at Navassa Superfund site
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- Two funding requests in limbo with the City of Wilmington
- Former New Hanover County elections director petitions state court to review and overturn her termination
- Wilmington event commemorates the death of Allison Jackson Foy, invites families of the missing and murdered
- NHCS board committee advances policy changes on public records, ethics, and academic contracts
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
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National News
- Trump administration moves to deregulate Head Start, opening door for sweeping change
- Hospital staff said he was faking it and released him. He died from an overdose soon after
- Amid severe drought, Puerto Rico to begin rationing residents' water
- Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M to represent unaccompanied migrant children
- Judge reluctantly dismisses case against Oath Keepers militia group over Jan. 6 riot
- Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's Democratic primary for Senate
- Progressives see biggest win yet in Michigan, while Trump flexes power over GOP
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- Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
- MLS named LAFC co-owner Larry Berg as its next commissioner. Here's what to know
State News
- More pretrial hearings draw murder trial closer in killing of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth
- WS/FCS Superintendent Don Phipps will retire next month
- After two departures, Anson County gets third elections director this year
- NASCAR's Clash returns to Daytona after a two-year stint at Bowman Gray Stadium
- 3 dead, 1 injured in Caswell County shooting, officials say
- North Carolina student survey shows declines in substance use and mental health concerns
- 8 statistics about North Carolina's charter schools, as the sector grows
- WS/FCS officials urge families to prepare for bus delays
- One man halted Duke Energy’s solar energy procurement. Clean energy groups say this action was unlawful
- Watauga students rebuild little free libraries damaged by Helene